Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It addresses both health and social services but is disappointing in treating both in traditionally separate fashion ( see Twigg 's section on mainstream services ) rather than grappling with the emerging picture of multi-disciplinary support teams and the strengths and dilemmas of interagency working . |
2 | At all times one is aware that the artist is also a composer — the conviction with which she untangles some of the more complicated , almost obscure pieces , has an unquestionable authority ( the enormous B flat minor Fugue from Book Two instantly comes to mind in this connection ) , whilst the famous pieces are often presented in a totally different manner — the A minor Prelude and Fugue ( Book One ) will surprise many as the Prelude is fearful and serious ( rather than light with the usual staccato touches ) , whilst the Fugue has clipped articulation at the end of each subject entry . |
3 | Or , if they did , they knew better than to remonstrate with the grim-faced man behind her . |
4 | It should examine the relationship between Eastern and Western Europe and issues of global importance in Europe — such as pollution — rather than pussyfooting with the Social Charter . |
5 | As I have a real a real concern that as soon as that happens er , er the sch stuff is , is if often just dumped on the side of the road and I suspect that 's more to do with commercial operators than , than to do with the private householders and it and it and it and it , it , it 's it does seem er to me that er , er that , that issue needs er needs to be addressed as well . |
6 | Many employers did little more than comply with the bare regulations . |
7 | Rather than starting with the current difficulties , it is often possible to begin with the history of the family , perhaps concentrating on more positive , happier times . |
8 | Instead , they want to waste the next decade poring over the details of economic and monetary union rather than dealing with the real issues confronting Europe . |
9 | This was very much more simple than dealing with the naval officer . |
10 | It has also concentrated on recording policy making rather than dealing with the voluminous series of ‘ particular instance papers ’ ( pension records , social benefit files , medical disability records , etc ) which form the basis of much quantitative social science research . |
11 | Repeated applications add to the costs but , unlike broad-spectrum insecticides , pheromones are more likely to complement rather than interfere with the biological control of the pests . |
12 | It seems that many people , perhaps without even thinking about it , would rather do down the other player than cooperate with the other player to do down the banker . |
13 | There is much sharper rejection than obtained with the other filters described in this section and , very significantly , there is total rejection when While the basic circuit of figure 8.10(a) is only really suitable for rejection at a fixed frequency , variants exist which are amenable to tuning . |
14 | Though it may well be , he wrote , that one actually achieves more working with the wrong plans and in the wrong spirit , with the wrong tools and the wrong principles , on the wrong surface and with the wrong conception , it may well be , he wrote ( and Goldberg typed ) , that one achieves more than working with the right plans and in the right spirit , with the right tools and the right principles , on the right surface and with the right conception , though right and wrong and more and less are relative concepts and what seems right at one moment to one person may seem wrong at the same moment to another Person or at another moment to the same person , and what seems more to one person at one moment may seem less to another person at the same moment or at another moment to the same person , right , wrong , more , less , relative concepts , scribbled Goldberg , in the margin , panting slightly as he bent over his old Olivetti Portable , there is only the beginning , wrote Harsnet , or rather , there is only having begun , beginning , scribbled Goldberg , aware now of the black stains on his hands left by the felt-tip pen , having begun , there is only the feeling in the pit of the stomach or the feeling in the chest , wrote Harsnet , the feeling of sickness or the feeling of elation , those are not relative , he wrote , those are absolute . |
15 | Pizza is not one of the lowest-calorie dishes you might order , but ounce-for-ounce it can be quite healthy if made with the right ingredients . |
16 | This chapter may be useful back-up material but ONLY if used with the up-to-time normal speech . |
17 | The territorial claims of Pope Adrian IV in 1159 were extremely modest , if compared with the Carolingian donations , and much more realistic , for there was a wide gap between nominal overlordship and reality . |
18 | The following can be normal signs of growing up , but if combined with the above may mean there 's a problem : |
19 | On its own , this range of error could produce estimates of needed expenditure per child in an Authority of £222 to £300 ; if combined with the previous range of errors , the maximal errors might range from £142 to £410 per child . |
20 | Yet more than half of the appliances are at risk of damage even personal danger if fitted with the incorrect safety fuse . |
21 | The sufficiency of British literature is almost as remarkable if contrasted with the other arts . |
22 | He noted that his rats tended to adopt a strategy for sampling the stimuli in the first stage of ( simultaneous ) training in which they consistently looked into one arm of his T-maze , withdrawing and turning to the other arm only if confronted with the negative stimulus . |
23 | Linen is one of the oldest fibres known and is even stronger than cotton , but it creases badly unless treated with the appropriate finish . |
24 | Strangely , small private and club aircraft accidents are frequently more difficult to investigate because compared with the scheduled passenger transport flight the route to be followed and the flight procedures carried out are far less definitive and predictable . |
25 | The charge stated that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group , and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the eight-roomed house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
26 | It is claimed that with intent to defraud the Sun Alliance Insurance Group and while acting with the dead man , Sutherland set fire to the house at Pilton Drive North , Edinburgh . |
27 | Though dogged by ill health in later years he was still able to work in his particularly single-minded way , largely because of the devotion of his wife Mitzi whom he met during the war , while serving with the Royal Engineers . |
28 | Just after the end of the Falklands conflict , my second husband died , suddenly and unexpectedly , almost forty years to the day after he had been wounded and taken prisoner at Tobruk while serving with the Royal Durban Light Infantry in the ill-fated 2nd South African Division . |
29 | Alternatively , we can also hypothesise that if there is a change in proprioception , pointing with the non-preferred hand should show no adaptive shift , while pointing with the preferred hand at the non-visual target should show the same adaptive shift as that for the visual target . |
30 | If you do n't succeed in lifting the foot , then simply knock it outwards with your rear guard hand while punching with the other hand . |