Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laser engines undoubtedly rule at this moment in time but the LED looks like becoming a strong contender with devices like the NEC SilentWriter — it 's also inherently more reliable . |
| 2 | If you know what your aims are ; if you make sure that you know how to memorise and recall ; if your reviews are effective , with good concentration , you may feel yourself well on the way to becoming a successful student with a bright future . |
| 3 | Bradshaw and Millar found that about 85 per cent of all lone mothers had spent some time on income support since becoming a lone parent with 72 per cent still in receipt at the time of the interview . |
| 4 | Overcrowding is becoming a significant problem with the explosion in mobile communications and broadcasting services . |
| 5 | fertilizer application is becoming a high-tech activity with the introduction of the computerized N-Sure service advising farmers of the exact day that ‘ Nitram ’ should be applied for optimum crop production . |
| 6 | Never settle for painting a still life with nets and anchor just because you are afraid seascapes are too complex . |
| 7 | I mean , in a much more , erm , a le a less severe example , but we 're having a Road Safety Week , at school , this week , erm , and it was my class 's turn , yesterday afternoon , so I was just there keeping a watching brief with my my children while the , road safety representative was talking to them , and she put them us through the usual hoops of erm , did any of them play on the roadside un unattended . |
| 8 | BRITISH Formula One team Lotus went a step further in their revival plans today by announcing a technical partnership with Mugen-Honda for a supply of V10 Grand Prix racing engines in 1994 and 1995 . |
| 9 | Each page was decorated with delicate filigree-like scrollwork in a range of dazzling colours : on one page lightly drawn angel figures , on another a priest sprinkling a shrouded corpse with holy water as he committed it to the grave . |
| 10 | Access will be improved more quickly by securing agreements than by adopting a fundamentalist approach with the attitude that ‘ we will not be moved ’ . |
| 11 | Australia formally resumed aid to Vietnam on April 13 , ending a 12-year embargo with a US$100 million package . |
| 12 | ‘ You will , ’ Luke asserted , the prophecy blending a breathtaking arrogance with pure threat as he reached for her . |
| 13 | Look at Jesus , nailed to a cross , dying a cruel death with two criminals beside Him ; look at Jesus , who was raised to life , and returned to sit beside His Father in heaven . |
| 14 | Miss Becker , dubbed the ‘ Angel of Mostar ’ , made headlines by driving a borrowed ambulance with the children — two of whom had lost an arm — and negotiating her own ceasefire between the warring Muslim and Croat forces . |
| 15 | I never thought I would see a Ryan driving a new Merc with all the rent paid . ’ |
| 16 | The importance of the procedural knowledge underlying the task only becomes clear in unusual circumstances , where for example the performance of a procedure is interrupted or the precise requirements are changed , e.g. when driving a new vehicle with different control characteristics . |
| 17 | Only the carpet of snow relieved its drabness , and that was being rolled up by a man driving a small tractor with a scoop on the front . |
| 18 | Most of the Leeds fans we passed going down the M40 looked a bit unsure of the sight — it 's not every match day you see three guys in Leeds clobber driving a green porsche with their Leeds scarf in the back window . |
| 19 | The conman , driving a white car with POLICE on its sides , stopped his victim on the A14 , near Barton Seagrave , Northants . |
| 20 | Attending career conventions in schools and colleges of higher education in addition to cultivating a particular relationship with teachers interested in careers and vocational studies . |
| 21 | Docherty was on the verge of signing a new contract with United who had just won the FA Cup and in an act of either remarkable honesty or unmitigated stupidity , he decided to inform the board that he was romantically involved with the physiotherapist 's wife . |
| 22 | BRIAN CLOUGH defied a gathering lynch mob calling for his head yesterday by signing a new contract with Nottingham Forest . |
| 23 | Not withstanding Eisenhower 's record as a military man and a statesman , the Shah was still unsatisfied , and in 1959 he flirted with the idea of signing a non-aggression pact with the USSR unless he was given more US military aid . |
| 24 | And James Herbert , another of Hodder 's biggest selling authors , is rumoured to be going the same way : he is said to be on the point of signing a two-book deal with HarperCollins worth £1.7m . |
| 25 | After John 's death , Mary proved she had listened well by signing a profitable contract with the RKO studios |
| 26 | Usually an old woman sat there , patting a matted dog with blind eyes . |
| 27 | John Thwaites , one of the sons at High Birk Hatt , just up the pasture from the Hauxwells , now in his early seventies and living a happy retirement with his wife , Marie , in a cottage near Lartington , a short distance from Baldersdale , vividly recalls the painful life of William as he tilled the eighty sparse acres of his farm . |
| 28 | The actors impersonate the totem animal , thus identifying and promoting a resonant connection with it . |
| 29 | Although coral is a calcium carbonate , it has an open porosity which allows bone to grow into it after implantation promoting a mechanical fixation with the natural bone . |
| 30 | The first 13 moves were identical to those of the fourth game , then Speelman varied , capturing a black bishop with a knight instead of his pawn . |