Example sentences of "[noun sg] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Patients with stones of any composition , size and number contained in a thin walled gall bladder with a fasting volume greater than 15 ml were found to be suitable for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
| 2 | ( In Italy the foliot was sometimes replaced by a balance wheel with a similar reciprocating action . ) |
| 3 | Among his many other inventions were a wire-spoke suspension wheel with a rubber tyre ( practically the modern bicycle wheel ) and the writing-telegraph which was an electro-mechanical precursor of modern facsimile equipment . |
| 4 | Those coming in from the sea do the same thing in reverse , leaving the wheel with a sideways dive when they are within a few yards of their nest-hole . |
| 5 | I had several interviews with each parent individually , speaking to nearly 90 per cent of the total population group in a borough with a wide class distribution and a large ethnic minority population ( see Goodey 1991 ) . |
| 6 | To me the real distinction is not high and low , but between religion with a real supernaturalism and salvationism on the one hand and all watered-down modernist versions on the other . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I somehow do n't think you 'd manipulate me into discussing religion with a real-live rabbi . |
| 8 | Endo is a leading Japanese novelist who is sometimes compared with Graham Greene , but he writes about religion with a greater intellectual rigour than Greene , in a style both terse and elegant . |
| 9 | He dared to be a Christian , in a country which had supplanted religion with a political ideal , discouraging worship without actually suppressing it forcibly . |
| 10 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 11 | Tartines of yellow sweet bread soaked pink with blackcurrant jam for the children , a slice each of set custard with a blackened skin , wrinkled and curdy . |
| 12 | But David Rocastle is poised to end his Elland Road isolation with a starring role in what had been billed the Battle of Britain . |
| 13 | Clearly , then , women 's access to home ownership is often through association with a male breadwinner , a fact which further reinforces women 's economic dependence on a male partner . |
| 14 | Another possible course of action would be to set up an ‘ Old Students ’ or ‘ Alumni ’ Association with a wider membership than convocation . |
| 15 | When a polymer is crystallized from the melt , imperfect polycrystalline aggregations are formed in association with a substantial amorphous content . |
| 16 | Sections I and 2 of the 1936 Act make : ( i ) the wearing of a uniform signifying association with a political organisation or with the promotion of any political objective , an offence . |
| 17 | The association with a traditional barn incorporating porches has been skilfully exploited in order to broaden the width of the building at its centre so that an enclosed entrance porch and a generous ‘ dog-leg ’ staircase , giving access to the first floor , could be included on one side , while the equivalent projection on the west side houses an oriel window serving the dining-room which gives a commanding view over the Cherwell Valley . |
| 18 | Before we embark on a major explanatory exercise , however , we must be sure that the effect is truly causal , and not just the spurious result of joint association with a prior explanatory variable , as explained in chapter 12 . |
| 19 | It may be that you think my association with a certain person will prevent me from doing anything about Geoffrey . |
| 20 | Each letter of the alphabet is shown in capital and small letters in association with a key word beginning with that letter . |
| 21 | This offer of a spiritual identity was considerably enriched through its association with a potent instrument for popular cultural intervention . |
| 22 | Jeremy joined us as a Fellow of the Association with a long and distinguished career in the industryand took over at the helm of a dedicated and well-motivated teamat Trinity Road . |
| 23 | Acheson explained , ‘ Jap[an]s[e] will either move toward sound friendly relationships with non-communist powers or into association with a communist power system in Asia . ’ |
| 24 | David Whitaker originally chose Milly , a name dropped due to its close public association with a young Jamaican pop singer of the time . |
| 25 | The professorship will be held in association with a non-stipendiary fellowship at St Peter 's College . |
| 26 | There are also communal exercises , on B-Deck , which John leads in association with a swarthy purser called Togliatti . |
| 27 | The presence of airborne P cepacia in the hospital waiting room before and immediately after occupation by 3 P cepacia-colonised patients was investigated with a selective culture medium ( Mast Diagnostic Ltd , Bootle , UK ) in association with a bacterial sampler ( Casella Ltd , London , UK ) . |
| 28 | And in Bolton , where an assisted candidate was selected by an association with a large working-class element , he found himself facing a Liberal rather than a Labour opponent and went down to defeat . |
| 29 | The DIA 's interest in them sprang from their association with a Chinese arms dealer named David King , also known as David Loo Choy , who represented the People 's Republic of China and had played a part in the North network 's illegal supply of arms to the Nicaraguan Contras in association with Monzer al-Kassar . |
| 30 | A bad association with a particular colour can disrupt a normally reasonable relationship with a horse . |