Example sentences of "the [noun] with which [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | This is partly because more is known about him , and because his drawings and those of his younger contemporary John Thorpe [ q.v. ] ( a high proportion of which are survey drawings ) are the only large personal collection from this period that still exist , but it is also because of the distinctive and remarkable character of the houses with which he can be connected . |
2 | The stoking , the music and the difficulty with which he could be knocked over , earned him something that even Mr Singer himself could n't buy — respect . |
3 | Many of these ideas using sentimental flowers take some extra thought and planning , but the end result , and the enthusiasm with which they will be received , is well worth the effort . |
4 | The instrument with which we shall purge our minds is the idea that I call the extended phenotype . |
5 | The Collector selected just two more of these pistols , a small and reliable five-barrelled pistol by Lefaucheux of Paris , which he wanted to load and give to Miriam , and the English revolving pistol by Adams , which had caused such a stir at Woolwich by its lightness and by the rapidity with which it could be loaded and fired ( up to ten times a minute had been claimed for it ) . |
6 | The colour left her skin , her pale face showing a deep fear at the way he was crushing her to his body , the whipcord strength of his arms and the determination of his roaming fingers giving her an idea of the violence with which he would take her . |
7 | All such options need to be examined for their effectiveness in reducing emissions so as to achieve air quality standards , as well as for their technical and economic feasibility , the speed with which they can be implemented , and their enforceability . |
8 | Earls Court made a successful return to hosting seated events last year , in a move made possible by new developments in demountable seating and the speed with which they can be constructed and dismantled . |
9 | Under the presiding genius of Roger , bishop of Salisbury , Henry 's most brilliant administrator — said to have been first chosen as chaplain by Henry ( whose tastes were different from the Confessor 's ) for the speed with which he could finish his mass — the English financial departments were achieving something of the efficiency and maturity of their Sicilian counterparts . |
10 | The slower the better , he wrote , since one of the problems is the speed with which it could all be over . |
11 | One advantage of computerized typesetting was the speed with which it could be learned . |
12 | Proud of the speed with which it can run Windows 3.1 applications on Sparc systems using its SunPC hardware and software combination , SunSelect vice president and general manager Carl Ledbetter could still not resist speculating that future technology for running PC applications from Sun would ‘ go way beyond the current generation , without the need for a card ’ . |
13 | Advances in computer technology have improved the possibilities for the amount of information that can be stored , the speed with which it can be retrieved , the level of sophistication of information analysis and the simulation of future possibilities . |
14 | Mercedes last week announced the car with which it will defend its world sportscar crown and begin preparations for an F1 assault . |
15 | Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’ |
16 | In a way she hoped he had not and yet , on the other hand , she believed the news would have made his final days very happy , however heinous the deceit with which she would always have to live . |
17 | Our first task is to remove the uncertainties with which we can deal , and the first of those are the proposals of Mr. MacSharry . |
18 | The radius of the circle is determined by the reach of our fists and feet , the weapons with which we can repel unwanted guests if necessary . |
19 | The swiftness with which she 'd put the same question surprised him . |
20 | This is not surprising , given the difficulties encountered in developing them , but it does limit the ease with which we can generalize from one experiment to another or from experiments to the real world . |
21 | Physiological psychology presents a range of major methodological challenges , and how well we meet these challenges affects the ease with which we can interpret the experiments that we carry out . |
22 | One of these effects can be what Britton ( 1981 ) refers to as the phenomenon of re-enactment as an unwitting professional response to the dynamics of a child 's situation , the difficulty that exists for professionals not to re-enact — and thereby aggravate — what the child already experiences , and the ease with which they may collude with his sense of hopelessness and negative feelings . |
23 | The early experience suggests that for the enthusiast of language , for example , the latter approach and even the former is possible : equally too the science enthusiast in primary schools protests at the ease with which they can familiarise themselves with the process . |
24 | However it is equally clear that large Japanese companies do hold a powerful competitive edge because of the ease with which they can alter the balance between their own output and that of their smaller suppliers . |
25 | Nearly all of them lay in the Ruhr and Silesia ; those in the latter area were to become more and more important because of the ease with which they could be worked and the quality of Lower Silesian coking coal . |
26 | I did get the feel , however , of using the pastels on a tinted background and noted the ease with which they could be spread in different thicknesses to achieve variable effects of colour and tone . |
27 | One of the main advantages of partnership is the ease with which it may be formed . |
28 | Part of the appeal is doubtless the ease with which it can be applied with great effect . |
29 | This may have a bearing on the ease with which it can be trained . |
30 | But , ultimately , I know there is an inherent danger in the ready-made , and that is the ease with which it can be produced . |