Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [verb] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the liberal view the attraction exerted over them by extremist doctrines had little or nothing to do with the social composition of the radicals . |
| 2 | One of the oddities , though , is when C and M slip across a piece that has little or nothing to do with the high-tech graphics which preface their speciality corner . |
| 3 | However , the term ‘ disease ’ is slightly unfortunate in this context because it conjures up notions of a ‘ cause ’ that has little or nothing to do with the natural state of the organism but which is imposed on it , having a discontinuous effect ; as , for example , in infectious diseases . |
| 4 | There were points of Government policy where I disagreed with the official line . |
| 5 | The researcher , unfortunately , has the same problems with testing this hypothesis , despite its greater precision , as he or she has with the grander ones . |
| 6 | Some of us went along and parked at Welshpool Station and took a look at the narrow-gauge line 's original terminus where it connected with the Cambrian Line . |
| 7 | Although I agree with the sensible suggestion of my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire , South-East ( Mr. Paice ) , does my right hon. Friend agree that we must try to prevent these crimes from happening and that the best way to do that is for him to instruct magistrates courts throughout the country to pass very harsh sentences on those who are convicted of this outrageous abuse of private property ? |
| 8 | They were trying to insinuate that I belonged with the psychiatric patients . |
| 9 | Dr Russell insisted that I went with the convalescent men and we were lucky to pick up one of the last trains to go northwards . |
| 10 | Well , the gravestone certainly stands by the porch and it does have a hole drilled through it , said to have been where the iron stake was hammered through the stone into the coffin , but I 'm afraid that I agree with the general consensus voiced around the bar of the Sun Inn and the George and Dragon that George Hodgson was guilty of nothing but old age , that the only thing he sucked were his gums , and that the hole in the stone was made for a railing or gatepost . |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't seem to have any more clout with your two friends than I have with the three of you . ’ |
| 12 | She 's very concerned and the present line partial though it be , represents a a blight situation on that , on the , on potential er occupants of that line and certainly erm I find myself more in in er agreement with Darcy 's views than I do with the other two councillors of East Grinstead , that 's not er not secret |
| 13 | I feel more in common with the Reverend William Paley than I do with the distinguished modern philosopher , a well-known atheist , with whom I once discussed the matter at dinner . |
| 14 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 15 | Without consideration he ripped the tape from her skin so that she winced with the searing pain . |
| 16 | And there was a , a book , I always regret not pho photostatting it , where one of the people who write on health er made the point that you start with the full page in the book , and the outer band of it were all pictures of the world , and then it was erm a particular sort of location in a town , and then it was a house and garden and then it was a room in a house . |
| 17 | It goes without saying that you start with the bottom step , to prevent the concrete falling through to the one below . |
| 18 | ‘ Are you saying , ’ Southgate accused , ‘ that you sympathise with the dead Duke ? ’ |
| 19 | We much regret that this involved a net loss of some jobs but if we are to remain competitive against increasing overseas competition , it is essential that we operate with the lowest possible cost base and the most efficient facilities . |
| 20 | How is it that what seem like random discharges from a part of the brain that we share with the humblest reptiles can end up as the elaborate , coherent , cognitive activity we know as dreaming ? |
| 21 | It should be a totally integrated solution , both from the point of view of the accounting application itself , and also the way that we inter-operate with the other applications in a user organization . |
| 22 | It , too , has the potential for magnificence and it is important that we begin with the logical starting point and create a lush playing surface to rival the finest in the world . ’ |
| 23 | Suppose that we begin with the competitive model of Lecture 6 , where the full employment equilibrium of the economy is determined ( we assume for the moment uniquely ) for given levels of capital and labour . |
| 24 | What I can say in the former case , at best , is " This is how people tend to look when they feel joyful " or " This is the kind of physical expression ( or behaviour ) that we associate with the joyous state " . |
| 25 | I would propose that we explore with the Managing Director a possibility of a deal at the higher end of this range but this may mean some form of earnout . |
| 26 | Better maintenance of the border is a central factor in our policy and it is very much at the heart of the arrangements and agreement that we have with the Irish Government . |
| 27 | Suppose that we work with the causal example ; it is required for knowledge that the fourth clause be true , but not that a have any inkling that the fourth clause be true . |
| 28 | This , again , is a point appreciated by Goody : ‘ Some individuals spend more time with the written language than they do with the spoken . |
| 29 | The public would no more identify with the new councils than they did with the present ones or did with the old councils , Prof Midwinter stressed . |
| 30 | Birds roosting and foraging near airports now collide with jumbo jets seven times more often than they did with the early turbo jets . |