Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , she tires of their constant need for milk and leaves the earth , only returning with the necessary food to feed them . |
| 2 | Some people find it easiest to put the seeds in the palm of their cupped hand whilst gently tapping with the other hand so that the seeds are rolled slowly down the groove formed on the palm . |
| 3 | She mumbled beneath his mouth when his fingers pressed hard into her firm buttocks , and she felt a hot flame burn where his hand had rested , her mouth , her body , her mind all whirling with the incredible sensation that his unprovoked assault was arousing . |
| 4 | The point of introducing this distinction between determination in the last instance and the structure in dominance is to combine the idea that the practices of which society is made up are mutually determining with the ultimate dominance of the economy . |
| 5 | Community legislation may be comprehensive without necessarily dealing with the precise point raised by the Member State , and may therefore have the effect of ‘ freezing ’ the situation . |
| 6 | 24 W. , we found ourselves in seas literally teeming with the feathered race . |
| 7 | He felt detached , as if he was floating high up above them and the executioners were only playing with the useless bundle of flesh that had once been his body . |
| 8 | We are thus effectively operating with the third-order submatrix of A1 when its first row and column are omitted . |
| 9 | The third framework programme , once approved by the Council and Parliament , would run from 1990 to 1994 thus overlapping with the second framework programme ( see p. 36052 ) . |
| 10 | She was just finishing with the last when there was a shout from Reception . |
| 11 | Inside the Labour Party , the conflict as to how to react was acute , those opposed to any concessions finally triumphing with the well-known formula of putting the matter to a royal commission which could not report till after the forthcoming general election . |
| 12 | The value of visiting rather than just corresponding with the Social Security Office when a relative dies can not be emphasised too strongly , as this enables any problems to be discussed and dealt with speedily . |
| 13 | Israel had previously accused Japan of largely complying with the Arab boycott for fear of jeopardising its oil supplies . |
| 14 | She was still struggling with the short introduction when her husband entered , bearing a breakfast tray . |
| 15 | This was the time at which Harington was still grappling with the improved purification of thyroxine ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 16 | Only a few months after vesting day , they were still wrestling with the enormous problems of reorganisation and the standardisation of the many different electricity tariffs they had inherited : this additional burden seemed to them too much . |
| 17 | I felt very alone at that moment , stuck there on that track somewhere in the Andes , my body chill with sweat and my hands still trembling with the nervous tension of getting safely through the rutted mud of the bend . |
| 18 | Rachel Sims ( Mrs Miller ) is still serving with the Metropolitan Police Force , and for the last few years had been at the rank of inspector , until recently holding the post of Staff Officer to the Deputy Assistant Commissioner in charge of the North West London . |
| 19 | In fact it allowed very few off-worlders on to the planet , and they were mostly technicians with special skills — who were required to live restricted lives in special compounds , hardly ever mixing with the local population . |
| 20 | But further tinkering with the substantive law of rape could be counter-productive . |
| 21 | He was in for a big surprise if he thought he was still dealing with the impressionable , easygoing young girl he had married ! |
| 22 | Keane , in County Monaghan yesterday preparing with the Irish squad for tomorrow 's Group Three World Cup qualifier , is still under contract to Forest until the end of October . |
| 23 | Although Strathclyde 's operational costs were met , the region is still negotiating with the Scottish Office and Orkney Council over the subsequent legal and administrative costs of the inquiry , estimated at about £450,000 . |
| 24 | Ministers are still discussing with the Royal Household the style of the repair work . |
| 25 | At the moment it seems our American friends had the right of it , but we are still working with the wild-caught fish and quite often these do not behave in the same way as tank-raised fish do . |
| 26 | In the same year Sir Thomas Roe went as English representative in turn to The Hague , Copenhagen and Königsberg ( where the Elector of Brandenburg then was ) before also helping with the Swedish–Polish negotiations . |
| 27 | The emphasis should be on supporting and protecting your own jumper and not illegally interfering with the opposing jumper . |
| 28 | Not only is she busy sending out subscription forms to the existing 220 members , she is also coping with the dozens of enquiries from amateurs all over the world looking to turn professional . |
| 29 | Also dealing with the early nineteenth century , British Journey : Karl Friedrich Schinkel edited by David Bindman and Gottfried Riemann , studies the great German architect/designer 's visit to England and Scotland in 1826 as recorded in his important journal . |
| 30 | The United States Secretary of State , James Baker , and the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze held three days of talks on April 4-6 in Washington , concentrating mainly on arms control issues ( including the security status of a unified Germany — see p. 37386 ) but also dealing with the Lithuanian independence crisis [ see pp. 37360-62 ] and the state of the Soviet economy . |