Example sentences of "[is] [verb] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the family are contacted an appointment is arranged with the nominated paediatrician so that they can see the family within a day of their being approached by the primary health care team . |
| 2 | There 's been a bad accident and he 's helping with the injured . |
| 3 | A third priority raised is contracting with the independent sector . |
| 4 | A very old Russian folk tale claims that once a year the night sky is filled with the thunderous sound of hooves , as magnificent horses , once ridden by famed heroes , ride again . |
| 5 | The air of the Place is filled with the musky scent of those little early Cavaillon melons , and then you become aware of another powerfully conflicting smell — rich , clove-like , spicy . |
| 6 | At dusk the air is filled with the eerie chuckle of nightjars . |
| 7 | Take a breath and you find the air is filled with the fresh , intoxicating scent of fields and woodlands , mingled with the aroma of good food being prepared . |
| 8 | If you go down to my secret chamber and look in one of the coffers you will find a crushed flower , a faded rose , more black than yellow now , but if I smell it and close my eyes ( like I did last night ) , then I am back again in Ralemberg 's garden and my blood runs free and the air is filled with the sweet fragrance of flowers . |
| 9 | An extreme version of the historical relationship approach is Anderson ( 1979 ) where large ‘ pre-historic ’ families of sign languages are postulated on such evidence as whether the sign for ONE is formed with the extended thumb ( A ) or index finger ( G ) ( fig. 8.2 ) . |
| 10 | The sign for BAD in BSL is formed with the little finger extended from the fist , and the same sign occurs in New Zealand , Australian and South African Sign Languages . |
| 11 | The selected portion is aligned with the least-significant portion of the other operand ( held in a processor register ) , and sign extension may or may not be applied ( depending on the size of the portion and the value in the selection field ) . |
| 12 | This movement is aligned with the recent advance of German philosophy . |
| 13 | Note that the character string END-OF must not appear in the description in such a way that it is aligned with the other keywords in the header , or a scanner error will result . |
| 14 | The major axis of Stonehenge is aligned with the exact positions of the midwinter and midsummer solstice , leading to suggestions that it was built for ceremonies to mark the annual calendar and seasons . |
| 15 | Very roughly , the closer the pronoun is to the noun the more likely the pronoun is to agree with the syntactic gender . |
| 16 | Because each and every one of our guests is treated with the inimitable style and personal attention that you could only expect from such a grand hotel . |
| 17 | ‘ In our country a scientist is treated with the utmost respect . ’ |
| 18 | A similar thing occurs in the next quatrain where the hard plosive ‘ b ’ of ‘ by and by black night ’ is eased with the soothing ‘ s ’ of ‘ second self that seals ’ . |
| 19 | The National Library of Scotland is collaborating with the British Library and the other legal deposit libraries of the British Isles in a pilot project of shared cataloguing in order to improve the currency and coverage of catalogue records for British books by sharing the responsibility for the creation of those records . |
| 20 | Without Nashwan , the chief British-trained challenger in the Arc will be Aliysa , who is competing with the recent winner of the Prix Vermeille , Young Mother , for favouritism . |
| 21 | ‘ No other contact is permitted with the general staff at G.H.O. , the naval C-in-C Mediterranean ( including his staff ) or H.Q. R.A.F. M.E. |
| 22 | In both cases the camouflage is interfering with the natural elements , but in one case it is attacking the whole shape , while in the other it is blotting out the appendages . |
| 23 | We know something is interfering with the natural motion of the craft , but is this force making us accelerate , or is it stopping us falling under gravity ? |
| 24 | Wirral-born Ron Minshull , who emigrated to Canada over 30 years ago , is appearing with the Merseysippi Jazz Band who have been performing in Sacramento . |
| 25 | Extra stability is added with the triangular guying system . |
| 26 | In the other six companies investigated , the strategic environmental scanning is intertwined with the other scanning activities of the corporate planning department . |
| 27 | The Commissariat à L'Energie Atomique is to work with the new French Agency for Energy Management to develop new energy techniques . |
| 28 | If you can tell him what 's happening with the other players he 's happy because then he knows what there is to do . |
| 29 | What 's happening with the door-to-door ? |
| 30 | Ian Donohue who helped to design the tour t-shirt said : ‘ We will be the first intake of graduates into industry in the 1993 and want to take a first-hand look at what 's happening with the single market . ’ |