Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] with [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Some members of the school first heard about the ESSE/L Project " on the grapevine " through contacts with one of the Major Project schools , and through the school librarian 's contact with the DCSL .
2 In 1532 he was sent as Ambassador to the German Emperor , nominally to discuss the latter 's plan for European action against the Turks , but secretly to explore a possible alliance for England with some of the Protestant German princes .
3 Addressing both houses of Congress on the subject of the Gulf war on March 6 , President George Bush placed a crime bill near the top of his domestic agenda , and he continued to link the issue of crime with that of the Gulf war when he sent a package of legislative proposals to Congress on March 11 .
4 France 's permitting the USA to use French air space and refuelling facilities , and accepting nominal US leadership of the 10,000 French troops involved was considered significant but France continued to equate the Iraqi occupation of Kuwait with that of the occupied territories by Israel .
5 The other term , Cognitive linguistics , was not indexed as a single unit at all , although there were a number of compounds with Cognitive as the headword .
6 He contrasts the moral ideas of humanity with those of the deity , who is described in terms reminiscent of Voltaire : ‘ Why have we sympathies that make the best of us so afraid of inflicting pain and sorrow , which yet we see dealt about so lavishly by the supreme governor ? ’
7 Understandably , this has been a bone of contention with many of the staff of the polytechnics ever since , who maintain that for teaching at degree level to be lively and effective it needs to be supported within the institution by an active research programme .
8 On 2 October 1990 the inspector requested accounts of and details of transactions with one of the plaintiff 's subsidiaries , B ( Pte ) Ltd ( a Singapore company ) , as it was possible that this information would lead to the amendment of existing assessments .
9 By looking into the pile of a rug and comparing the intensity of colours with those on the surface , you can obtain a rough idea of how far the mellowing process has progressed .
10 Further analysis of their data and of additional data for the period from 1970 to 1975 showed that , though the vote for the two main parties had declined in the 1960s , major party identification had not : in other words , electors — whatever they may have done in the polling booths — continued to express a sense of affiliation with one of the two main parties .
11 It is the purpose of this book to show that there is a possible meaning to the historical word ‘ god ’ , which involves an amalgamation into one central understanding , of all the known facts of evolution with many of the manifestations of unexplained mysteries which also affect human life .
12 If Bragad guesses at your real identity it could cause us a world of difficulties with some of the lords . ’
13 It was Barratt who , as we shall see , was really the moving spirit and who kindled a new era of prosperity by resuscitating the old Paddy End and Coniston Deep Mines into an entity capable of comparison with any in the country .
14 Eleanor has faced a number of challenges with one of the most memorable being the organisation of a Burns Day celebration .
15 The directors of the country 's leading newspaper , Fôlha de Sao Paulo , had also been briefly detained for likening Collor 's style of government with that of the Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini .
16 Just compare the broadsheet coverage of our conference at the end of September with that for the Law Society 's conference last weekend !
17 The view that it is all worth it , in order inextricably to link the destinies of the countries of Europe with that of the Germans , is at least one which is worthy of being tested .
18 The tour will include a view of some of the former waterworks equipment and will provide an insight into how the rangers manage the park and balance the needs of wildlife with those of the visiting public .
19 When our group raised the issues of travellers with one of the DHSS offices here we were told that everyone is allowed two weeks holidays every year .
20 The village was a scene of devastation with most of the villagers ' houses flattened by mainly British shellfire .
21 It is clear that London is out of kilter with much of the rest of England , if not the whole of it .
22 In 1988 and 1989 , a series of measures with many of the characteristics of a ‘ stabilization ’ package forced more drastic cuts in government spending .
23 Creating grids with desktop publishing software is a matter of moments with most of the good packages and , once created , they can be used over and over again without ever needing to be re-drawn .
24 And I think that 's what a lot of problem with condemned by the G P is is they 're not able to articulate the unhappiness that 's coming from the eating disorder , so they 're told to go away and put on a couple of pounds and because they have n't expressed that feeling the G P ca n't or is n't thinking enough to try and and poke into it a little bit more .
25 His personal fondness for the sayings of the Reverend Swaggart marked him as a man somewhat out of step with much of the rest of the world ; a view reinforced by his apparent keenness on the suggestion of a freebooting American marine that the kingdom become a dumping-ground for spent atomic waste and noxious chemicals .
26 Leamington is a well known centre for Acupuncture with one of the country 's leading training colleges .
27 The other is to go into coalition with some of the other regional parties that may also hold some seats in parliament .
28 Following on from the analysis of known heroin use , the second stage of the ethnographic work involved contacting the ‘ hidden ’ sector , those who had used heroin during the course of the prevalence study period , but who had not come into contact with any of the ten statutory or voluntary agencies surveyed .
29 From one point of view it could be argued that he should be rescued from Tarvaras before he had an opportunity to come into contact with any of the inhabitants .
30 Although Gregory came into conflict with Chilperic over the immunities of Tours , the original concessions must indicate that in certain circumstances kings were happy to make grants to their bishops .
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