Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] with the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police say the device bears all the hallmarks of the IRA and officers are liasing with the Anti Terrorist Squad … |
| 2 | It 's astonishing how some formalities have stayed on , even through the mean and hungry 1980s , for no apparent reason than that they were always done , while in other areas of activity important people are treated with the utmost disdain — or worse , with complete new-fangled insincerity . |
| 3 | ‘ However , matters of security are treated with the utmost seriousness and the strongest action will be taken against the passenger concerned . ’ |
| 4 | However tough things seem , it 's vital that you should keep your spirits up , and remember that acting is an art and a thrilling one — though sometimes when you are struggling with the frustrating process of building a career , this can all get a bit obscured . |
| 5 | At the present time there are 709 Bureaux in the United Kingdom which are registered with the National Association of Citizens ' Advice Bureaux ( NACAB ) . |
| 6 | They are the only club of their kind who are registered with the Royal Life Saving Society . |
| 7 | They are registered with the English Golf Union and play regular fixtures at Mill Hill and Highgate in addition to Henley where they feel particularly welcomed and privileged by being permitted to play on a Sunday . |
| 8 | Above all only the eyes retain any spark of life , and they are filled with the overwhelming emotion of anguish . |
| 9 | Councillor Rodgers said , ‘ They are interfering with the democratic process in this by-election and seeking to buy political influence with what amounts to bribes ’ , and noted the offer was personally embarrassing for him as he negotiated as a union official with the companies over workers ' pay and conditions . |
| 10 | The sharp dualism that is proposed whereby acquisition and learning are two quite distinct processes would seem to force the conclusion that if you think carefully , choose your words , take your time before making your conversational contribution you can not communicate , or at any rate not very effectively , because you are interfering with the natural function of the acquired system . |
| 11 | But could it not be argued that the RSPCA , and others who carry out such a praiseworthy activity , are interfering with the natural selection process ? |
| 12 | To achieve such changes in typeface typesetting codes are interspersed with the actual text . |
| 13 | He makes use of verbs which are intrinsically onomatopoeic , like clanking , thumped and rapped , as well as words which are phonaesthetic in a less direct sense , such as stumbling and clumsy , clutch and claw , in which the similarities of sound connote similarities of meaning In the description of the train , regularities of rhythm ( clanking , stumbling down from Selston " , " one by one , with slow inevitable movement ) are interspersed with the clogging effect of juxtaposed heavily stressed syllables ( loud threats of speed " , " The trucks thumped heavily past " ) , to which consonant clusters add vehement emphasis : Elsewhere , the short vowel /æ/; combines with repeated stop consonants to intensify hard , uncompromising features of the landscape : " jolting black waggons " , " black headstocks " , " rapped out its spasms " . |
| 14 | These documents are included with the new guidance in sections 1 and 4 , and have the same status . |
| 15 | Large amounts of mercury are mixed with the crushed gold bearing rock , and are agitated in a concrete mixture . |
| 16 | Every other block , a building is in flames , burglar alarms ring unanswered , supermarket parking lots are carpeted with the messy afterbirth of nascent revolt . |
| 17 | All the individual fund borrowing requirements are collected and then are matched with the optimal portfolio ( mixing long- and short-term debt , as well as mixing debt and equity holdings ) . |
| 18 | Instead , they are felt with the keen sense of personal radar which we all have . |
| 19 | For example , suppose that you are presented with the following passage , used by Johnston et al. : |
| 20 | But then most columns in the press are written with the tacit understanding that the readers wo n't remember what they have read and columnists wo n't remember what they have written . |
| 21 | Presumably such marked fluctuations are connected with the prevailing weather conditions . |
| 22 | Rather , I would like to consider some of the more fundamental problems that are connected with the general nature of ‘ sociological positivism ’ and its relation to classical criminology . |
| 23 | Subsequent references to Wordsworth 's surroundings are made with the definite article ( " the woods ' , " the pathless rocks ' ) . |
| 24 | It is to be noted that need is not referred to albeit that , in practice , many applications for interim payment are made with the specific intent of securing a sum designed to meet a specific need or requirement of the pursuer . |
| 25 | The actual monitor controls are never altered , the adjustments are made with the standard colour wheel control of the Macintosh , but the end result should be a pretty close approximation . |
| 26 | There are overheads when defining and manipulating hierarchies , and this is particularly apparent when comparisons are made with the relational approach . |
| 27 | Co-direction ensures that administrative decisions are made with the full understanding of the implications for all participants . |
| 28 | If you 're knitting with the mylar sheet , it moves on at the start of the second row and is scanned at the end of the second row . |
| 29 | Open up one of the applications and you 're greeted with the usual menu bar at the top of the screen , beneath which is a nice toolbar , complete with colourful icons . |
| 30 | ‘ The problem you 're having with the new keel , of course . ’ |