Example sentences of "[vb -s] it with [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The exceptional importance of the legislature in the American system is provided for by a constitution that makes Congress the ‘ first ’ branch of government ; endows it with the legislative power ; gives it control over the purse strings ; allows it a considerable role in the making of foreign policy ; and makes senior executive appointments subject to its approval . |
| 2 | The Terrier man then kills it with a small pistol . |
| 3 | But on second thoughts he erases the remark , and replaces it with a slight smile . |
| 4 | Matt eventually replaces it with an electric violin , deep on echo and reverb , swelling and rolling like a full orchestra , pitching the sombre melodies into the realms of classic film soundtracks . |
| 5 | ( Puts it with large shells of the same type , then replaces it with the tiny ones . ) |
| 6 | This resistance is controlled in effective value by an error amplifier which takes a signal from an error detector and compares it with a stable reference voltage , often derived from a Zener diode or a bandgap device . |
| 7 | So what you would see is the machine , as it were , engaging the patient in a much more perhaps conversational mode and with much more feedback and response to the way in which the patient is answering the questions or behaving , rather than just , as it were , a machine which elicits information from the patient and compares it with a statistical set of data . |
| 8 | The author charts this progress and compares it with the British decision to choose the advanced gas cooled reactor ( AGR ) in 1965 . |
| 9 | At first sight it is a pretty enough spectacle to see a matchbox made ; one motion of the hands bends into shape the notched frame of the case , another surrounds it with the ready-pasted strip of painted wrapper , which , by long practice is fitted instinctively without a wrinkle , then the sandpaper or phosphorous paper , pasted ready beforehand , is applied and pressed on so that it sticks fast . |
| 10 | This seems to indicate that , despite his reference to sex as a fine and noble thing , he still regards it with a certain amount of misgiving , and as something that should be kept under strict control . |
| 11 | Although the Daily Telegraph 's reviewer thought the twenty-year-old too young for the role of Buddy , he conceded that ‘ he plays it with an infectious sense of fun . |
| 12 | ( Some pocket calculators will do this ; otherwise one obtains a random integer of 5 or 6 digits from a random number table and precedes it with a decimal point . ) |
| 13 | Whatever the grandeur of the situation she transcends it with a sweet serenity which mesmerizes everyone . |
| 14 | One is not really aware of the pain as being in a certain place ; one is aware of the pain , and one connects it with a certain place , rather as one connects different sorts of sensations with different sorts of malady — rheumatism , indigestion , and so on . |
| 15 | And as if to point up this change Bukharin declared , ‘ Our Red Army , which is to an enormous extent composed of peasants , is the greatest cultural machine for the re-education of the peasantry , which leaves it with a new mentality . ’ |
| 16 | But the North 's recent comb-out of traditional industries leaves it with an imbalanced legacy and serious economic handicap . |
| 17 | That still leaves it with the human problem of what to do about its many customers , the sizeable backlog of orders they have created and the delays they face . |
| 18 | At its best the structure of one of his perorations follows this pattern : he begins with a general statement and summarises it with an accessible example ; then he moves to a narrower statement and concludes with a final example taken from everyday life . |
| 19 | A defender who is attacked by a front kick to the groin , blocks it with a downward palm strike . |
| 20 | Because he bows , lifts my lace handkerchief ( sensitively dropped by yours truly ) and returns it with a flattering smile . |
| 21 | CPRW believes this review provides it with a major opportunity to influence the Board 's future direction . |
| 22 | To get round this problem , the tadpole 's mother provides it with an unusual food parcel — a supply of unfertilised eggs . |