Example sentences of "[vb -s] the [adj] [noun] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government tackles the free-rider problem with respect to the financing of BBC services by legal means . |
| 2 | What a top bloke — especially in the episode nicked off Star Trek when he plays the evil Brigadier with an eye patch from another dimension . |
| 3 | The manager then splits the undisclosed £20,000 with his counterpart at the selling club or the player 's agent . |
| 4 | Kenner is a strong believer in digital recording techniques , although he thinks the greatest danger with hi-fi purism is that one starts splitting hairs . |
| 5 | ML2 represents the complementary strand with the corresponding modified nt . |
| 6 | Tap-tap-tap goes the ancient forester with his trusty axe , runically carving a cleft in a knotted trunk to warn his fellow-woodsmen of a noxious toadstool which groweth hereabouts . |
| 7 | Rather as you expected East wins the first trick with the ten of diamonds , and at trick two leads the four of spades . |
| 8 | Workmen from the Maintenance Department , which is responsible for the smooth running of the lifts and escalators in the station , have seen William Terris ' ghost on numerous occasions as they work mostly at night so that their work causes the least interference with the travelling public . |
| 9 | Anthony Garvey profiles the Irish politician with ambitions that extend beyond the duties of the commission — perhaps to the top job in Irish politics . |
| 10 | Here lies the sharpest contrast with our other informants , who treated ‘ work-in-school ’ as irrelevant to the gaining of an adult reputation . |
| 11 | To do so means having kept back something special in reserve and therein lies the whole problem with ‘ Great Expectations ’ — Tasmin threw out her finest first . |
| 12 | Erm tell me something Mr C , it looks very much as if the proposal er the resolution er of Jane and , and that which is proposed by sergeant basically covers the same issue with |
| 13 | When the first showers of spring have thoroughly moistened the pile , he covers the whole structure with sand . |
| 14 | Kendall ( 1975 , p. 70 ) notes that ‘ the competitive , politically-oriented nature of French unionism , the undeveloped character of collective bargaining ’ endows the national confederations with more power than they otherwise might possess . |
| 15 | Hospital security can be involved in assessing general activity , particularly near the exits ; anyone who frequently visits the neonatal unit with no apparent reason to do so , or who asks about hospital routines should be questioned , and all hospital personnel should wear clearly visible photographic identification . |
| 16 | Darlington mirrors the national picture with more housing applicants and fewer homes to go round . |
| 17 | Instead it snaffles the careless gaze with thermoluminescent indicator lights , and eschews the xerophilous , post-cyclical papyrus effect that ( say ) the Creda Superspeed gives cotton — eschews it for a delicate , touch-dampness . |
| 18 | Amdahl Corp , Sunnyvale has launched a consulting service and data storage feature to facilitate the migration of customers to Escon Architecture : the company accompanies the new service with a new Serial Channel Feature for next quarter for use with its 6100 Storage Processor , which attaches to parallel channel adaptors on the 6100 and enable it to support serial Escon channel connections ; a 6100 with the feature will support up to 32 Escon serial channels or a mixture of serial and parallel channels ; native serial channels cost $62,560 for the first four and $32,280 for each additional pair ; the Serial Channel Feature start at $21,000 . |
| 19 | Of these , Guitar has the largest range with 60 pastels . |
| 20 | Once again the Macintosh has the upper hand with its graphics capability but for much of this market WYSIWYG is irrelevant , the trained operator ‘ knows ’ what 's going to happen to the text when it is run out on the page printer or phototypesetter . |
| 21 | The researcher , unfortunately , has the same problems with testing this hypothesis , despite its greater precision , as he or she has with the grander ones . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I say that he has the same problem with me that I have with the Whips Office . |
| 23 | The ‘ dirty ’ version will feature parental X-rated warning stickers while the ‘ clean ’ version has the same songs with the offending swear words edited out . |
| 24 | The new patient who probably has the biggest problem with communication is the one who does not speak the national language ( Watson , 1986 ) . |
| 25 | Does she agree that the factions that are fighting in the south have no claim to represent the north , which has the main link with the Somali community in this country , and that all factions in the regions of Somalia must be involved in reaching a settlement that can be expected to last ? |
| 26 | An appendix reconciles the previous basis with the new FRS figures . |
| 27 | Sayre 's paper illustrates the main problems with the statistical approach . |
| 28 | The headteacher exercises the delegated authority with care and due respect for both the power and responsibility it entails . |
| 29 | The scheme highlights the other problem with crèches , namely the shortage of places . |
| 30 | and he wants the same facility with his left as with his right . |