Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] with [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Natural selection will therefore favour adaptations in males that enable them to mate with more females ; but it will favour discrimination in females , if males vary in their quality as mates . |
| 2 | I have no record of having received a reply and since everything is beginning to move again with the local authorities applying to the Secretary of State for him to lay Orders under the Transport and Public Works Act to enable them to proceed with public consultation on their scheme , the matter is becoming critical once again . |
| 3 | Tip the fruits into a sieve ( save the juices that drain from them to whip with thick cream to serve with the Bakewell ) and mix them with the flaked almonds . |
| 4 | Drivers on the French express railway , the RER , which is expected to bring visitors to the site from central Paris are also threatening to strike on Sunday , when the park opens , because of the demands on them to cope with extra passenger traffic . |
| 5 | Their sonar system enables them to communicate with each other , to ‘ see ’ through echolocation , and they cam possibly even stun fish sonically . |
| 6 | A viewing of the end result is not strictly necessary if the main point of the exercise was to have students perform a task which required them to communicate with each other in English as they did it . |
| 7 | David Gettings , manager of Binns , Darlington , has presented certificates to four of six members of staff who have successfully completed a sign language course to enable them to communicate with deaf customers . |
| 8 | Max Weber was an ardent nationalist whose political sociology was guided by the principle of the ‘ primacy of the interests of the nation state ’ , which he enunciated vigorously in his inaugural lecture at Freiburg in 1895 ; but he did not set himself to examine with any thoroughness the grounds of such ‘ primacy ’ . |
| 9 | → When you buy goods or equipment you have a legal right to expect them to comply with any description applied : leather not plastic , solid wood and not veneer , or in this case a ‘ 67 and not a 1974 model . |
| 10 | It equipped you to cope with everyday life . |
| 11 | Designed specifically for golfers , THE FRANK HARVEY SUPPORT BELT has an internal orthopaedic cushion which will enable you to play with more comfort . |
| 12 | I trust the above will enable you to deal with general questions addressed to the Convener on Council Tax . |
| 13 | The purpose of this chapter is to help you to deal with any injuries which you may pick up , so that they affect your fitness as little as possible . |
| 14 | Again , if it becomes too difficult for you to deal with this problem alone , there are readily-available college counselling services . |
| 15 | So it looks as if you , people 's emotions have been tuned in such a way , that mothers look on these situations from their point of view and feel happy about it , and offspring like you look at it from their point of view and feel unhappy about it , and your emotions are the way the evolution has equipped you to deal with these problems . |
| 16 | What has she to do with this business , Master ? ’ |
| 17 | Make two or three tracings of the design to enable you to experiment with various groupings and arrangements , and also to allow for any mistakes you make in cutting , especially on your first attempt . |
| 18 | Detachable lenses enable you to experiment with various fields of view . |
| 19 | With such a wide range of bed dressings available today it is possible to choose a sleeping system most suitable for your personal requirements and allows you to experiment with new looks and styles in the bedroom . |
| 20 | you to experiment with different assumptions on your own plan , it 's on the computer , so if you come up with a silly plan , you can even put your five year plan in there , and say well , this is where I want to be , and play about , and see what I 've really got ta be doing . |
| 21 | Some employers may encourage you to start with fewer hours than you think you can manage , with the intention of adding to these as you gain more confidence . |
| 22 | How would you advise me to deal with this problem ? ’ |
| 23 | But if the police or the security services are perpetrating the illegal acts there may be little incentive for them to deal with such complaints seriously . |
| 24 | In not getting themselves designated , county councils cause problems for their local residents , as they are unable to achieve the powers that would enable them to deal with unlawful campers . |
| 25 | Moreover , this is occurring at a time when few resources are available to enable them to deal with increased numbers . |
| 26 | A palindrome arises for reasons that have nothing to do with transformational grammar ; puns undoubtedly perform some sort of linguistic operation even though they are not accounted for in the grammars ; etymology reveals monsters more absurd than the most ignorant folk-etymology can imagine . |
| 27 | I 'm having nothing to do with casual callers . |
| 28 | I mean , look at the hours we 're supposed to keep — Parliament is all about being a gentleman amateur , and absolutely nothing to do with working mothers or the demands of a family . |
| 29 | The reason why I continue to believe that Heseltine 's best chance of getting the Tory leadership lies in the aftermath of an election defeat has nothing to do with inside knowledge . |
| 30 | ‘ Though it be not sense , as having nothing to do with external objects , yet it is very like it , and might properly enough be called internal sense ’ . |