Example sentences of "[verb] with [adj] or [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We might find , for instance , that ‘ analytic thinking ’ of the kind they describe , free of interpersonal bias and meaning what they say with little or no room for interpretation' is no more apparent within university institutions and the formal school system than within other social institutions .
2 Peer review has been having a hard time recently , while there is still widespread anger that the UGC 's devastating 1981 economies were resolved with little or no explanation of the philosophy behind them .
3 The fingerboard is rosewood , after the fashion of '50s Les Paul Standards , and the pearl inlays have been expertly applied with little or no sign of filler around the edges to mar the effect .
4 Just as a change in liquid assets may lead to little or no change in credit , so a change in credit may occur with little or no change in liquid assets .
5 Within this area of what could be called ‘ pure phonology ’ , problems are examined with little or no reference to their relevance to the language learner .
6 Regardless of where their support came from , the fact was that possession of 38 seats in the Volkstag meant they could now rule with little or no reference to the other parties .
7 Nonetheless , the stimuli and tasks used in dichotic listening research have been almost as varied as the number of investigations undertaken with little or no attempt at proper validation .
8 Junior hospital doctors may be on call for extended periods and on occasions have to manage with little or no sleep .
9 With a little thought and imagination , it is possible to assemble a wealth of off-the-shelf sources of technical material on which DIY CPE meetings could be based with little or no effort .
10 Not surprisingly these devices are distributed with little or no instruction on correct use — thus increasing women 's health problems .
11 She knew , of course , that men were driven by lusts of the flesh , desires that they satisfied with little or no regard for the females they wanted , but , strangely enough , she would not have considered fitzAlan to be a man to lose control of himself for that reason .
12 Pied Piper and Merrymaker outings , locally organised specials , and a profusion of enthusiast-orientated railtours were run with little or no coordination between the regions , with the result that there was remarkable disparity in standards and even the level of fares .
13 Older people are more likely to experience the circumstances that cause ‘ fuel poverty ’ — low income ; poor quality housing with little or no insulation ; and reliance on expensive and inefficient heating systems .
14 The layman who reads this document is left with little or no idea of what he is undertaking .
15 This material is largely undated , although it is clear that occupation along Ermine Street pre-dated the defences and continued with little or no change well into the fourth century .
16 ‘ Some of them return with minimum or no mutation at all , ’ Gilbert mumbled from his seat .
17 A government 's plans are sometimes implemented with little or no regard for an individual 's family plans .
18 Second , to provide that existing conditions on a mineral planning permission can be changed with reduced or no compensation payable , provided the changes do not affect certain fundamental elements of the permission .
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