Example sentences of "[verb] with the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The seeds of eternity have mixed with the beautiful human ideas and have formed some strange hybrid blossoms . |
| 2 | The occasional burst of singing wafts up through the yellow leaves , mixed with the mouldy astringent smell of rotting apples . |
| 3 | She 'd been grappling with the oddest emotional reaction , one she 'd never come across before and could n't fathom at all , clutching the jacket round her so tightly that her knuckles were white . |
| 4 | The ICAEW recognises that many of the detailed provisions , designed with the individual private investor in mind , may not be appropriate for the experienced or corporate client ( referred to under the regulations as ‘ corporate finance clients ’ ) . |
| 5 | His voice now carried across the quay to the boat , interfering with the sombre piped music . |
| 6 | The political system of South Korea underwent a momentous realignment on Jan. 22 , when it was announced that two of the country 's three main opposition parties , the Reunification Democratic Party ( RDP ) and the New Democratic Republican Party ( NDRP ) , would merge with the ruling Democratic Justice Party ( DJP ) to form a new conservative alliance . |
| 7 | Apart from the well known problem of casual interferences from non-experimental data , another important , less well known difficulty lies with the complex hierarchical structure of many social systems . |
| 8 | Responsibility for protecting the environment and for limiting damage already inflicted , lies with the entire human community . |
| 9 | If , as I suspect , Nicaragua faces serious economic problems , I would assume that part of the blame lies with the previous Nicaraguan government and that Chamorro may be faced with tough decisions needed to ensure that the ‘ empty stomachs ’ of the people are filled . |
| 10 | Japan risks remaining saddled for years to come with the primitive financial sector that created the domestic boom and bust of the late-1980s . |
| 11 | The Governor 's sanctum was a leviathan suffused with the same dreary red light . |
| 12 | Iraq 's military might and Saddam 's willingness openly to challenge Israel appealed strongly to a PLO leadership deeply disillusioned with the faltering Middle East peace process . |
| 13 | In order to keep the level of inflation down , will he have a look at what is happening with the six major grocery chains , the increased share of the margins that they are getting and the fact that their margins are now twice the level found in the major grocery chains throughout Europe ? |
| 14 | The western part of Mordovia is scattered with the Correctional Labour Colonies that are administered by the Ministry of the Interior in the distant capital . |
| 15 | As it grows , the grass is scattered with the dusky blue and magenta petals of meadow cranesbill and , as the hay ripens , seeding heads of sorrel colour its sunset-gold with red . |
| 16 | Van Engen argues that the growth factor should be included with the other traditional ‘ marks ’ of the true Church . |
| 17 | Payments to the smaller labour and material sub-contractor may be included with the weekly labour-only payments whereas the larger companies may be paid monthly or on a monthly account basis with or without cash discount . |
| 18 | The proposed dwelling is out of keeping with the nearby existing dwellings and will detract from the character of the stone archway and The Lodge . |
| 19 | His first port of call will be London where he is to meet with the British Prime Minister . |
| 20 | The target 's circular to shareholders must disclose purchases and redemptions made over the period commencing 12 months prior to the offer period and ending with the latest practicable date prior to the posting of the document . |
| 21 | Note that the inflection occurring with the transposed lexical item has remained in its grammatically correct position , rather than moving with the base item to which it would normally have been attached . |
| 22 | In September 1962 Sylvia Plath separated from her husband and moved with the two small children to a flat in London . |
| 23 | Extra stability is added with the triangular guying system . |
| 24 | It might be something about blending with the efficient American women he had seen around the city or it might be a feeling of exile . |
| 25 | They were earth ; dark , hard-packed earth , here and there cracking with the endless dry heat . |
| 26 | The Prime Minister , however , responded with the instinctive nationalist belligerence that came most naturally to her . |
| 27 | Born in Slovenia , Bratina trained with the Austrian Olympic gymnastic team before the 1914 games were cancelled by the First World War . |
| 28 | The Hindu-Balinese calendar is annually calibrated by the astronomer-priests according to lunar and stellar relationships , so that the rites of fasting and planting , rejoicing and reaping , weeping and cremating are synchronized with the actual bio-rhythmic pulse of the island . |
| 29 | The vessel was decorated with the American bicentennial logo and American diplomats publicly thanked Palestinian officers who — a few years later — would be vilified by the same nation as ‘ international terrorists ’ . |
| 30 | And I wanted to practise sculling with the big single sweep that could be worked from Joanna 's transom , the sculler standing up to work it . |