Example sentences of "[be] [verb] with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saturday was sunny and bright , and any claim that the match would be settled by tomorrow evening would have been dismissed with a scornful cackle . |
| 2 | John Nicholson wafted in and out of their lives and Jack 's recollections of the man he imagined was his father are tinged with a certain sorrow that he had become an alcoholic , with memories of scenes on the home front , and of the young Jack cooling his heels outside one bar or another with a fizzy drink while his ‘ father ’ stood inside drinking neat brandies . |
| 3 | A Guisborough professor 's research work has been honoured with a new post at Teesside Polytechnic . |
| 4 | Since that time the productivity of the top 20 per cent of farmers has been sustained with a continuous record of technical improvement ; about 40 per cent have maintained a level of productivity which enables them to generate an acceptable income ; and a further 40 per cent have continued to produce enough for their own household 's subsistence requirements . |
| 5 | They are usually very well made , and although there are always some relatively shoddy examples on the market , the vast majority are extremely durable ; provided they are treated with a reasonable degree of care , they will last for many years . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , they have been treated with a contact-poison form of Manbane . |
| 7 | Foreigners , since the earliest times , have been required to live in special residential areas and have been treated with a good deal of suspicion and hostility by ordinary Russians as well as by government officials . |
| 8 | You have been treated with a severe mercy . |
| 9 | As befits a signatory of a neo-Dada Manifesto Against Style ( 1957 ) , many of Manzoni 's works are unsigned , untitled and undated , and are improvised with a bewildering variety of materials and processes ( ‘ achromes ’ might be made from kaolin , felt , cotton , polystyrene , wool , rabbit fur , bread rolls or stones ) . |
| 10 | The nut itself is a curious thing that grows from the so-called cashew apple , and both are filled with a nasty acid fluid that causes dermatitis . |
| 11 | All of his poems are filled with a quiet irony ; a message to those patriotic leaders and potential soldiers , removing the glory and honour from war — they strip everything but the bare facts from the issue of war and show it as it is , from first-hand experience . |
| 12 | Through a ‘ total cost approach , ’ all aspects of the appication of quality principles in the procurement process are examined with a particular bias towards the engineering environment . |
| 13 | After extensive research , the Crimpers Pure Hypo Allergenic Haircare range has been developed with a unique formulation by leading British Trichologist Andrew Bernie . |
| 14 | Now , this sketch of the established liberal-democratic constitutional theory has been painted with a broad brush . |
| 15 | The walls have been painted with a white emulsion . |
| 16 | Schools where the staff are aligned with a practical philosophy which is more than the usual ‘ whole person ’ rhetoric do exist , but to find your way , as a teacher , to the one that suits is , in these egalitarian and bureaucratic days , often a hit and miss affair . |
| 17 | Rotosound have been experimenting with a new type of nickel plating which gives an exceptionally bright sound thanks to increased magnetic response . |
| 18 | The numbers are painted with a reflective substance which leaves flash pictures over exposed . |
| 19 | This is where the forces of the earth are exposed with a dramatic clarity and where billion-year old rocks , deposited at a time when seas extended right across the valley give the stark harshness of the area a startling and a rare and sometimes unexpected beauty at different times of the day . |
| 20 | But other places are experimenting with a different mechanism : controlling the market . |
| 21 | ‘ The look on your face was like a naughty schoolgirl who 'd just been caught with a stolen pie . |
| 22 | ‘ However , we are reasonable people and if we are approached with a reasonable alternative , we would be prepared to listen . ’ |
| 23 | ii ) Laid paper made by Fourdrinier machine is wove paper which has been embossed with a laid pattern whilst wet , this displaces the fibres and produces denser lines of pulp . |
| 24 | However much the family cling to their culture and security , the younger generation at work and school are grappling with a different set of realities ; the wisdom of the older family member may be less acceptable . |
| 25 | After preparing the meat , make sure the work surfaces or chopping board which have been in contact with raw meat and poultry are disinfected with a germ-killing product such as Domestos Multi Surface Cleaner , before going on to prepare salad stuffs and vegetables . |
| 26 | In the early third century it had been rebuilt with a new wall inside its robbed-out predecessor . |
| 27 | Above , I saw where a hole in the tin roof had been repaired with a flattened-out biscuit tin that had once contained Huntley and Palmer 's ginger nuts . |
| 28 | One can imagine how severe the reprimand will be for the officer whose disregard of the rules has been decorated with a successful conviction . |
| 29 | You can also use the cold-seal film ( see pp. 130–1 ) to cover the fronts of notebooks , diaries , address books and photograph albums once they have been decorated with a pressed flower design . |
| 30 | It was five races into the championship before it was discovered Jonny had been driving with a broken chassis , which made it impossible to get his car to handle properly . |