Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] with a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , the script was mislaid in the familiar maw which has snaffled up many a pleasing English scenario , and they were lucky enough to survive with a one-goal advantage at the finish . |
| 2 | If , however , no undertakings can be negotiated and the MMC investigates the merger and finds that it operates or may be expected to operate against the public interest , the Secretary of State has power to order the parties not to proceed with a proposed merger or to order divestment by the purchasing company if the merger has been completed . |
| 3 | The City Take-over Panel , which has to give its blessing to the ending of the contract , could take a dim view of the decision not to proceed with a formal bid . |
| 4 | Similarly , investors tend not to deal with a new house if they are doubtful about its tenacity — and skilled market staff will not join a firm even for high salaries if they are unsure that it will remain in the market . |
| 5 | Miss Gracie had been the last governess , a pale sad woman who had lived for the brief holidays she could get away to spend with a beloved brother and his family in Stirling . |
| 6 | He tried fitfully to proceed with a short prose book on the nature of culture which he had been contemplating for some time , but by the end of 1942 had produced only a first draft of two chapters : this must be the source of the four essays which appeared in the New English Weekly during January and February 1943 under the title , " Notes toward a Definition of Culture " . |
| 7 | We may set out to search with a tight specification of what we want to find . |
| 8 | There is an implied structure here to do with a competitive outdoing of the teacher 's role by the pupils in terms of information and experience . |
| 9 | Their problem was principally one of continuity ; how to cope with a shifting population of mariners irregular both in voyages and habits of life . |
| 10 | Nothing there about how to cope with a hung Parliament , how Darlington will stay in Division Three , what the walking wounded will do in Australia which is real adversity . |
| 11 | Like other major times of life , old age is a time when you have to learn how to deal with a changing lifestyle without losing your dignity . |
| 12 | American soldiers ( and , to a lesser extent , British ones ) are given orders on how to deal with a televised interrogation . |
| 13 | The Manchester City chairman is facing the challenge of how to deal with a big cash approach from former Maine Road favourite Francis Lee . |
| 14 | He was about to experiment with a drastic remedy — not only taking his own advice but overriding that ‘ occasionally ’ by cohabiting with a prostitute as a common law wife . |