Example sentences of "with [pron] it [verb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Predominantly green , and differing from Blue-cheeked Bee-eater , with which it overlaps in Egypt and the Middle East , in its markedly smaller size and absence of chestnut on throat ; race in Israel has shorter central tail feathers and much more blue on face and throat than illustration . |
2 | Colonialism had much the same impact on the traditional political systems with which it came into contact , especially those which were hierarchically organized for the purpose of a feudal mode of production . |
3 | The first is that the meaning of a word is not fixed like a dictionary definition , but rather it varies according to the words with which it enters into combination : consider the different meanings of ‘ white ’ in the expressions ‘ white wine ’ and ‘ white coffee ’ . |
4 | On the one hand it makes no demands , he wrote , on the other it is the vitriol which corrodes everything with which it comes into contact , the Gorgon which turns to stone all who gaze upon it . |
5 | On the other hand , however , Mr De Haan said the company had to put up with what it regarded as disadvantages of being publicly quoted . |