Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pers pn] with [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Their shells provide them with valuable protection but like all armoured species they are at certain disadvantages — they are nearly always less mobile , less flexible , and suffer the consequences .
2 The qualitative methods provide them with feminist validity , while the quantitative methods ensure the reliability which psychology values .
3 Despite the principle of ‘ unity of command ’ , the recommendations submitted by the political officer on fitness and promotion through the Directorate 's confidential channels provide him with real prerogatives over the ‘ real ’ officers who surround him .
4 However , whilst the image of the ‘ head and tail ’ coin is pertinent to our understanding of the rituals , the rabbis ' words provide us with little more than an appreciation of how Jewish society ( or a part thereof ) at the time perceived and explained the religious state of affairs .
5 As the snake closes in for the kill , its mouth sensors guide it with deadly accuracy .
6 Most modern text-writers state it with some slight , hesitant reservation ( and this is thought to be the correct view ) .
7 Eyes have it with new sight cure
8 The apes provide us with much information concerning possible roots of sociable behaviour in man .
9 Other drawing packages provide you with easy to use drawing tools but only IntelliDraw tries to understand the nature of what you might be drawing .
10 Pinball barons chance it with Japanese MPs
11 Their seniors bestow it with increasing effectiveness as their seniority increases .
12 His single , minded pursuit of operational perfection had to be witnessed to be appreciated , He was the only Commander in the field that was able to change the entire concept of strategic bombing ; moreover he was the only Group commander with any worthwhile operational background , my personal researches accredit him with more than a full bomber tour of operations , and that includes his escape from Sweden .
13 Barber argues that the knowledge and skills of professionals provide them with considerable power and it is therefore essential for the well-being of society that this power be used for the benefit of all .
14 Naturalists shower us with intriguing accounts , both anecdotal and experimental , and their range tends to put in perspective the sense , if any , in which we might wish to claim that some were consciously purposive and others not .
15 At a time when professional astronomers keep the sky under closer scrutiny than ever before , Alcock 's world-beating achievements rank him with great observers of the past , such as the famous French comet hunter Charles Messier .
16 The Damsels view her with malignant Eyes :
17 The oceans provide us with much more than pleasure for the diver and beautiful photographs for the photographer ; they also give us invaluable knowledge .
18 Inasmuch as the parables provide us with some indication of how Jesus saw the world , it must be said that women would appear .
19 Some sting , some bite , some throw poisonous hairs at you and others squirt you with blinding sprays .
20 Thus our next problems are to understand what principles govern the establishment and modification of the interconnections between unimaginable numbers of nerve cells , how these interconnections endow us with higher mental functions , and the cellular mechanisms that bring about these remarkable processes .
21 The huge conglomerates that assemble on such occasions provide us with some of the greatest spectacles in the animal world .
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