Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] with a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Commissioner of the Garda Siochana for little more than two years in the 1970s , he presided over a force struggling to cope with a surge in urban crime and the spillover violence of the IRA campaign in Northern Ireland .
2 Staggered strikes failed to meet with a response and the Ministry of Education , rather than negotiate , chose to end the school year a month early .
3 We have got to go to work with a lot of of of er tension and pressure on us .
4 On 14 September 1982 Gemayel planned to meet with a group of Mossad officers , but was killed when a bomb planted by Syrian intelligence exploded in the local Phalangist party offices where he was speaking .
5 In place of the easy verities of a year and a half ago , America now has to cope with a Europe — both east and west — in a state of flux .
6 The details of this task are entrusted to the Future Legislation Committee of the Cabinet which has to cope with a flood of requests from the various Departments of State who all wish to have their proposals included .
7 Lady Merchiston 's situation , Theda recognised , was symptomatic of the whole , and she could appreciate that the Diggorys could scarcely be expected to cope with a task that would baffle an army of servants .
8 Neither does the inquirer need to come with a programme almost ready made wanting the centre only to book the air tickets .
9 Within a couple of years , non-standardization had claimed another victim ; but this time , the recorded legacy includes records which we can not play back electronically , because the mechanism has to work with a clockwork motor .
10 This 1938 Massey Harris model , designed to work with a horse or tractor , will take 2 days to harvest this 4 acre crop of wheat .
11 May is crippled with osteoporosis and has to walk with a frame for support .
12 It has to do with a lack of influence .
13 The business wants to deal with a representative .
14 Thus , in Gregory 's Histories the Council of Mâcon in 585 was expected to deal with a quarrel between bishops Bertram of Bordeaux and Palladius of Saintes , and it did deal with the theology of a certain unnamed bishop who thought that the word homo in the Bible did not apply to women .
15 The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory .
16 ( a ) Appointment The court has a positive duty to appoint a guardian ad litem in the following proceedings unless satisfied that this is not necessary in order to safeguard the child 's interests ( s41 ) : ( i ) application for a care or supervision order ; ( ii ) direction to investigate under s37 when an interim care order has been made or is under consideration ; ( iii ) application for discharge of a care order ; ( iv ) application for variation or discharge of a supervision order ; ( v ) application to extend a supervision order ; ( vi ) application to substitute a supervision order for a care order ; ( vii ) consideration of a residence order for a child in care ; ( viii ) application relating to contact with a child in care ; ( ix ) proceedings relating to emergency protection and child assessment orders ; ( x ) proceedings relating to secure accommodation orders ; ( xi ) application for leave to change the surname of a child in care ; ( xii ) application for leave to remove a child in care from the United Kingdom for a period exceeding one month ; ( xiii ) application for leave to permit the emigration of a child in care ; ( xiv ) appeal against the making or refusal to make , vary or discharge above orders .
17 The chapter has come to rest with a description of the currently established , liberal-democratic , constitutional theory — a theory which argues that the constitution provides for a system of Cabinet or prime ministerial government within a larger parliamentary democracy in which Parliament is legally sovereign and the people are politically sovereign .
18 This discussion should include other professionals in the multidisciplinary team and may need to start with a recognition of their own feelings , before meeting with the old person concerned .
19 There is plenty of choice for the investor who wants to dispense with a broker 's advice and simply issue specific instructions to buy or sell shares and deal with settlement .
20 Cut off from her , with his father and stepmother both dying while he was still a young man , John several times tried to live with a man he loved , but it always ended in disappointment .
21 One upper-class motherless boy moved to live with a great-uncle who ‘ treated me with the same affection which he would have given to a son .
22 Some believe that , to some degree at least , such a contact point already exists : cites the regular company secretarial work that everyone but the small unincorporated business has to undertake with a solicitor 's help .
23 He knows that he has to return with a deal , a scheme , a package that treats the scientific advice seriously but can also be swallowed by the industry .
24 I want to begin with a question which Neale does not explicitly address , but which seems to me to be a particular blind-spot which has determined the shape of television critical theory : the question of value .
25 Anyone who is unconvinced of this is recommended to speak with a linguist about how to mark and interpret the expression ‘ wash sinks ’ .
26 Spurs chairman Alan Sugar admitted contempt of court after allegations he tried to interfere with a witness in the High Court row over control of the soccer club .
27 I just phoned up Leeds for tickets for the Arse game on 24th August , and they tell me that ‘ Tickets will only be available for members ’ , and here 's me thinking that I do n't need to bother with a premier / membership card this year to get my tickets .
28 For Swan , the jockey with the choir boy looks , has become the punter 's friend in Irish racing , the rider the small man loves to follow with a confidence which is rare in a sport known for its uncertainties .
29 If the decision is made to continue with a circuit , use a well-banked turn and monitor the airspeed every few seconds .
30 Eat natural foods : The human body was made to cope with a diet of nuts , cereals , meat and raw vegetables , not a mixture of cakes , pastries and potato crisps .
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