Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the related ‘ Citrange ’ , Poncirus trifoliata , is hardy and has similar aromatic foliage after a hot summer with scented lemon-type blooms . |
| 2 | British businessmen feel they have only just restored their right to manage after a hard-won showdown with organised labour . |
| 3 | Okay , Jesus is the Son of God , poor old Joseph is just a kind of surrogate father erm , you know like a test-tube baby father actually test tube er is er is like you know er a complete surrogate father er for God erm they 're threatened by Herod so they have to flee to Egypt and er then they come back and eventually Jesus realizes who he is and after a long struggle with good and evil , temptation at the desert , crucifixion and God knows what , erm off he goes back to you know , sitting up there on the right hand of God saying you know I 'm the Son of God which he is , so Oedipus , Oedipus is expelled by his parents , there 's a prophecy he will murder his father and marry his mother , so they get rid of him , but he does n't die , he gets found by a shepherd , brought up by a shepherd . |
| 4 | After a long apprenticeship with Celtic Boys Club , playing as a winger then a defensive sweeper , Nicholas attracted the attention of several English league teams and was invited to trials at Ipswich , Wolves and Manchester City . |
| 5 | Former Wallaby scrum-half Brad Burke is certain to step up his campaign to be readmitted after a brief stint with Eastern Suburbs . |
| 6 | After a delicious meal with free wine , the choice is yours : a quiet drink in the bar , the late-night disco , cabaret style entertainment or a stroll along the beach beneath a starry sky . |
| 7 | But the Trust claims it ca n't afford to carry out her wishes , and after an all-day meeting with proespective buyers at Townsends Solicitors in Swindon , it announced tonight that the manor has been sold . |
| 8 | Microsoft Corp announced that its chief financial officer and executive vice-president of worldwide operations Frank Gaudette , 57 , died early on Friday after an eight-month fight with lymphatic cancer ; the Redmond company says that it has not thought about a successor . |
| 9 | As I did so I became aware of a youngish man with long hair looking at me from the pavemented walk on the Hammersmith side of the river . |
| 10 | Murder , attempted murder , culpable homicide , rape , child abuse , possession of a deadly weapon with intent to use it , assault which results in permanent serious injury to body or mind , kidnapping , acts of terrorism and drugs ' trafficking . |
| 11 | The most obvious occasion where this occurs is in the sale of a private company with multiple shareholders . |
| 12 | It was necessary to describe the response more precisely and in particular to examine the change of reading of a fixed subject with increasing exposure between these limits . |
| 13 | The modern instrument consists of a fixed frame with adjustable rods . |
| 14 | The decline of marriage , increasing cohabitation and extra-marital childbearing and the emergence of new family structures arising from greater divorce , remarriage and lone parenthood has meant that the traditional image of the family , of a married couple with dependent children , is less common today than in the past . |
| 15 | The proportion of households consisting of a married couple with dependent children is gradually declining ; only about 4 in 10 people actually live in such households . |
| 16 | Pritchett and consists of a central block with Corinthian portico , flanked by colonnaded wings . |
| 17 | Idiopathic LQTS consists of three groups of patients who have a congenital disorder characterised by the above features : ( a ) the Jervell-Lange-Nielsen syndrome is transmitted as an autosomal recessive and features include congenital neural deafness ; ( b ) patients with the autosomal dominant Romano-Ward syndrome have normal hearing ; and ( c ) the sporadic form consists of a non-familial group with normal hearing . |
| 18 | Instead , he had a blue card telling him to be at the hospital for his first appointment with a National Health psychotherapist , a photograph of a fair-haired woman with green eyes , a driving licence , a library ticket , a yellowed old newspaper cutting about a forgotten murder , and a much fresher , more succinct bit of print torn from last Sunday 's newspaper . |
| 19 | With magnificent sea views , this one-time mariners ' inn combines the charm and hospitality of a bygone age with present-day comfort , and is happily run by a couple who genuinely like other people . |
| 20 | The thin-faced man with a Slavic face in the seat nearest the exit door at the front already wore specially made fur boots of a curious design with pointed toes . |
| 21 | The rooms are of a reasonable size with traditional Dutch furniture ( most have large double beds ) . |
| 22 | Clearly the difference for contemporary Japan in the pluralist approach , lies in the framework of a representative democracy with intense interest group activity . |
| 23 | Following her Aug. 29 announcement of willingness to negotiate ceasefire agreements with the various groups in conflict with her government [ see pp. 37657-58 ] , Aquino announced in early September her acceptance in principle of a limited ceasefire with communist insurgents , and also with rebel soldiers led by the fugitive officer Gregorio Honasan , in northern areas affected in the July earthquake [ for which see p. 37613 ] . |
| 24 | Parliament on Aug. 6 approved the setting-up of a joint committee with extensive powers to probe the scandal . |
| 25 | The crematorium had been built in the park of a stately home with cultivated and wild parts , a lake and many mature trees . |
| 26 | I 've twice had close encounters of a nasty kind with flying lead . |
| 27 | I dropped out of sixth form because of a young Frenchman with green eyes . |
| 28 | By the time he left the Cultra house , a picture was emerging of a young man with definite allegiances . |
| 29 | Parents hope that this huge investment of emotion , time and energy in training children — what we call discipline — will have its dividend , eventually , in the emergence of a young adult with good judgement and a mature , responsible outlook . |
| 30 | In repose his face was that of a kindly man with exceptional intelligence . |