Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [prep] [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The concern of the six states of the Gulf Co-operation Council ( GCC ) stemmed from several considerations : regret that two neighbouring Muslim states should be spilling one another 's blood ; anxiety lest the conflict provoke the intervention of one or both superpowers , with dangerous consequences ; fear lest member states be attacked by one of the belligerents if they were suspected of sympathizing with the other ; a feeling that a conflict of this sort diverted Arab and outside world attention and resources from the paramount issue of palestine ; a desire not to see either belligerent emerge from the conflict so strengthened by the spoils of victory as to become the most powerful entity in the Gulf ; and , finally , anxiety lest their internal security should be threatened as a by-product either of the war or of Iran 's revolution . |
| 2 | In order to investigate the relationship of these genes to each other , yeast artificial chromosomes ( YACs ) were isolated by screening with the KOX2 cDNA probe . |
| 3 | Like Pynchon , he has admitted an influence from Kerouac and the Beats , and , in his 1973 article ‘ The New Tradition ’ , Sukenick places himself within a late phase of the modernists ' ‘ Revolution of the Word ’ where verbal and structural experimentation were aimed at coping with the enigmatic nature of the world ( Federman 1975 : 42 ) . |
| 4 | In practice , if there is any doubt whether it is appropriate to charge theft or obtaining property by deception , it will be natural to charge the latter ; and in our opinion it would be wise to do so , because this will be a much easier offence to establish than is the present offence of obtaining by false pretences , as it will be unnecessary to show that the owner was deceived into intentionally passing the ownership but sufficient to show that he was tricked into parting with the possession . |
| 5 | This was done by co-operating with the Warwickshire Conservation Trust . |
| 6 | But on his recent visit to the Mission base he was prevented from meeting with the newly contacted group . |
| 7 | A compact disc player was suspected of interfering with the flight management of a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 which caused an uncommanded change of modes . |
| 8 | Jatoi was accused of conspiring with the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) to install his son Masroor Jatoi as Sind 's Chief Minister . |
| 9 | Cathery was called upon to negotiate with the employers to settle a Wage dispute at Leith . |
| 10 | There was no set text for the wording , it being left to the printer to ensure that what was asked for complied with the Act . |