Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 31 | For industrial society has made a strange covenant with humanity : it has promised us that we can exist independently of nature , in the gilded cocoon of a technosphere that is no longer tuned to the archaic necessities of seed-time , harvest and the vagaries of the seasons . |
| 32 | Is the more optimistic forecast to be made of the dutiful immature girl who has some mildly appreciative responses , knows her books and has paid careful attention to what she has been told to think , but who has few independent ideas and writes with neither firmness nor joy ; or of the mature and independent boy , who may not have studied his notes or perhaps his texts so thoroughly , but who has a sense of relevance , whose judgements are valid , who writes with assurance and betrays in his style … that he has made a genuine engagement with the literature he has encountered ? |
| 33 | I think Leonora Stem has made a tentative identification with a young Mr Thomas Hearst of Richmond who liked to come and play the oboe with the ladies . |
| 34 | Durham Cathedral has made a royal connection with the appointment of a new canon . |
| 35 | The Nicaraguan government states that it has made a clear break with the use of imprisonment as a means of political repression . |
| 36 | New Leicestershire 's offer of a two-year contract , starting in 1993 , has been accepted and , in the meantime , he has made a prolific return with them in the one-day competitions . |
| 37 | The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh also has had a long involvement with the cultivation and development of plants with medicinal properties and we have our own Scottish traditions of herbal cures for a long list of ailments . |
| 38 | Home-grown : Edinburgh 's Royal Botanic Garden also has had a long involvement with the development of plants with medicinal properties |
| 39 | Today 's theme will serve us satisfactorily as a basis for our meditation , because water has had a long association with such images of healing , blessing and anointing . |
| 40 | Joyce Barker has had a long association with Trinity Mill and recalls that the gearing was so light and precise that , even as a child of five , she could easily control the milling process and the sack hoist ! |
| 41 | Ayrshire has had a long association with the aeroplane , mainly centred on Prestwick Airport and the companies which have built aircraft on the site . |
| 42 | The mink has had a chequered relationship with us , but we must remember that the changes are of our own making . |
| 43 | But there are now clear allegations that Prince Charles has had a loving friendship with Camilla , a married woman , for many years . |
| 44 | AT&T has had a similar experience with its Global Business Communications Systems subsidiary , which sells $1 billion of telecommunications gear annually to corporate customers . |
| 45 | McGee , who began as an apprentice with Middlesbrough but was released after making 30 League appearances , has had a unsuccessful spell with Leicester . |
| 46 | He has had a solid connection with the orchestra and the Scottish music scene ever since , and has been responsible for bringing some unusual works to the concert platform in the past . |
| 47 | In the past this Association has had a good relationship with the DLO in Derry . |
| 48 | The Scottish Churches Christian Aid Committee has been investigating and has had a helpful meeting with a senior representative of the Association of Chief Police Offices ( Scotland ) ( ACPO ) . |
| 49 | Paul Crossley has had a unique association with Tippett 's music , commissioning the Third Sonata and giving the first performances of No. 3 and 4 . |
| 50 | It has had a long-standing application with the American Department of Transportation to fly from New York to Stansted . |
| 51 | Judith is astonished , as she has had a difficult relationship with her mother , whom she feels has little maternal feeling . |
| 52 | ARGOS , the nationwide catalogue-retailing group which has had a volatile relationship with the City in recent months , regained its status as one of the sector stars yesterday with a better-than-expected 1992 performance and a cautiously optimistic view of the future . |
| 53 | Third , an historical analysis also serves to illustrate how a narrow section of the press — the political or quality press — has had a continuing fascination with , and attraction to , the centres of legitimate political power and those who exercise it ; moreover , the relationship between the triumvirate of politicians , proprietors and editors — namely , those who exercise political power and those who seek to bask in the afterglow of the exercise of that power — was never fixed . |
| 54 | ‘ Morrissey has had a lengthy conversation with the mother of Lesley Ann Downey , Mrs West , and she understands that the intentions of the song are completely honourable . |
| 55 | PC Peter Betts was on a training run when he crashed into a hedge as he tried to avoid a head-on collision with a lorry . |
| 56 | I 've enjoyed my four years at Widnes but I think a change of clubs will help me get back on the international scene , ’ said Tait , 27 , who has agreed a three-year contract with the Headingley club . |
| 57 | Andy Platt , England 's latest recruit , has agreed a new deal with Aston Villa which will keep him at the club until 1994 . |
| 58 | Missouri Botanical Garden has agreed a debt-for-nature swap with a French bank , enabling it to double the amount of money available for botanical research in Madagascar . |
| 59 | Hill , who impressed the team with his speed in a recent test session at Estoril , has agreed a one-year contract with a two-year option to partner Prost , who has won the world championship three times . |
| 60 | Hodkinson , arguably the best pound-for-pound fighter in Britain , has agreed a five-fight deal with ITV worth ‘ in excess ’ of seven figures , beginning with his £250,000 mandatory title defence against Mexico 's dangerous Goya Vargas at Dublin 's National Stadium on April 28 . |