Example sentences of "[be] [verb] with an [adj] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Judge then my feelings when the first face I was to see at Jo'burg airport was the self-same Second Secretary , delighted that he had again been honoured with an important secret mission .
2 Further details of the 40 junctions including accident histories and mean annual traffic flow figures are given with an enlarged map of the route in Appendix 1.1 .
3 Also , an annual revaluation of our investment properties required for accounts purposes as well as for good practice has been undertaken with an effective date of 31 March 1993 .
4 Work towards modules can be done abroad as long as appropriate assessment evidence is produced and students are registered with an approved SCOTVEC centre ; this is useful for students on exchange visits .
5 Mr. Hearn shows how even the very beasts whom we despise as unreasoning and unremembering are filled with an inarticulate sense of this dark backward and abysm of time …
6 Sheets of filo pastry are filled with an exciting mix of diced eddoe and mushrooms flavoured with soy sauce .
7 The waving lotion has been formulated with an intensive conditioner based on the natural protein Keratin to help strengthen hair and improve texture .
8 The original Georgian door had been modified with an Edwardian glass porch .
9 Any saving throws are resolved with an additional -1 , ie -2 rather than the usual -1 for a S4 weapon .
10 His use of ‘ traditional ’ and ‘ heretical ’ allows him to sidestep the terms ‘ classical ’ and ‘ romantic , , so incorporating elements otherwise labelled ‘ romantic ’ into the structure of his tradition which had been sanctified with an anthropological definition .
11 Another powerful boat , it has been designed with an optional asymmetric spinnaker so that the bowsprit is there when the training need arises .
12 Thousands of people had been presented with an alternative and had decided according to an inner inspiration .
13 An Oxford researcher who is crippled by illness has been presented with an international award for his research on the Amazonian rain forest .
14 Again I thought , well , the world 's there whenever I want it and I had been presented with an incredible opportunity . ’
15 Once you have made your choice of slide type you are presented with an appropriate entry form in which to type in your data .
16 The residential staff are presented with an unenviable task .
17 A break is taken , instantly chi appears and the visitors are presented with an enormous banana , a great delicacy in this region .
18 ‘ Spade archaeologists ’ are presented with an interesting challenge here .
19 Most roofs are built with an insulating quilt of glass fibre laid on the ceiling boards some distance below the felt surface .
20 Today 's sewers are built with an expected life of 60 years .
21 Another clue comes from a paper by the Japanese psychiatrist Abe who has shown that the second twin is far more likely to develop the disease if they are living with an affected twin around the time of onset , as compared to the concordance rates for twins who are living apart .
22 This polymer has terminal hydroxyl groups , which are esterified with an unsaturated acid , and an aziridine ( ethylene imine ) ring is added to the double bond .
23 Comic skills are exploited with an evident pride in technique , like the juggler tossing his plates , but there is a sudden expansion in range .
24 All other text editing and file commands are made with an active cursor in the Command Area .
25 Under the title ‘ Springboard ’ , their varying talents have been matched with an attractive mixture of classical and contemporary music .
26 What they 've done in a matter of a few weeks is put together a data bank of information that 's colossal , and they 're dealing with an enormous amount of , of distress and problems .
27 However , if we 're dealing with an unfamiliar area … we 'll examine the assumptions and market studies more closely while the analysis is being done .
28 These tales are told with an extraordinary lightness : the frequency of the present or the perfect as narrative tenses ; the adoption of a simple but precise vocabulary ; the sparing use of adjectives ; the composition of short , essential paragraphs added one to the other , not like bricks , in the conventional metaphor of story-building , but more like transparent balloons lifting the story off the ground — with all of these techniques , Celati has created a mode of story-telling which shakes off the weight of narrative in what is a conscious and consistent effort to pare away the superstructure of ideology and ‘ that homogeneous and totalizing continuity that is called history ’ ( Celati 1975 : 14 ; cf.
29 In this case , the exam questions ( the data files ) had been produced with an integrated package called Ability Plus ( the program ) , so you need that piece of software to read them .
30 Yesterday the Merseyside Police Federation Chairman , George Crichton , said that PC Harrison would have been better able to defend herself if she had been armed with an American-style side handled baton .
  Next page