Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] with [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | The unit tries to keep the offenders out of court , an aim that sits uneasily with the government 's new philosophy that prison and punishment work . |
2 | The department also deals directly with the Library 's many and varied special collections . |
3 | This life history , which extends to 311 pages , deals mainly with the writer 's early life in Poland and his travels before coming to America ; in fact he only goes to America 17 pages from the end , at the age of 27 . |
4 | I welcome the fact that the industry gets together with the Minister 's representative and with representatives of other Departments , and I welcome the agreement to cease advertising in cinemas and to support an advertising campaign about illegal sales to children under 16 . |
5 | It has a full-colour 3.5-inch backlit screen , which compares favourably with the GameBoy 's small , blurry black and white LCD . |
6 | Such a view of family life coincided in the UK with an intense concentration during the 1950s on the mother as the primary guarantor of children 's health and welfare ( Oakley , 1981 ; Wilson , 1977 ) and aligns comfortably with the period 's economic boom and reconstructionist philosophy . |
7 | The calibrated radiocarbon result was AD 1260–1390 ( at the 95 per cent confidence level : see glossary ) ; this accords well with the Shroud 's first appearance in France . |
8 | In another direction , P&W plans to enter the facilities management market , believing that it sits well with the company 's annual report and corporate finance activities . |
9 | It contrasts markedly with the £4,000 per annum at which one of his biographers rated his income . |
10 | JIM Maxmin , Laura Ashley 's ebullient new American chief executive , may be just the sort of new blood the company needs , but his transatlantic marketing speak sits uncomfortably with the brand 's image . |
11 | Dr Rydell points out that this coincides neatly with the bats ' occupation of maternity roosts , most of which are in more or less isolated houses in areas without street lights . |
12 | In its simplest form , with piston-covered transfer and exhaust ports , it also does away with a four-stroke 's valve gear . |