Example sentences of "to deal [prep] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The tower is fully let , leading to speculation that funds were diverted to deal with its liquidity crunch .
2 They often make their own decisions on how to deal with their customer 's problems and requests .
3 Last amongst these devices for the protection of interests in registered land , is the restriction on the powers of registered proprietors to deal with their land ; for example , that partnership property shall not be disposed of after the death of one of the partners without the consent of his or her personal representatives ; or that no disposition is to be registered without the consent of the proprietor of a registered charge ( this last one a not uncommon precaution of building societies ) .
4 The demand for this , coupled with the inability of existing railways and docks to deal with their output in addition to that already existing , led Davies to build his own port at Barry in 1884 with a railway to serve it , The Barry Docks and Railway Company in 1889 .
5 Often grievers are left totally alone to deal with their pain , isolation and loneliness .
6 Tomorrow though , Town have got to deal with their bogey team ; Brentford .
7 To some extent , adults can choose of their own free will whether to deal with their grief or not .
8 Having scrubbed the train 's grime from her face and hands , she searched for a comb to deal with her hair .
9 But first this lunchtime , a mother has told of her anguish as she struggled to deal with her daughter 's drug addiction .
10 She did not want to face either of them — the pain of her own betrayal went too deep for that , and she wanted only to be left alone , to deal with her heartache as best she could .
11 Now , she was stripped down to the bare essentials of her person , trying to deal with her knowledge .
12 Twice-weekly counselling sessions were arranged to deal with her glue sniffing .
13 The way she 's had to deal with her life is very different to the way us three suburban-born white guys have dealt with ours , and we 're learning something every day — it 's a cool band . ’
14 In the opinion of many people , Gordon Sloan , the Reporter on attachment from Strathclyde Region to replace Mrs Kemp , did not inspire trust or confidence , and there was a renewed call for the Secretary of State to deal with her case as soon as possible .
15 She popped a toast soldier into her own mouth to give herself the strength to deal with her father .
16 He describes a ‘ good-enough mother ’ ( i.e. , a mother as good at being a mother as any of us can expect either to have or to be ) as someone who ‘ starts off with an almost complete adaptation to her infant 's needs , and as time proceeds she adapts less and less completely , gradually according to the infant 's growing ability to deal with her failure . ’
17 After all , unless we can show that we are able to do better with the totality of the sums , and the totality of the business , why should any shareholder believe that we know better how to deal with his money if we are to invest in areas outside our particular expertise , than he can by individual investments ?
18 He had no visitors , although once or twice a week his secretary might come to deal with his correspondence .
19 My dad said he 'd buy me a ticket to fly back to England and David said that he 'd pay him back because he 'd be very happy if I could come back and help him as he did n't really know how to deal with his mother 's grief .
20 In a medical-legal context this means that a person 's right to self-determination , to deal with his body as he sees fit , is protected by law .
21 By a notice of appeal dated 1 March 1991 the defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , ( 1 ) that the donee of the power of appointment , the defendant 's mother , Mrs. Mary Steed , did not know that she had been appointed attorney by the defendant and accordingly could not have known that she had any power to deal with his property when she executed the transfer of 4 September 1979 , and that in those circumstances the plea of non est factum ought to have succeeded on the judge 's finding that the donee was tricked into signing the transfer ; ( 2 ) the judge having rightly concluded that the transaction as affected was not a sale , save possibly at such a gross undervalue as to vitiate it as a sale , should therefore have held that the transfer was void and ineffective ; ( 3 ) the judge having rightly concluded that he retained a discretion to rectify the charges register against the registered holder , notwithstanding , as he found , that ( i ) the title of the mortgagors , Mr. and Mrs. Hammond , was merely voidable and not void , and ( ii ) that the registered holders of the charge were bona fide mortgagees for value without notice of the facts giving rise to voidability , then wrongly exercised his discretion to refuse to rectify since the considerations in favour of rectification could hardly have been stronger and his refusal to exercise his discretion was tantamount to denying the effective existence of such discretion , as if it was not exercised on the facts of this case it could never , or virtually never , be exercised at all ; and that , in the premises , the judge had erred in law in placing excessive reliance upon ( i ) and ( ii ) above to the exclusion of the other considerations which favoured rectification .
22 She is then obliged , under the terms of his will , to deal with his lawyer , Charlie Leveque , whom she has never met but loathes on principle .
23 We stayed for one night , there , in quite a luxurious hotel , so there was n't anything extraordinary to grumble about : the worst bit was trying to deal with our luggage — trying to retrieve it from piled-up trollies on the airfield in the heat of the day , etc .
24 ‘ As a result of very careful housekeeping , we have been able to deal with our list of creditors and to bring the cash problem under firm control .
25 They all accepted the newcomers , leaving us to deal with our discomfort .
26 If you are unable to attend for work for any reason , you must ensure that your immediate Manager is informed before 10 am on the first day of absence so that arrangements can be made to deal with your work .
27 By following this procedure , you will enable us to deal with your complaint promptly and you may expect to receive an acknowledgement within 14 days .
28 This is a special type of power of attorney which allows the person you have appointed as your attorney to deal with your property and financial affairs .
29 A I 'm pretty sure you 're going to need some help to deal with your son 's behaviour , and his problems at school .
30 Now perhaps you would like to go to your GP in the normal way and get him to deal with your throat . ’
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