Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a tiny lizard but not er not that you would want to hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 2 | During her trials off the west coast of Scotland in 1989 , Upholder lost power when her propulsion control system failed to cope with a sudden switch from full ahead to full astern power , a problem which contributed seven months to the three-year delay in her becoming operational . |
| 3 | After an opening 25 minutes of tedious football , Wright got to work with a magnificent solo display . |
| 4 | To be truly effective a system needs to be designed to cope with a wide range of inputs . |
| 5 | Since 1601 there had been a system of parochial poor relief designed to cope with a small residue of the aged and unfortunate , financed by occasional and relatively infrequent rates on the principal landowners , and given sometimes in cash , frequently in kind . |
| 6 | I rose to preach with a jolly remark about there being an official opposition , ‘ but perhaps it will be going for a walk in a little while ’ . |
| 7 | Man also has to cope with a great range of natural disasters , like earthquakes , hurricanes and volcanoes — other topics studied in Geography . |
| 8 | On the next level are classrooms for conductor-trainees , offices and a sitting/buffet area , which has to cope with an international mix of families , visitors , students , staff and conductors . |
| 9 | ‘ At one level — and leaving out the executive stress — this woman has to cope with an enormous sense of personal threat , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Thus SMC corresponds to plant with a maximum capacity Q ' and SMC 2 to plant with a maximum capacity Q 2 . |
| 11 | This may be the case literally when a French speaker has to communicate with a non-French speaker but , even within a common language , usage varies enormously . |
| 12 | If he is less than successful he may find that he has to work with an unco-operative discharger . |
| 13 | SideKick 's telephone dialer is designed to work with a Hayes-compatible modem and can be set to operate in either tone or pulse mode . |
| 14 | The UK government has issued a consultation paper on the further protection of wildlife and habitats designed to conform with an European Community ( EC ) directive on habitats which is due to come into force in June 1993 . |
| 15 | And No. 6 displays both the breath-taking pianism we have now come to expect with a compositional skill to which one can only take one 's hat off . |
| 16 | The whore sniffed and tried to walk with a ladylike gait ; she seemed a little drunk and occasionally stopped to pause for breath . |
| 17 | As cholesterol is insoluble in water , it has to combine with a soluble protein in order to form a soluble lipoprotein . |
| 18 | Here , the non-believer is recommended to discuss with a literary scholar the identification of noun phrases in the works of Charles Dickens . |
| 19 | These are not , however , the same kind of truth ; for the first holds for all time and every place , whereas the second has to do with a specific event which as a matter of fact took place at a particular point in history . |
| 20 | The second reason has to do with a simple fact of communication . |
| 21 | As height is genetically determined , it is difficult to see what it has to do with an acquired goal of achievement , except where parents or teachers convince tall children that they are achievers . |
| 22 | Our Secretary at present has to manage with an ancient typewriter . |
| 23 | Exercising before breakfast seems to ‘ clean the slate ’ for the body , before it has to deal with a new dose of food . |
| 24 | He wants to start with a virtual pay freeze on the public sector throughout Europe and a commitment to big capital spending . |
| 25 | Any decent reform of this nonsense has to start with a firm recognition that it is better to take money from taxpayers than from consumers . |
| 26 | But John Smith has to live with a running sore in his own constituency , just beyond the depressed eastern fringe of Glasgow . |
| 27 | This tax invoice now assumes many of the characteristics we have come to associate with an internal VAT invoice , for not only will it show the customer 's VAT number , it will also be used by the UK acquirer of goods from within the EC as evidence to recover acquisition tax . |
| 28 | Similarly if the load must be positioned with a maximum static error of a , then the motor has to operate with a static position error of . |
| 29 | For example , in discussing ‘ duration ’ he compares the relative speeds of the narrating and the story , and in order to draw up his table he needs to begin with a non-existent form , a ‘ hypothetical reference zero ’ where the duration of the narrative exactly matches the duration of the events narrated — an ‘ isochronous narrative ’ which , as he says , does not exist . |
| 30 | The character and value of the property , the suitable and natural mode of using it , the course of conduct which the proprietor might reasonably be expected to follow with a due regard to his own interests — all these things , greatly varying as they must , under various conditions , are to be taken into account in determining the sufficiency of possession . " |