Example sentences of "of [noun] [was/were] [verb] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The patch of skin was removed with a sharpened tungsten needle , a few drops of Hanks ' balanced salt solution were added to keep the wound from drying out , and the egg was then returned to the incubator . |
| 2 | Mr Joseph Elkington of Princethorpe was faced with a problem . |
| 3 | A recent spate of firebombs in some stores , which caused £10 million worth of damage was met with a determination to rebuild as quickly as possible . |
| 4 | DONALD Smith , Regional Manager , South of Scotland was presented with a farewell cheque to mark his retirement from the Royal Bank . |
| 5 | The rather weak response of Sir Robert Megarry stands in sharp contrast to the decision in Kennedy v. Ireland , where the High Court of Ireland was faced with a much more difficult question , also in the context of telephone-tapping . |
| 6 | 40 µg of RNA was hybridised with a mixture of two probes:i ) a 350bp RsaI end-labelled 5' human NF-L ( HNF-L ) to detect the transgene and ii ) a 270bp XmaI end-labelled 5' mouse NF-H ( MNF-H ) probe to correct for possible differences in the mRNA levels . |
| 7 | Generally the central dome which represented the vault of heaven was covered with a picture of Christ Pantocrator ( the Ruler of All ) surrounded by angels and His apostles . |
| 8 | Even then the director had to make changes as the backers insisted that the story of an impoverished farmer galvanizing a group of the unemployed into helping make a success of things was combined with a more conventional sex angle . |
| 9 | Even er the breaking of dough was done with a lot of mang a little wringers thing you know . |
| 10 | Canon John and the capacity audience of well-wishers were presented with a wealth of talent and a variety of music . |
| 11 | In 1734 , for example , when Campbell of Ardkinglas was faced with a contest in Stirlingshire , this government politician attempted to secure the support of some of the freeholders who were normally to be found in the interest of the Duke of Montrose . |
| 12 | The last piece of information was given with a toss of her head . |
| 13 | Hundreds of kilometers of coastline were covered with a thick layer of oil 15–20 cm ( 6–8 inches ) thick , with a mousse-like consistency . |
| 14 | Indeed , callers to his home in the Hampshire village of Whiteparish were greeted with a sarcastic telephone message , which said : ‘ I am sorry Robin can not come to the phone — he has gone to have his foot amputated . ’ |
| 15 | On Sept. 30 Ochirbat was elected as the country 's first President [ see p. 37713 ] , and the Council of Ministers was replaced with a 15-member all-party Cabinet , confirmed in November [ see p. 37777 ] . |
| 16 | EXPRESSIONS of triumph were tinged with a feeling of relief from Winchester and Alton Conservatives as their candidate Gerry Malone swept to victory in last week 's general election with a majority of over 8,000 over the Liberal Democrats . |
| 17 | In 1588 , several inhabitants of Shrewsbury were imprisoned after physically resisting the attempts of the magistrates to pull down a maypole , and the following year the Mayor of Canterbury was confronted with a protest morris dance outside his house when he forbade maypole dancing in the town . |
| 18 | This atomistic view of time was associated with a drastically contingent and acausal concept of the world , its existence at one instant not implying its existence at any subsequent instant . |