Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] with an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paddy was well aware of this and with an imperceptible shake of his head , continued sardonically — |
| 2 | He turned up again in a small-town truck stop , clean-shaven and with an airman 's jacket showing fleece through rips in the leather . |
| 3 | The defence of due diligence is available to anyone charged with the offence in section 10 or with an offence under safety regulations . |
| 4 | When not drunk or nursing a grievance , Brown was capable of being a big man , honest , courageous , intelligent , prodigiously hard-working and with an unclouded view of Britain 's proper place in a changing world . |
| 5 | This material will be attractive , serious but with an air of fun and festivity as well . |
| 6 | The improvement tends to be more rapid than with an immature three or four year old due to the increased strength . |
| 7 | Thorns also elaborated a socio-temporal model of village communities , suggesting that there were three types of villages : those that have established structure ( long-standing and with an accepted pattern of authority ) ; those that are transitional , in which the higher-status group has lost its authority ; and those that have been re-established , in which new leaders , mainly in-migrants , have filled the roles of authority . |
| 8 | I mean I used to , I can chart the American way you see cos but the American way is different to the British way cos we just count number one to eight but with an American they go one one , one two , one three , one four , one five , one six and then they come this way . |
| 9 | This time the thunder burst with a pistol-shot snap and with an equal suddenness , as if at last those swollen vessels had been punctured , the rain began to fall . |
| 10 | In young Rosemary Joshua ( who so distinguished herself recently in Princess Ida ) this production finds a capital Norina , sprightly , stylish and with an exceptional command of coloratura , dead accurate , expressive and always easy on the ear . |
| 11 | This was mainly at Level II but with an increasing achievement at Level III and above . |
| 12 | The Club atmosphere is casual but with an exciting dash of cosmopolitan sophistication . |
| 13 | Very large numbers of old people , especially women , live alone or with an elderly spouse and most manage their lives capably and competently . |
| 14 | If you withdraw it before then , you may still get more than with an ordinary bank or building society . |
| 15 | Using a pastry wheel ( either a smooth-edged one or with an uneven edge for a wiggly line ) , make a spiral decoration on the circle and position it on the cake . |
| 16 | Equally coveted were a magnificent pair of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Boulle marquetry and Japanese lacquer commodes by Etienne Levasseur which had the added distinction of being beautiful , practical and with an eighteenth-century provenance ( one of the few Patiño pieces with that distinction ) , made for the great connoisseur Pierre Louis-Paul Randon de Boisset . |
| 17 | The hallway was of a fair size , high-ceilinged and with an oak stairway that led up to a gallery-style balcony . |
| 18 | The mechanics had basically the same but with an extra hundred-square-foot room at the back . |
| 19 | if the return to Conservatism is to be something more than the transient apparition of a spectre from the past , and its voice in national affairs not merely to be a sepulchral warning against the dangers of rash courses , the Conservative leaders must bestir themselves to some purpose … [ the Conservative Party ] must be ready to meet the programme of the Labour Party not simply with a non-possumus but with an alternative which will in some measure satisfy certain of the needs which Labour is concerned to satisfy , and at the same time avoid the perils with which it insists Labour policy is beset . |
| 20 | To overcome this , some employers operate a policy a common retirement age of 65 but with an option to retire up to five years earlier if the employee wishes . |
| 21 | With a pair of macaws fetching up to £10 000 and with an ounce of ground rhinoceros horn costing more than an ounce of gold in Asian medicine shops , the stakes are high . |
| 22 | He had the personality for it , strong , aggressive and with an eye to a bargain . |
| 23 | ‘ I know you do , ’ he said at last and with an obvious effort . |
| 24 | For those keen on flying but with an aquatic interest it would help make the perfect corporate day out . |