Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] [noun sg] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If challenged , I ought to be , and can be , in a position to support my claim with quantitative evidence . |
| 2 | Although it was full of period details — greaves , chitons , how to anoint your lover with olive oil after wrestling — it was also clearly a thinly-disguised account of life in this country in the year of its publication , 1948 . |
| 3 | We come out to colleagues who , like my boss , know but seem to lose their memory with annoying regularity . |
| 4 | In Appalachia , as in other areas of the world which we are increasingly becoming aware of , there has been a growing pressure for small-scale hill farmers to diversify their income with non-agricultural work , or else to sell out and move due to the increasing financial burden of trying to make ends meet . |
| 5 | These things happen to the most confident of video users and the gremlins always seem to choose their moment with great care . |
| 6 | However , NT has yet to define its compatibility with critical software like Novell 's NetWare . |
| 7 | The present governmental arrangements of some countries provide their inhabitants with reasons to replace their government with European government , because they claim it will be better . |
| 8 | A spatter of April rain disturbed the surface of the mere and rustled like a whisper on the young leaves of the trees but the Trapper continued to pick his way with quiet deliberation and the Friar adjusted his pace . |
| 9 | ‘ To answer your question with brutal honesty — I did rather enjoy it . |
| 10 | The first step in eradicating dry rot is to find the heart of the outbreak and to trace its extent with great care and thoroughness . |
| 11 | Since this was a clear case of the Treasury completely underwriting the decisions of local authorities , the latter were exhorted ‘ to exercise their discretion with due regard to public economy ’ . |
| 12 | In later life George was able to combine his craft with farming work . |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes I wonder just how helpful you are being , ’ — she paused to stress his name with ironical friendliness — ‘ Robert . |
| 14 | He looked round uneasily , and Alfred stepped forward to fill his glass with white wine . |
| 15 | I decided to line my skirt with anti-static polyester skirt lining material and used a straight skirt paper pattern as a guide . |
| 16 | They were great and splendid creatures , perhaps hardly in need of any blessing from man or God , she thought defiantly , and it was wonderful to be able to satisfy their hunger with raw meat , a real privilege . |
| 17 | If the harmonization process is to have any hope of acceleration it is essential for law schools to reduce their preoccupation with national law and their assumption of its superiority over other legal systems and to revert at least in some degree to the internationalism of medieval law teaching . |
| 18 | The Foreign Office and the Hong Kong government tried to camouflage their retreat with windy evasion , talking piously of the need to create ‘ convergence ’ between what Hong Kong wanted for its future , and what China was prepared to permit . |
| 19 | Yet , in spite of his now professed Toryism , he continued to mix his poetry with social criticism and to the very end of his life insisted on making statements which show an intense involvement in the sufferings of the people . |
| 20 | An outspoken individualist , Sandy never left anyone in doubt about his views , and when as a newspaper editor I came under governmental pressure from time to time , Sandy was usually the first to phone his support with disdainful disregard of the fact that the telephones were tapped by the state security police . |
| 21 | Fagg began to pretend to read his newspaper with great attention . |
| 22 | In the wake of the ‘ Squidgy ’ phone tape scandal , Lady Alethea , 29 , battled to save her relationship with 35-year-old Gilbey . |
| 23 | She battled to save her relationship with 35-year-old Gilbey in the wake of the ‘ Squidgy ’ phone tape scandal . |
| 24 | In the wake of the ‘ Squidgy ’ phone tape scandal , Lady Alethea , 29 , battled to save her relationship with 35-year-old Gilbey . |
| 25 | Projects in Scotland had , in addition , to demonstrate their compatibility with national curriculum development initiatives for 14–16 year-olds and 16–18 year-olds . |
| 26 | Several men turned to watch her progress with open admiration , and this was not surprising for she was very beautiful : tall , slim and graceful with dark , shining hair just touching her shoulders , a lovely skin and a soft , smiling mouth . |
| 27 | He must use this moment to demonstrate his familiarity with Islamic law . |
| 28 | But , so important is tomorrow 's clash against First Division strugglers Leigh at Hilton Park that coach Strudwick is prepared to back his mouth with hard-earned cash . |
| 29 | For the City has not been prepared to back his business with hard cash . |
| 30 | HAPPY TO BE PRIVATE , SOFTWARE AG LOOKS TO DOUBLE ITS REVENUE WITH NEW IMPLEMENTATION OF ITS SOFTWARE |