Example sentences of "[coord] [to-vb] with " in BNC.

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1 In the event of our cancelling this order as to all or any of the goods and/or the work covered thereby we shall be entitled to purchase from a third party a like quantity of goods of similar description and quality , or a reasonable alternative thereto , bearing in mind our need to take delivery of the goods by the date specified overleaf , or to contract with a third party to perform work of a similar description and quality , and in that event you shall be liable to reimburse to us on demand all expenditure incurred by us in connection with our said cancellation , including any increase in the price over that stated overleaf .
2 Under strain for a start because it was technically ill-equipped to avert disaster or to cope with the consequences when disaster struck ; under strain from commercial pressures which , as the inquiry puts it , ‘ compromised ’ safety ; under strain above all because the people on the spot could n't or would n't cope , were weary from gruesome working hours ( the senior signal technician who heads the list of the culpable had had only one day off in the past 13 weeks ) , lacked adequate training , or simply could n't be bothered .
3 In principle , repetitive work is best left to automatic machines but the flexibility of human performance is often needed because slight changes are required either to modify the product or to cope with different materials .
4 They help with the provision of housing , food and employment and give continuing support with money , perhaps to set up a business , go on a visit to Pakistan or to cope with unforeseen disasters .
5 His suggestion that one is always ‘ at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other community , or to agree with others to begin a new one … in any part of the world , they can find free and unpossessed ’ has been ridiculed , and is even less plausible now than when he made it .
6 When the communicative support system with which they have grown up fails to function in the usual way , the effect , arguably , will be to make the children regress or behave in some other aberrant manner — for instance , to stop asking questions or to agree with whatever the adult suggests .
7 I find the textual basis for this interpretation very flimsy , in fact there is clear erm erm erm textual evidence for precisely the opposite and let me cite erm one instance Locke is here talking about tacit consent and the purchase of property and erm he says whenever the owner who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government will by donation , sale or otherwise quit the said possession , he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other commonwealth or to agree with others to begin a new one in any part of the world they can find free and unpossessed whereas he that has once by actual agreement in any expressed declaration given his consent to be of any commonwealth is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be and remain unalterably a subject to it and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature .
8 An increase from fifty to a hundred members would allow greater flexibility for our regional committees in the regions to decide whether they allow the branch to continue or to amalgamate with another branch .
9 A debate is in progress among scholars in the arts and humanities about whether it would be right to establish a humanities research council or a humanities , economic and social research council , or to continue with no research council at all .
10 What man would be feeble enough to resist such a suggestion , or to quarrel with such an arrangement ?
11 Can you help me maybe , by discovering his whereabouts , and perhaps persuading him — through a third party if necessary — to return to his home , or to communicate with the prison officials here ?
12 Naturally , when we think of unwritten possibilities , we mean those realizations which " could have been " purely in terms of the language : we do not presume to delve into the psychology of the author , or to tamper with the text itself .
13 Ted puffed energetically at his , uncertain yet whether to congratulate himself on being parked up here with this very attractive young girl , or to commiserate with himself for his failure to make more than token progress .
14 This rich , golden bread is simple to make and is ideal for picnics , or to serve with a bowl of soup or light evening meal — along with a glass of red wine .
15 Before we look at sociological explanations it might be useful to ask yourself , or to discuss with colleagues , whether you feel that criminals are different ‘ types ’ of person .
16 Failure to comply with a court summons , or to comply with an ‘ unless ’ order , will constitute grounds for striking out .
17 notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in ( i ) and ( ii ) of this paragraph the Directors may amend the Executive Scheme to secure or maintain its approval by the Inland Revenue or to comply with or take advantage of any changes to legislation provided that such amendments do not affect the basic structure of the Executive Scheme or the limits outlined in paragraph 5 above ;
18 In terms of the analogies we have used so far , the Indian traditions are said to orbit around a different sun , or to be climbing a different mountain — or to identify with a family of monsters in the loch quite different from the one followed by the Near Eastern religions .
19 But this we can choose : either to break faith with millions of decent , proud , hardworking citizens , or to look with more realism on the others : the tramps , the ne'er-do-wells , the offenders , the improvident — ‘
20 The skills described have widespread application — they could be used to improve communication at home , to raise money for a charitable cause or to negotiate with another company over a takeover bid , for example .
21 No one denies that a man is entitled to leave a woman or to expostulate with her .
22 ‘ Subject to the provisions of this Act , no action shall be brought to recover any costs due to a solicitor before the expiration of one month from the date on which a bill of those costs is delivered in accordance with the requirements mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) ; but if there is probable cause for believing that the party chargeable with the costs — ( a ) is about to quit England and Wales , to become bankrupt or to compound with his creditors , or ( b ) is about to do any other act which would tend to prevent or delay the solicitor obtaining payment , the High Court may , notwithstanding that one month has not expired from the delivery of the bill , order that the solicitor be at liberty to commence an action to recover his costs and may order that those costs be taxed .
23 Indeed , it is difficult to justify many of the cases where tapping is strongly suspected on the ground that it was necessary for the detection of really serious crime or to deal with major subversion , even allowing for the very wide definition of subversion announced by Lord Harris of Greenwich in 1975 when he said that
24 On a level which is not hard to discern or to deal with , there are some who have almost ‘ grown into faith ’ through their family or their church ) so that they have never become aware of the need for their own convictions .
25 Feminist psychology 's theoretical neglect of power relations is also demonstrated in its tendency to ignore differences in age , ‘ race ’ , class and sexuality , or to deal with them in biological terms .
26 While judges can continually work to improve the system , legislative intervention will occasionally be necessary , either to extricate the law from the dead ends to which gradual evolution may occasionally lead , or to deal with altogether new problems .
27 Useful as an edging , or to interplant with tall bulbs such as tulips , or with forget-me-nots .
28 If we were to come across an object the like of which we had never before encountered , we would be in no position to determine whether it was an artefact or not , or to conclude with certainty that it had actually been designed and made by human beings .
29 These are words to avoid having to use , or to use with great caution .
30 They will do better either to abstain from voting , or to vote with management as a low cost ‘ rule of thumb ’ .
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