Example sentences of "[conj] [v-ing] them with [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Fitting these chokes with , or replacing them with those that have earths and metal jackets will reduce the voltage reading and any possible ill effects on the fish .
2 He said that he will be continuing with Mary 's work of dealing with residents ' worries and complaints — ‘ pointing them in the direction of the right person to help them ’ — and assisting them with official forms , etc .
3 It seems right to see Hubble 's greatness in recognising splendid opportunities and pursuing them with utmost devotion and superb vision .
4 As a change and to provide more nourishment , try pouring yogurt over them and topping them with fresh fruit .
5 Fifthly , rebellion , giving up the conventional goals and means and replacing them with new ones .
6 The company has since made a remarkable recovery by clearing out its middle management ranks and replacing them with semi-autonomous work teams .
7 She glanced round as Melissa entered , alerted by the creak of the heavy wooden door , but immediately returned to her task of removing faded blooms and replacing them with fresh ones .
8 Toddler walks with her had been a superhuman test of patience as she squatted by every puddle , slowly stirring the water with sticks , and picked up myriads of stones , tenderly brushing them free of earth and inserting them with infinite laboriousness into pockets already grinding with pebbles .
9 The Hezbollah election programme , as announced by the party 's secretary-general Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah on Aug. 6 , asserted the importance to Lebanon of " resistance against the Zionist occupation " , and pledged to support " the resistance fighters , facilitating their jihad and providing them with official and popular political protection " .
10 Because of the mismatch between processor and transput device speeds , we are led to consider uncoupling the devices from direct processor control and providing them with some degree of autonomy .
11 The skill of research is in accessing fundamental points quickly and substantiating them with hard data .
12 Helpless in her pinioned position , she opened her mouth to make a cutting retort and met Roman 's questing finger , slowly outlining her mouth , feathering indescribable sensations over the surface of her skin , then sliding between her lips and parting them with such lazy insistence that a shiver of reaction made her tremble all over .
13 The comparative method in sociology will be discussed in chapter 3 , but essentially consists of the sociologist assembling data about several societies or social contexts and comparing them with each other , with the intention of explaining the causes of any variations .
14 Art construction in all its forms is simply the choosing of separate or possibly groups of atoms and molecules from diverse existing structures and re-grouping them with mental science .
15 This woodcut ( opposite ) gives an idea of the stages involved in the preparation of the blank flans and striking them with hand-held dies .
16 He also includes all the posthumous items in his Etudes symphoniques , scattering them freely through the text but playing them with such improvisatory magic that all sense of interruption or slackened structure is virtually erased .
17 They stole the birdfood and embarrassed the cats , screaming imprecations while eluding them with flying leaps .
18 The ease of transferring from one public service scheme to another and the fact that your pension keeps up with price increases are important factors to consider when comparing them with private sector schemes , which generally do not keep up with inflation and where you can lose out if you leave .
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