Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] with [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 She entered into technical discussions with the shopkeepers in a way totally beyond the capacity of Owen and Mahmoud , explaining that while she normally wore only French perfume , she was considering experimenting with a combination of French and Arab scents : ‘ une vraie Cairéenne , n'est ce pas ? ’
2 In the first place , as must already be evident , it shows some striking parallels with the Formalists ' views on literature and literary studies — views which were developed for the greater part quite independently of it , for although later Formalist theory may have been influenced to some degree by Saussure , the beginnings of the movement predate the publication of his Cours .
3 You can also walk on water at the nearby Palace Pier where you can enjoy fun , food and fabulous views with the waves lapping beneath your feet .
4 The cutters were beginning to feature in an increasing number of combined operations with the Customs Investigation Department .
5 Before I left camp , I discussed the modified rules with the lads .
6 This followed extensive discussions with the unions over the last three months but was without their agreement .
7 Erm but we 've also been involved with p with specific projects with the tenants group .
8 Oxford Practice Grammar contains over a hundred double-page units with the exercises facing the explanations so that students can glance across from the exercises to the rules and back .
9 How could the centre " maintain its administrative ties with the masses to ensure adequate national defense and tax collection ? " .
10 She began to exchange odd words with the others , the Afghan 's owner , tall and bearded in home-knitted sweaters full of mistakes , the woman who ran a boutique a street away and her argumentative pekinese , and an Alsatian with a middle-aged man in dark suits and expensive shoes who looked like an advertisement for men 's tailoring , the kind who would be bound to have the right clothes for any occasion .
11 Mr Whitelaw when Home Secretary had weekly meetings with the officers of the Conservative Home Affairs group : Mr Pym , when Defence Secretary , had no meetings at all with the officers of the defence committee .
12 Thus , dependence on and interaction with this wider constituency encouraged the intelligentsia to harmonize their visionary programmes with the aspirations of the masses .
13 Indeed , the results of very recent work reveal two interesting parallels with the conclusions reached about the psychotic illnesses themselves .
14 It may in part be a function of the teacher 's own practices , and when this is so an analysis of his or her use of time , from the broad organizational strategies right down to the minutiae of moment-to-moment interactions with the children , could help both in creating more time and in making for a more effective and efficient context for learning .
15 If the families believe that they can enjoy their social hours with the territorials , they will support their men and womenfolk and encourage them to maintain their membership of the Territorial Army .
16 One appears logical but as yet is hypothetical , pending the outcome of detailed discussions with the employers of IT specialists .
17 We agree clear remits with the clients .
18 After further discussions with the teachers , covering attitudes , methods and topics ( ‘ If a few more people had understood what inflation meant , they might not have won the election' ) , about a quarter of the teachers remained clearly of the view that mathematics education is , and should be , politically neutral .
19 Until these data are available , severely poisoned adults should be given 150–200 g through a nasogastric tube over 4–8 hours with the aims of achieving a maximum reduction in elimination half life and an improvement in the clinical state .
20 Indeed , Pausanias shows us what an account of a war with the Celts looked like in the pre-scientific days of Celtic studies , in the third century B.C. Direct contacts with the Celts seem to have been confined to prisoners or to mercenaries , bad subjects for ethnographic research
21 The threat from Catholics was constantly raised by him , for example , when he linked the failures of foreign policies with the activities of domestic papists ( 1625 ) and raised the bogy of their ‘ swarming ’ in the suburbs , claiming that in his neighbourhood of Covent Garden they outnumbered Protestants by three to one and had set up an autonomous community too strong for ‘ us the justices ’ to ‘ cast out ’ .
22 Minshuku range from traditional wooden farmhouses with an irori fireplace built into the tatami covered floor , exposed beams and thatched roofs to concrete , plastic and plywood family homes .
23 By exposing the story of the silencing of women which underlies Herodotus 's project , the novel demonstrates that ‘ originary myths ’ are at the heart of factual descriptions about the world , and that in this sense women , by virtue of their historical ties with the discourses of fiction , have a privileged relation to the voice of knowledge .
24 We stop the jeep for a few words with the Marines , some I recognise from a few weeks ago when they were on their way to take up positions on the coast , on the left of 1st Commando Brigade .
25 We also spent two days guiding clients with the instructors assessing us .
26 I had been offered three rehearsals plus some sessions with the singers .
27 The presence of an opposition-dominated Senate ( appointed during Zia 's presidency ) and the government 's need to concentrate on preserving its small majority in the National Assembly ensured that no legislation of any significance was introduced to deal with the country 's worsening social and economic problems , while deteriorating relationships with the provinces , in particular Punjab , created further uncertainty and the threat of destabilization .
28 He 'd swear of course that he 'd never again steal me from my proper duties with the children .
29 We know some of the major organisations in the country actually do look for chartered engineers with the disciplines of civil , mechanical , electrical er , gas engineers , chemical engineers , energy engineers , as the case may be .
30 We carry the memory of childhood like a photo in a locket , fierce and possessive for pain or calm ; everybody 's past is inviolate , separate , sacrosanct , our heads are different countries with no maps or dictionaries , people walk vast deserts of grief or inhabit walled gardens of joy .
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