Example sentences of "[vb pp] with [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Today , gold is mixed with a variety of alloys to enhance these qualities , and it is this mixture which determines its value and purity . |
2 | But the joy should be mixed with a tinge of sadness . |
3 | The Oryctes virus is mixed with a bait to which adult beetles are attracted . |
4 | In this silkiest of works there needs to be an elegant bonhomie , mixed with a hint of gentle sadness , which quite eludes the Israel PO and the soloist , who seem intent on squeezing out each last drip of sentiment — surely a misunderstanding of the composer 's style and aspirations . |
5 | The sensual appraisal was mixed with a hint of amusement which could have been in response to her apparent coyness , or perhaps her short-skirted dress with its modest round neckline was the cause , its clash of riotous colours outrageous , orange running into scarlet into crimson with small touches of hot pink . |
6 | This has been proved in several places : in some arctic localities it is found with trilobites that lived at great depths in the muds of the Ordovician ocean , while in Canada the same species occurs mixed with the inhabitants of the shallow-water seas , where limestones were accumulating . |
7 | Her scream mixed with the screech of tortured metal . |
8 | Athelstan agreed , pulling the cowl of his hood closer against the sight of rotting refuse , discarded food and human excrement tossed out in night pots , mixed with the sweepings from the houses as the citizens prepared for a festive season . |
9 | The ne'er-do-wells and the many sightseers mixed with the army of law clerks carrying rolls of parchment up from the cellar known as Hell where , Sir John explained , the legal records were kept . |
10 | There was oil mixed with the water in the compartment but even in the weird , swirling , yellowish light they looked neither particularly menacing nor sinister . |
11 | Anyway they 'd be pretty disgusting , mixed with the bits in his pocket . |
12 | This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat . |
13 | Sensations rushed in : the cries of the traders in the street below them mixed with the screams of the swallows that swished low across the roofs ; the dark aroma of the strong coffee mingled with the fresh smell of the bread . |
14 | Experts called in when the walls began to wobble discovered that more than SIX TIMES too much sand had been mixed with the cement in some properties . |
15 | The waves of colour of the wild flowers mixed with the waves of sound . |
16 | Uncle sent me to St Bartholomew 's and Agrippa brought an old lady who fed me on a concoction of crushed moss mixed with the leavings of sour milk . |
17 | Each of his friends around the table , he realizes , is surrounded with a kind of aura . |
18 | He 's surrounded with the fruits of the earth . ’ |
19 | Indeed , postmodern culture is envisaged as entailing and celebrating ‘ the death of the author ’ ; the abandonment of products surrounded with the aura of creation and uniqueness and attributable to charismatic producers . |
20 | Hence the social positions of the university 's new class that Bourdieu describes in Homo Academicus are ‘ ill defined ’ and have their ‘ future surrounded with an aura of indeterminacy and vagueness ’ which ‘ allows students to perpetuate as long as possible … an indeterminacy of social identity ’ . |
21 | Roald Dahl sat in a garden shed with an array of pencils and erasers on a board across his knees . |
22 | Amounts of ground rent , other rents and premiums must also be disclosed with the frequency of rent reviews . |
23 | Such hopes as there may have been — American , French , even Vietminh — of a cease-fire or negotiated settlement lingered on for several months but once the French had begun fighting they presented their case , modestly , that military operations were designed with no thought of reconquest but simply to persuade the Vietminh that they had no hope of victory . |
24 | To ask how a piece of machinery worked was not to deny that each part had been designed with a function in mind . |
25 | Simple , but both beautiful and functional : this small garden was designed with a family in mind . |
26 | A second series was designed with a view to lower costs ( Cattenom , Belleville , Nogent , Penly ) . |
27 | The various component projects have been designed with a view to producing a coherent perspective on the evolution of regulations , policy-making and implementation in regulatory agencies , and the impact of regulatory controls in the broad field of safety and health at work . |
28 | But these should be designed with a view to be pupil friendly and easily used by non-specialist teaching , for example , supply teachers . |
29 | All of these measures should be designed with the mobility-impaired in mind . |
30 | Conceived as an open , shared environment for academics and scientists , Unix was not designed with the goal of running commercial businesses in mind . |