Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should very much like the opportunity to discuss with the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends , and other colleagues from Northern Ireland , how we can introduce a strategy for promoting inward investment over a longer time scale than that hitherto adopted . |
| 2 | The prime responsibility of the courts was to protect the public against a person who showed a propensity for very disturbing behaviour when he had the opportunity to interfere with the young and defenceless . |
| 3 | We will now introduce some of the terminology associated with the relational model . |
| 4 | The taxable transfer allowance , paid in addition to the disturbance allowance , is made in two stages ; half is paid to the employee with the first month 's salary in the new position and the remainder paid with the twelfth month 's salary in the new position . |
| 5 | The change began with the anguished division of the old Solidarity opposition into warring factions last year . |
| 6 | We have got the expertise to cope with the changing face of local government . |
| 7 | Peking officials now seek to excuse the June atrocities by claiming — all too credibly — that they had neither the resources nor the expertise to cope with the escalating civil disorder culminating in the Tiananmen Square assault . |
| 8 | Company commitment and the willingness to remain with the same firm for long periods may therefore be underpinned by the prospect of heavy sacrifices that accompany the alternatives . |
| 9 | Closer to the smoking fire , Blake could see that the colours of the flames varied with the different amounts of crushed rocks thrown on to the pyre . |
| 10 | Noting that the award corresponded with the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas , it said that this " was not a coincidence [ but ] … it was not the only factor " in the selection . |
| 11 | At the end of the year the Board agreed with the Chief Executive , Mr Philip Court , that he could take early retirement , and this took effect from the end of January 1990 . |
| 12 | ‘ The blow fell with the merciless swiftness of all misfortune ’ it was someone else 's line , a client 's presumably . |
| 13 | In molluscs , the direction of coiling of the shell corresponds with the spiral arrangement of the cleavage . |
| 14 | The macroscopic pattern found in surgical specimens correlated with the radiological pattern in only 7 of 18 ( 38% ) of the low grade/mixed grade group and in 5 of 16 ( 31% ) of the patients in the high grade group ; the patterns correlated with the endoscopic findings in only 8 of 19 ( 42% ) of the low grade/mixed grade group and in 7 of 17 ( 41% ) of the high grade group . |
| 15 | Later he would go out and stroll the city before his noon date at the Smithsonian and the afternoon meeting with the Secret Service . |
| 16 | The banquet began with the usual mumbo-jumbo , except the cardinal dined alone at the high table under a rich cloth of state , his fat body almost hidden by platters of heaped delicacies , whilst all around him stood serving men to refill his goblet , replenish napkins or offer a fresh knife . |
| 17 | He considered the advantage to lie with the former . |
| 18 | MI5 was particularly interested in the contacts made with the armed services , but the Security Service could find little sign of important influential support for Mosley in Parliament , even at the peak of the BUF growth in 1934 . |
| 19 | Its mystery does not affect the understanding of the Created God , for , to accord with the aims and claims of this book that mystery still rests in the pre-life period ; furthermore , it is possible to associate it with the concept of ‘ desire ’ put forward in the hypothesis associated with the Second Period . |
| 20 | Among seven species of fruit pigeons in tropical Queensland , the diets of the birds change with the seasonal fruits , each species with a different suite of plant species . |
| 21 | In Nicholson 's case , the description came with the ever-present prefix that on the occasions he has tried acid , it was used properly to avoid bad trips ; thus , he had ‘ come to terms with things that you perceive would be otherwise impossible — things that help you understand yourself … plus , if used properly , it can means quite a lot of kicks . ’ |
| 22 | Moreover , the contract compared with the first operation some three years ago was most significant . |
| 23 | The decision to proceed with the hydro-electric and irrigation project has been taken despite the fact that essential funding from the EC has yet to be approved . |
| 24 | Unfortunately the same can not be said of the decision to persevere with the existing range of street furniture . |
| 25 | It 's still a great game though , and was included on the cartridge bundled with the ill-fated GS console ( Ha ! |
| 26 | Whenever she was free from the brewing she hurried up to the bower to spin with the other women . |
| 27 | This limitation in scope reflects the remit and funding of the update agreed with The British Library . |
| 28 | Not only was there little difference in the reporting of the cases compared with the popular press , but also The Times had become attracted to sensational headlines . |
| 29 | Examples of this approach are evident in the checklist provided with the Early Language Training Programme ( see Figure 7.6 , C ) . |
| 30 | Is it in that child 's interest for it to go home or is it in the child 's interest er for the responsibility to lie with the local authority or the High Court ? |