Example sentences of "be [adj] with [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nowadays , Saint-Jean deals chiefly in the large if unappetizing tuna and the extremely appetizing but , compared with the whale , somewhat trivial catch , of anchovies ; but it is a town that smells very satisfactorily of brine and can be loud with the engines of trawlers if you go down to the harbour at the right moment . |
| 2 | It was in the Jurassic that the ammonoids achieved their greatest flowering , when the clays and shales of the period may be solid with the remains of their shells . |
| 3 | Article 1 of the Framework Regulation ( 2052/88 ) should stipulate that all Structural Fund operations must be consistent with the principles of sustainable development . |
| 4 | Computerised financial models are employed to analyse the behaviour of the fiscal systems in the four countries to test whether they are likely to be consistent with the objectives of the parties in the changing operating environment . |
| 5 | I 'll come as no surprise to you that er what 's been suggested would be consistent with the sorts of arguments that that I put forward yesterday . |
| 6 | If a theory is so vaguely stated that it is not clear exactly what it is claiming , then , when tested by observation or experiment it can always be interpreted so as to be consistent with the results of those tests . |
| 7 | The finding that adaptation is more profound in the LVF than the RVF , on the other hand , would be consistent with the results of Meyer ( 1976 ) , who found a stronger McCollough effect in the LVF , but would not support the findings of Beaton and Blakemore ( 1981 ) who observed no hemispheric difference in extent of adaptation or orientation selectivity in either of their two well-practised subjects . |
| 8 | The odds are that you will be delighted with the results of this simple little shoot , particularly if you have managed to avoid the besetting sin of most first-time camcorder users , that is of panning the camera in an aimless fashion over everything in sight . |
| 9 | Throughout his discussion , terms such as ‘ individual ’ or ‘ person ’ appear in quotation marks , to indicate that they are only convenient figures of speech , not to be confused with the subjects of bourgeois ideology . |
| 10 | First , how to persuade other member states not to insist on proposals which take us down the federal route and , second , how to avoid agreeing to wording which would be inconsistent with the wishes of the British parliament and electorate , while at the same time trying to reach an agreement . |
| 11 | Regulations made under this section must not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Act . |
| 12 | Later in its life , the same theory was known to be inconsistent with the details of the orbit of the planet Mercury , although scientists did not abandon the theory for that reason . |
| 13 | Alternatively , protein kinase C could regulate the turnover or insertion of the histamine H 2 receptor into the membrane and be involved with the effects of long term exposure to gastrin on the response to histamine . |
| 14 | The research will be concerned with the programmes for monitoring and evaluating the quality of schooling which have developed as a consequence of the 1988 Education Reform Act . |
| 15 | However , accountants , who also ought to be concerned with the concepts of accountability listed under Divisions I and II , have not traditionally played a major role . |
| 16 | In this sense they claim to be concerned with the interests of all their constituents , and not just those who voted for them . |
| 17 | Clearly , an arbitrageur will be concerned with the prices at which he or she could trade now , rather than with historic prices . |
| 18 | Merton Miller argued in 1977 that investors , when deciding between a company 's debt or equity , will be concerned with the returns after both corporate and personal taxes . |
| 19 | Furthermore , as Martov put it at the 1903 congress , all members of the party should be concerned with the disabilities of minorities , not just the minority itself . |
| 20 | A final series of studies will be concerned with the ways in which comprehension can be improved . |
| 21 | Face validity reflects the extent to which the test items appear to be concerned with the abilities in question . |
| 22 | In seeking to develop a technique that would be compatible with the findings of modern physics , she demonstrates the relevance of even the most abstract of concepts to our understanding of ourselves and our relation to others through language . |
| 23 | McFarlane talked of a ‘ Rabelasian cast to messages ’ and of ‘ the creation of romantic kinds of activities ’ ; he had four or five years ' experience , he noted wearily , ‘ of reading things which I knew not to be compatible with the realities of things . ’ |
| 24 | Embodying the alienation of the Westernized Latin-American intellectual , the protagonist of The Lost Steps , a musician resident in New York , recovers his lost identity as a man and as an artist when he undertakes an expedition to the jungles of the Orinoco , a journey that takes him backwards in time to a prehistoric world ; but his eventual return to civilization implies a recognition on Carpentier 's part that , for a twentieth-century Latin American , going back to one 's roots has to be compatible with the realities of the modern world . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's all too easy to be heroic with the lives of other people , ’ he told MPs . |
| 26 | Initially , therefore , he was encouraged to play his individual game , to look after himself and not be obsessed with the players around him . |
| 27 | This method of pricing can cause problems for the assistant at the till or checkout point , who may not be familiar with the prices of unmarked goods . |
| 28 | Hon. Members will be familiar with the lines from Henry V , but imagine if they were as follows : ’ I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips , Straining upon the start . |
| 29 | Second , he will also be familiar with the elements of ambiguity and word-play which are so characteristic of Derrida 's own writing . |
| 30 | You would have read of the exploits of some famous rock climber and you would be familiar with the meanings of such terms as abseiling , etrier , carabiner , piton and so on . |