Example sentences of "[pron] with [adj] [noun sg] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is common in British schools for a deputy head , or someone with similar experience and seniority , to have general oversight of curriculum matters , and often , as we have seen , such a person bears the title " Head of Resources " with a particular brief to develop the organization of and for resource-based learning .
2 A job function might be regarded as essential if performance of the function is the reason the position exists at all ; or performance could only be re-distributed amongst a limited number of employees ; or the position has to be filled by someone with particular expertise or ability to perform what is a highly specialised function .
3 We can stay up late and drink too much , not play squash in the morning , go to the pub at lunch-time via the newspaper shop , and stuff ourselves with roast beef and beer .
4 It was better to leave everything to the police , who with superior training and equipment must stand a greater chance of uncovering crime .
5 May God , the source of hope , fill you with all joy and peace by means of your faith in him .
6 it prevents the group from becoming bored and frustrated ; 2. it trains you to identify essentials and to avoid waffle ; 3. it gives you practice in handling intellectual exchanges ; 4. it increases your sensitivity to the feelings of others ; 5. it helps you to " think on your feet " and gain self-confidence ; 6. it assists you with later revision and exam techniques ; and 7. it makes for better learning and it 's more fun .
7 Your Field Officer will either provide you with direct advice and support or will put you in touch with someone who can help .
8 So I would like to leave you with this suggestion that art , better than a scientifically-constructed computer , is a useful analogy for the brain , and that the more that can be found out about the workings of memory , the more usefully shall we be able to understand the links between them .
9 9.15 ( a ) An L-section which when cascaded with itself with reversed input and output connections as depicted in ( h ) forms the symmetric T-section of figure 9.1(b) .
10 Germany is now paying a price few other countries would have accepted for not providing itself with better citizenship and immigration laws in the calmer years before unification .
11 The EC does not concern itself with national health or education policies .
12 But organized science had allied itself with Big Business and Government ; it had no interest in the individual — its meat was statistics !
13 You have treated me with great courtesy and kindness ; for all that I thank you .
14 They 're so much more satisfactorily final and distinguished than weddings ; and christenings always fill me with great unease and pessimism and I do n't like sugared almonds . ’
15 I do n't know if he ever guessed my feelings but he always treated me with great kindness and understanding .
16 It is worth noting , however , that one of the ideas behind the risk theory , namely that losses should be borne by the party best able to absorb them with least dislocation and disruption , is a very popular one in the ( private ) law of tort where the theory of fault liability is , in some areas at least , under attack .
17 Nevertheless , they require their casual workers to furnish them with appropriate identification and evidence of their tax status .
18 Builder Paul Sharp , 27 , and joiner David Sweeney were left choking and with tears streaming down their faces when a kitchen hand bombarded them with burning chilli and curry powder .
19 They explain different things , or different parts of the same thing , and can thus coexist without creating deep conflicts in those who employ them with admirable discrimination and precision .
20 These were old aims but the intention was to pursue them with greater vigour and effectiveness .
21 Many of his junior colleagues in Glasgow and Edinburgh subsequently filled senior academic and hospital posts in this country and overseas and he is remembered by them with much gratitude and affection .
22 When you meet Virginia 's parents , you will treat them with utmost kindness and regret , do you hear ?
23 Take out the chicken and meat , put them in a deep dish and sprinkle them with olive oil and salt while they are still hot .
24 That provides them with some work and pocket money .
25 Cover them with more compost and water lightly .
26 Secondly , to give the magazine readability , something with lasting value and relevance that readers wish to keep for reference .
27 Marcus , thus present occasionally at Jack 's house , where he evidently felt his visits to be a matter of duty , inevitably encountered the women , who treated him with suitable respect and awe , and Jack , who was nervously affable , and even on two occasions Gildas to whom he nodded politely .
28 ( a ) Children in need Section 20(1) requires every local authority : to provide accommodation for any child in need within their area who appears to them to require accommodation as a result of : ( a ) there being no person who has parental responsibility for him ; ( b ) his being lost or having been abandoned ; or ( c ) the person who has been caring for him being prevented ( whether or not permanently , and for whatever reason ) from providing him with suitable accommodation or care .
29 Sarah struggled away from him with unreasonable disappointment and anger , all joy gone .
30 It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter .
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