Example sentences of "replace [pers pn] with an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to the taking of money , the accused has the intention permanently to deprive the victim of the coins and notes actually taken , even though he means to replace them with an equivalent amount . |
| 2 | A GIS is capable of identifying such slivers and allowing the user the choice of leaving them as they are or of replacing them with an average boundary position . |
| 3 | He said the Tories were destroying the national character of the health service and were intent on breaking it up and replacing it with an American-style system that owed more to accountants than doctors . |
| 4 | He said the Tories were destroying the national character of the health service and were intent on breaking it up and replacing it with an American-style system that owed more to accountants than doctors . |
| 5 | Twenty years later , after including a pledge to abolish the Lords in the 1983 manifesto and dropping it from the 1987 manifesto , the Labour party again committed itself to reform of the Lords : now they planned to replace it with an elected chamber designed more to reflect the diversity of the nation and the regions , but with less legislative power . |
| 6 | Matt eventually replaces it with an electric violin , deep on echo and reverb , swelling and rolling like a full orchestra , pitching the sombre melodies into the realms of classic film soundtracks . |