Example sentences of "is [verb] with a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would at least have allowed the dollar banana firms , such as Chiquita , to import as much as they want , and it is not clear how the dollar banana quota is to cope with a possible increase in demand . |
| 2 | Malvern-based chartered accountant Alan Kay is helping with a detailed investigation of the activities of certain copier companies that are widely criticised for malpractice , as well as the leasing companies that finance them . |
| 3 | Note that at the back of the head an allowance of approx. ½in has been left , and this is bevelled with a smoothing plane so that when viewed from above the head will lie at an angle to the neck . |
| 4 | THE cab driver who was forced to carry an IRA bomb to Downing Street is recovering with a double birthday celebration . |
| 5 | Hence , whether a child is placed with a foster family or in residential care may not so much depend on the child 's needs but on where he or she happens to live . |
| 6 | In one area he was fortunate enough to gain access to doctors ' lists , which contain the names of most of the population since nearly everyone of every age is registered with a general practitioner . |
| 7 | However , Kilfinnan is dismissed with a mere mention in that compendium , which showed that the compiler had not made its acquaintance nor found much about it in any other book . |
| 8 | If the test is failed , the adventurer is filled with a terrible anger for D10+10 turns . |
| 9 | It is the lens which completes the refraction of the rays of light as they pass through the posterior chamber ( which is filled with a jelloid substance , the vitreous humour ) . |
| 10 | Every few years the gap is filled with a useful directory , but handy as they are such titles rarely survive for more than three editions : witness the demise of the Antique Collectors ' Club 's sadly missed Guide to Specialist Nurseries . |
| 11 | The band 's room is filled with a curious mixture of people , waiting for something to happen . |
| 12 | It is safe to say that the entire nation is filled with a believing trust in the Führer such as has never before existed to this extent . |
| 13 | Science has confirmed that the universe is filled with a constant noise , believed to be overtones of the ‘ Big Bang ’ echoing through the vastness of space , according to the materialists . |
| 14 | Far from seeking to gain political advantage , all that my Group have tried to do is to continue with a long-held policy on disability . |
| 15 | Over to the east the smooth blue sky is tinged with a violet strip along the horizon . |
| 16 | He dismisses fears of a second-half slowdown and is sticking with a year-end profit forecast of £417m ( £364.5m ) . |
| 17 | Food , you will find , is treated with a gentle reverence . |
| 18 | Phil Clarke , Andy Platt , Martin Dermott , Steve Hampson and Jason Robinson are already out of the televised first round encounter , while Joe Lydon is struggling with a twisted ankle . |
| 19 | Off from the imposing lobby is a more intimate bar where guests can relax in comfort , and the fresh breakfast room is furnished with a cool terracotta tiled floor and summery wicker furniture . |
| 20 | The Introduction to the Finale is given with a beguiling simplicity , and therein lies the key to this performance ; Rozhdestvensky has clearly taken the generic title ‘ Serenade ’ at its face value . |
| 21 | The sequence is completed with a reverse punch |
| 22 | The Germans and the French , unlike the British , pursue a foreign policy that is suffused with a latent anti-Americanism . |
| 23 | The memory of Churchill 's last premiership is suffused with a golden haze — the England of the Ealing comedies , of amelioration in social and economic life . |
| 24 | Contemporary dealer Marwan Hoss , absent from last year 's show , is returning with a mixed bag comprising drawings by Torres-Garcia , Helion and Gonzalez and charcoal works by Riopelle . |
| 25 | Between these walls the sheet is carpeted with a rich assortment of charged side chains , producing an electrostatically variegated but rather flat surface ( Fig.3 e and f ) . |
| 26 | But Dustin 's confidence in the play was so shaky that he insisted that the stage manager announce to the audience every night that , ‘ Mr Hoffman is appearing with a cut finger ’ , even after it had healed . |
| 27 | White Label is brewed with a special strain of yeast . |
| 28 | Each type of interview is designed with a particular research task in mind . |
| 29 | When an amorphous polymer is mixed with a suitable solvent , it disperses in the solvent and behaves as though it too is a liquid . |
| 30 | The exhaust gas is mixed with a little air from a small pump at a point just before it enters the canister . |