Example sentences of "[vb pp] with [noun] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raskolnikov has of course outraged the human being in himself too ; the pad pad pad of the hunter and hunted relationship with Porfiry is intertwined with self-pursuit to the point where the murderer actually makes the running in the second of the three long interviews , arriving unsent-for and demanding interrogation ‘ according to the rules ’ , if interrogation there must be ; which leads Porfiry to exclaim : ‘ Good heavens ! |
| 2 | Therefore the simple observation that the parent-child bond is where we find family duty and obligation most clearly expressed has to be modified with reference to the gender of the participants , and with reference to a particular cultural context . |
| 3 | A further possible way of reconciling the two accounts is to say that both express important elements in kin relations , but each has to be modified with reference to the other . |
| 4 | She 'd been scooped ignominiously into her rescuer 's arms and carried with ease to the quayside . |
| 5 | It is therefore no surprise that in the minority of James V the Scots turned with relief to the fact that this time there actually was a close royal relative , John duke of Albany , son of James III 's brother ; brought up in France , because of his rebellious father 's exile , Albany was invited to Scotland as regent . |
| 6 | To re-define charity by statute on the lines of existing law would not be easy and might well confuse rather than clarify the law , for the essential difficulties connected with benefit to the public require more explanation and analysis than is convenient in an Act of Parliament . |
| 7 | The colour was thinned with water to the consistency of cream and applied with soft synthetic haired brushes . |
| 8 | This can only be evaluated with respect to the distribution of scores obtained by the standardisation sample ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) The recognition of a recognised body shall expire where a winding-up order or an administration order under Part II of the Insolvency Act 1986 is made with respect to the body or where a resolution for voluntary winding-up is passed with respect to the body or where a person is appointed administrative receiver of the body . |
| 10 | In particular , conclusions are often drawn with reference to the word ‘ percentage ’ , but often the question ‘ percentage of what ? ’ is conveniently ignored . |
| 11 | As protection , the floating charge holder is given the same priority with respect to any property representing directly or indirectly the property disposed of as he would have had with respect to the property subject to the floating charge . |
| 12 | Each curve of reduced modulus is shifted with respect to the curve at T o until all fit together forming one master curve . |
| 13 | The ‘ explanation ’ raises many problems , not the least being why the symptoms should depend upon whether the temperature rhythm is delayed or advanced with respect to the sleep/wake rhythm . |
| 14 | The evening closed with questions to the Speaker and a vote of thanks from Mr John Roberts , Chairman of BCRS . |
| 15 | From our discussion of the spatio-temporal co-ordinates which seem , in principle , peculiarly accessible to standard specification , it must be obvious first , that deictic expressions may retain a standard deictic centre but must be interpreted with respect to the content of the utterance in which they occur and , second , that the relevant standard temporal description of an utterance , for instance 9.22 a.m. on Tuesday 28 June 1873 , as opposed to in the late nineteenth century , will vary depending on the knowledge and intention of the analyst ( or speaker ) in referring to the utterance as located in time . |
| 16 | The first relates to the idea , taken from linguistic theory , that there are two main types of anaphoric expression : those that are interpreted with respect to the surface form of a text and those that are interpreted with respect to its meaning . |
| 17 | Thus 1 , must , and am must be interpreted with respect to the speaker , the young scientist , at the time of making the utterance . |
| 18 | I we pointed out that deictic elements of the utterances can only be interpreted with respect to the context in which they are uttered . |
| 19 | The mole-fraction of blocked transcript from each promoter was quantitated by densitometry and is shown with respect to the sequence and transcript length of the non-template strand . |
| 20 | In addition to prime ministerial patronage with respect to ministers and civil servants , the Prime Minister has the right to advise the Crown on the creation of peers ; expects to be consulted with respect to the appointment of chairmen of nationalised industries ; and can appoint ambassadors , chiefs of staff , and the heads of the security services ( MI5 and MI6 ) . |
| 21 | Different patterns of subordination will be distinguished with reference to the work of Roger Bacon , to the synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and Christian theology achieved by Thomas Aquinas ( ? 1225–74 ) , and to a critique of the Aristotelian world-picture by Nicole Oresme ( c. 1323–82 ) . |
| 22 | The amount of bone present in assemblages of prey , and the species representation , vary from predator to predator but are always biased with respect to the community from which they came . |
| 23 | But this is so only where the fence etc. was erected with reference to the highway and would probably not apply where the fence was erected for some other reason ( A.G. v Beynon , [ 1969 ] 2 All ER 263 ) . |
| 24 | It introduces several key changes to the way companies ' results are reported : the p&l account has an entirely new format ; extraordinary items become virtually extinct ; earnings per share will be calculated after any extraordinary items ; any gain or loss on disposal of revalued assets will be calculated with reference to the carrying value , and realised revaluation surpluses will therefore be excluded from the p&l account . |
| 25 | The general safety requirement is encapsulated in s10(2) which provides : ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section consumer goods fail to comply with the general safety requirement if they are nor reasonably safe having regard to all the circumstances , including ( a ) the manner in which , and purposes for which , the goods are being or would be marketed , the get-up of the goods , the use of any mark in relation to the goods and any instructions or warnings which are given or would be given with respect to the keeping , use or consumption of the goods ; ( b ) any standards of safety published by any person either for goods of a description which applies to the goods in question or for matters relating to goods of that description ; and ( c ) the existence of any means by which it would have been reasonable ( taking into account the cost , likelihood and extent of any improvement ) for the goods to have been made safer . |
| 26 | First , where an application for an injunction is made ex parte and the defendant claims , or in the opinion of the court would be likely to claim , that he acted in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute , the court shall not grant the injunction unless satisfied that all steps which in the circumstances were reasonable have been taken with a view to securing that notice of the application and an opportunity of being heard with respect to the application have been given to him . |
| 27 | Following municipal law agency principles a third party could claim that it was bound with respect to the protectorate provided the agent had acted within the scope of its express , implied , or apparent authority . |
| 28 | Such an application can only be made with the leave of the court , and the court may only grant leave if it is satisfied , inter alia , that ‘ there is reasonable cause to believe that if the court 's inherent jurisdiction is not exercised with respect to the child he is likely to suffer significant harm : ’ see section 100(3) and ( 4 ) ( b ) . |
| 29 | Again , in-flight arrangements are sometimes timed with respect to the departure zone . |
| 30 | Cushions tied with ribbons to the seat and back of the chair supplied extra padding and decoration — a legacy from the days of wooden-seated chairs . |