Example sentences of "with a [adj] [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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1 | Mrs Castle opens her account with a few reflections on the ‘ feminine ’ touch Edward Heath had brought to the redecoration of Chequers and some bitter-sweet memories of 1969 , when she and Wilson had clashed there with trade-union leaders over the In Place of Strife proposals for union reform . |
2 | Beginning with a few notes on the back of an envelope , the Bill expanded rapidly . |
3 | Finally the helpful priest drove up to a point overlooking a fine old stone harbour , with a few houses on the quayside . |
4 | The general theory of relativity links the gravitational force and the structure of space–time , and so we should begin with a few remarks on the gravitational force and then explain how it was that the classical or Newtonian view of gravitation came to be seen as unsatisfactory . |
5 | There is a strong temptation to paste what I access into what I 'm writing , or perhaps to forward a copy instantly to a colleague with a dozen taps on the keyboard . |