Example sentences of "and [noun sg] with [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | If so , it makes little sense to speak of ‘ authenticity ’ , though feminists might wish to celebrate women 's talk as an aspect of their resistance to oppression , a demonstration of skill and creativity with the limited materials at hand . |
2 | The alternative version has the same two properties together making up a property complex that is applied to the immediately adjacent subject of the sentence ; moreover in both cases the complex as a whole is assigned syntactically to the subject E ; the sole difference is in the matter of which property is taken as " senior " to the other within the bounds of the complex , as in ( 63 ) , and in such a case this will produce an infinitesimal semantic difference : ( 63 ) However this sort of syntactic trading is only possible where the language contains suitable lexical items ; it must have an adverb and verb with the appropriate meanings ; thus , in the absence of an adverb equivalent to after a change and a verb meaning to be orange , for instance , English can not offer such an alternative for ( 64 ) : ( 64 ) in spring , their skin turns orange 5.8 The range of verbs which can occur with postverbal adjectives is in fact quite wide . |
3 | The table was littered with shrimp whiskers , the sponge-cake gobbled up to the last crumb — but all she could do was to sip painfully at a meagre cup of tea and toy with a few shoots of mustard and cress , although she had prepared the extensive meal . |
4 | Her knowledge of and friendship with the two women also enable her to describe what life was like from their point of view . |
5 | However , the reception office is very much a functional working area and should be well planned with work centres focused around the major equipment used , and located so that communication and liaison with the other sections is easy , simple and efficient . |
6 | Tie the wrapping in position top and bottom with the soft fillis string . |
7 | Here she identified film ‘ narrative ’ with Freud 's ego and spectacle with the sexual instincts of the id . |
8 | The simultaneous process of relaxing autarchy and rapprochement with the western democracies moved very slowly in the first half of the 1950s . |
9 | His revolutionary vision and empathy with the oppressed peoples of the world led to his involvement in social movements in the United States , Britain , Africa and the Caribbean . |
10 | It 's great to see this British company competing on quality and service with the established giants and winning hands down ! |
11 | With the aim of strengthening our relationships with WACC members in other regions , the region 's chairperson , Rev Hilmar Kannenberg , travelled to Angola in July of this year to participate in a conference on communication and development with the Portuguese-speaking churches of Africa . |
12 | The head is still the leader and acts as chief executive from the viewpoint of governors — partly being told what to do , partly being expected to put forward alternatives of policy and plans for action , partly being used as their principal adviser and partly as the intermediary and negotiator with the other parties . |
13 | Pile the meat into the pastry case and top with the sliced tomatoes and then the grated cheese . |
14 | Drizzle over the chocolate sauce and top with the sliced strawberries . |
15 | Clearly this is a wide ranging motion designed to provoke thought and debate with no easy answers . |
16 | The National Union was merged with Central Office in 1911 and fusion with the Liberal Unionists followed in 1912 . |
17 | The film combines a heroic tale of a woman 's courage , talent and endurance with the spectacular sights and sounds of the Chinese opera . |
18 | Should sentences therefore ebb and flow with the same tides ? |
19 | To form the channels above bottom pelmet , bring the pairs of stitching lines together and pin with the wrong sides facing ; this will form the channels on the right side of the lining ( fig. 52 ) . |
20 | Salaries too have become comparable to those earned by other professionally qualified people in industry and commerce with the top levels earned by company secretaries or senior corporate administrators . |
21 | Pomfret is manager of development and analysis with the International Lubricants Marketing division of BP Oil . |
22 | If it affects more than one function , the decision must be taken by a manager senior enough to provide consultation with and cooperation with the other functions affected by the business . |
23 | Keening by the side of the corpse , the professional nacarena still howled her tale of the deceased , spinning it out from scraps of information the family had told her , and then delivering it bound and knotted into a customary warp of praise and lamentation with the reassuring catch-phrases that were always used , to level the pleasant and the unpleasant , the cherished and the despised into a democracy of death , making each death absolutely regrettable , knitting up into the web of the dirge the separate individuals of the community . |
24 | Since the mid-1970s there has been an attempt to fuse the voluntaristic , militaristic , flamboyant aspects of Guevarism and Castroism with the tactical positions of more orthodox thought . |
25 | Glasgow had close ties of blood and interest with the Southern States of the Confederacy . |
26 | The Labour Party 's future strategy can not conceivably amount to ‘ one more heave ’ or , at the other extreme , consist of liquidation and merger with the Liberal Democrats . |
27 | The submucosal and myenteric neural plexuses seemed normal in number and morphology with no intraneuronal inclusions or vacuolation present . |