Example sentences of "[verb] with [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was clear to The Times that bankruptcy was far less of a protection to creditors than a licence to dishonest traders to speculate with other persons ' property . |
| 2 | The team got off to a good start on the general knowledge round , they then had to answer questions connected with local councillors ' work . |
| 3 | If a bank 's core activities were ring-fenced by rules limiting what it could do with insured depositors ' money , its forays into securities , swaps and other financial markets need not threaten the banking system . |
| 4 | The terms of each deal vary with individual governments ' performance . |
| 5 | Of course he needed to finance so improbable a research programme , so he sold his dragons to an Emperor , who had them minced up and served to him garnished with spit-roasted swallows ' tongues , at one of his less important banquets . |
| 6 | While the students compete for honours within their class , the teacher may be looking to the class as a whole , competing with other teachers ' classes , to bring him esteem and promotion . |
| 7 | Officials from 35 countries held preliminary discussions on July 15-17 on working out a European Energy Charter , planned for signature in mid-December 1991 , which would link the Soviet Union 's oil and gas supplies with Western countries ' financing and technological expertise . |
| 8 | There is one simple , physiological reason why male birds try so hard to mate with other males ' mates , and why some females let them . |
| 9 | Normal human neutrophils were cytocentrifuged , ethanol fixed , and then incubated with coded patients ' sera . |
| 10 | When historians are working on major pieces of research , or wish to deal with other historians ' views on particular topics , they may contribute articles to historical journals as interim reports on their work in progress . |
| 11 | Similarly , in the post-World War II period more interventionist governments wished to deal with authoritative employers ' representatives , sometimes with the aim of promoting greater centralisation in collective bargaining . |
| 12 | Better still , look at its insurance ratings compared with close rivals ' : the Golf GTi and Rover 216 GTi fall into group 14 , the Escort XR3i into group 15 , the Furio nestles happily in group 11 . |
| 13 | Both American Express and Diners Club have lost ground to Mastercard Gold , which increased its share of the market by about 38 per cent in 1990 ( although from a small base ) and now has 19 per cent of the cards in issue by volume , compared with American Express ' 57 per cent and Diners Club 's 13 per cent , says Market Assessment . |
| 14 | Because one of the Bailes cows , Rose by name , had the kind of obscure digestive ailment which interferes with veterinary surgeons ' sleep . |
| 15 | Ethno-religious conflicts were also primarily linked with certain groups ' obsession with power . |
| 16 | Other villages linked with Young Farmers ' Clubs for joint activities and the social purpose of the WEA was exemplified through course-linked visits to theatres in Cambridge and Oxford while other visits were arranged to Parliament . |
| 17 | The Council is associated with other local authorities represented on the national and provincial councils dealing with local authorities ' services . |
| 18 | Thus the freedom to act in a given way , e.g. to protest , attracts an obligation in doing so not to disproportionately interfere with other persons ' freedoms or with society 's interests . |
| 19 | In principle , therefore , it is different from direct investment : while the latter is associated with multi-national corporations ' overseas plants and enterprises , portfolio investment relates to the international borrowing , lending and investment of the City . |
| 20 | Moreover , legislation associated with improving workers ' rights in Germany took control many of the important details of university life , such as departmental policy and appointments , out of the hands of the heads of departments and transferred them to committees of faculty members at all levels . |
| 21 | During the General Strike , the League collaborated with other employers ' organizations , such as the FBI , to provide information to the government on coal stocks and shortages , the availability of transport and the organization of strike-breaking operations . |
| 22 | A second thermos was passed with hot camels ' milk , yellow with saffron and heavily sweet . |
| 23 | In 1874 the Mercury reported that the custom was in decline but ‘ formerly several gangs of ‘ plough-witches ' ’ , ludicrously dressed and with hideous painted faces , came in from the country and visited the tradesmen 's shops , levying ‘ ‘ black-mail' ’ and generally terminating their begging rounds with drunken orgies ' . |
| 24 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |
| 25 | Lapper had certainly been guilty of conceit ( a wrought iron gate had been ordered with senior managers ' initials worked into it ) , but the sentence was interpreted as a politically motivated attack on wastrel public corporations , and was widely felt to be unjust . |