Example sentences of "[verb] with [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it is his duty , and his duty alone , to communicate with the departments of the government on all matters affecting the policy of the council . |
| 2 | Ariel began to communicate with the strangers in English ; she told Kit about the hot springs up the mountain , hoping he would let her go there . |
| 3 | The Board instructed their clerk to communicate with the governors of the infirmary on the matter , and in his reply a week later , the house surgeon there ( who acted as hospital secretary ) said that he had thought the case capable of being treated as an out-patient . |
| 4 | This has been proved in several places : in some arctic localities it is found with trilobites that lived at great depths in the muds of the Ordovician ocean , while in Canada the same species occurs mixed with the inhabitants of the shallow-water seas , where limestones were accumulating . |
| 5 | Athelstan agreed , pulling the cowl of his hood closer against the sight of rotting refuse , discarded food and human excrement tossed out in night pots , mixed with the sweepings from the houses as the citizens prepared for a festive season . |
| 6 | Anyway they 'd be pretty disgusting , mixed with the bits in his pocket . |
| 7 | Sensations rushed in : the cries of the traders in the street below them mixed with the screams of the swallows that swished low across the roofs ; the dark aroma of the strong coffee mingled with the fresh smell of the bread . |
| 8 | The waves of colour of the wild flowers mixed with the waves of sound . |
| 9 | Uncle sent me to St Bartholomew 's and Agrippa brought an old lady who fed me on a concoction of crushed moss mixed with the leavings of sour milk . |
| 10 | He 's surrounded with the fruits of the earth . ’ |
| 11 | We mingle with the ladies in black velvet evening gloves selling Moet and the photographer promising to make the plain into cover girls for a day . |
| 12 | He cites Pipewell Abbey in Northamptonshire , where the earthworks of a deserted village mingle with the remains of the Cistercian monastic site . |
| 13 | By 1911 , Umberto Boccioni who was dead by 1916 , was grappling with the emotions of modern life ; the impact and anxieties of living in the stroboscopic uncertainties of a mechanised urban environment . |
| 14 | But , though it is heartening to find an Iranian writer bravely grappling with the problems of exile and turning a critical eye on the values of both his native and adopted countries , Mr Ataie will write better plays when he admits the theatrical importance of contradiction and argument . |
| 15 | His experiences there in grappling with the problems of planning the postwar development of the French economy had made him increasingly convinced that effective economic planning was beyond the capacity of any single state , but would depend upon intense cooperation between states . |
| 16 | In point of fact , he showed far less difficulty in grappling with the mysteries of electronics than he did in understanding the concept of rappers and street cred , and the multi-racial society , although he experienced no difficulty whatsoever with the problems of racial discrimination . |
| 17 | He maintained that he was thinking about gold and the strange fascination this metal still exerts upon otherwise rational men grappling with the intricacies of international exchange rates . |
| 18 | Our activities fill the newspapers and magazines — siring more children ; making , or failing to make , ends meet ; grappling with the intricacies of our lives as workers , parents , divorcees . |
| 19 | There are many gifted teachers who are extraordinarily successful in this way , who are not just animated interpreters of complex concepts and theories , but who are able to galvanize their students into grappling with the issues for themselves . |
| 20 | Like Dexter , she had had enough of grappling with the bundles of facts she had accumulated , facts that did not slot together to form a coherent pattern ; but dissolved and reformed into new patterns every time she touched them . |
| 21 | The monthly tests were designed with the demands of the scholarship exam in mind but Alfie , with his severe special needs , did not achieve a single mark in any test during the three years . |
| 22 | The facility should not , however , be designed with the ideas of a particular individual in mind , although agreement on basic principles is obviously important . |
| 23 | They should be designed with the needs of cycle traffic in mind and should normally have the right of way at crossroads . |
| 24 | I run into the arms of Andy 's parents walking with the dogs near the ornamental ponds and it seems like an age before I can tell them what 's happened because my voice wo n't work and I can see the fear in their eyes and they 're asking , ‘ Where is Andrew ? |
| 25 | Nevertheless , the idea of judicial independence in the sense of politicians not directly interfering with the activities of the courts was not a principle upheld in the Soviet Union . |
| 26 | Built of stone rubble faced with ashlar ( stone dressed to a smooth finish ) and Roman tiles , the original polygonal tower may have been 80 feet high , but it had fallen into ruin by medieval times and was partly rebuilt , probably in the reign of Henry V. It still stands to a height of 40 feet , however , and we can see the original windows which were tiny on the outside walls to prevent draughts interfering with the flames of the beacon at the top . |
| 27 | By restructuring and interfering with the molecules in water , and changing the charges in the various particles . |
| 28 | People with a record for interfering with the likes of the Pitts , not ones with their social standing , though . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It is important , ’ Lord Justice Neill said , ‘ that the courts should act with restraint before interfering with the decisions of sporting bodies , however wide-ranging their powers may be . ’ |
| 30 | In the third century B.C. they were still cooperating with the Greeks in Egypt , but they were becoming unpopular with the natives . |