Example sentences of "[vb pp] with [adj] or [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peer review has been having a hard time recently , while there is still widespread anger that the UGC 's devastating 1981 economies were resolved with little or no explanation of the philosophy behind them . |
| 2 | The fingerboard is rosewood , after the fashion of '50s Les Paul Standards , and the pearl inlays have been expertly applied with little or no sign of filler around the edges to mar the effect . |
| 3 | The cut may be made with little or no apparent awareness , the patient suddenly discovering that she has cut herself and at the same time experiencing a sense of relief . |
| 4 | Within this area of what could be called ‘ pure phonology ’ , problems are examined with little or no reference to their relevance to the language learner . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , the stimuli and tasks used in dichotic listening research have been almost as varied as the number of investigations undertaken with little or no attempt at proper validation . |
| 6 | Sabbath observance is held most strictly in much of the Outer Hebrides , travelling amongst the locals being limited with little or no public transport . |
| 7 | With a little thought and imagination , it is possible to assemble a wealth of off-the-shelf sources of technical material on which DIY CPE meetings could be based with little or no effort . |
| 8 | Not surprisingly these devices are distributed with little or no instruction on correct use — thus increasing women 's health problems . |
| 9 | Pied Piper and Merrymaker outings , locally organised specials , and a profusion of enthusiast-orientated railtours were run with little or no coordination between the regions , with the result that there was remarkable disparity in standards and even the level of fares . |
| 10 | superficial self-cutting , usually of the wrist or forearm , associated with little or no suicidal intent . |
| 11 | But magistrates said that ’ the multitude and magnitude of these offences , coupled with little or no signs of remorse ’ made that difficult . |
| 12 | The layman who reads this document is left with little or no idea of what he is undertaking . |
| 13 | Those from an unskilled manual working class background left with few or no qualifications and emerged into manual jobs with a ‘ careerless ’ orientation . |
| 14 | Many of the deliberations of the LDDC have been taken with little or no public scrutiny . |
| 15 | A government 's plans are sometimes implemented with little or no regard for an individual 's family plans . |
| 16 | Second , to provide that existing conditions on a mineral planning permission can be changed with reduced or no compensation payable , provided the changes do not affect certain fundamental elements of the permission . |
| 17 | Huge cuts in EPA 's research Funds ( down by nearly 50 per cent since Reagan took office ) can perhaps be justified on the grounds that , in hard times , scientific priorities can be temporarily reshuffled with little or no long-term damage . |