Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If he shares his uncle 's hostility towards the female sex he might very well be prepared to treat them with similar contempt ! ’
2 Also a good pointer where we 've been able to compare ourselves with civil engineering scaled fees , which was on the Overtown Bank Slip which was a job which went completely right , perfect no problems .
3 The Queen added that 1993 would bring new challenges and called on people to resolve to meet them with fresh hope .
4 But now these beginnings had become something of a joke between them and the congregation had learned to accept them with amused tolerance .
5 Because students are taking two qualifications at one , it is very important to provide them with easily-understood information at appropriate stages of the programme .
6 The directors of this project found that it was not enough simply to do what is usually done when there is a desire to maximize the performance of paraprofessionals , that is , to provide them with appropriate training .
7 Because it is subject to the conditions of carriage that we accept their business and therefore we have to provide them with written information .
8 Enough grain is produced to provide everyone with ample protein and more than 3,000 calories per day .
9 In any event , they should be able to provide you with good advice .
10 overworking you and failing to provide you with reasonable support ;
11 In the context of nurses and health visitors returning to work it might be more useful to look at the ways in which regrading affects your application and appointment , and to provide you with general advice on what to expect from employers in due course .
12 In the case of an employer 's scheme , ask the pensions department or the person responsible for pensions ( this could be the personnel manager or company secretary ) to provide you with full information about your pension and future benefits .
13 He began proceedings against the council in the county court alleging breach of their statutory duty and seeking an injunction ordering them to fulfil their duty to provide him with suitable accommodation and damages .
14 David was therefore offered inpatient care for up to 10 days to provide him with intensive support .
15 Chain , exasperated by the British failure to provide him with adequate research facilities , migrated to Rome , but was retained as a consultant by Beecham 's at a time when the firm was rapidly developing its research facilities .
16 Gqozo told the conference that the neo-Nazi Afrikaner Resistance Movement ( AWB ) had promised to provide him with military support if the ANC again entered Ciskei [ see p. 39078-79 ] .
17 But no matter what path an observer followed , it would not be possible to provide him with stained-glass cinema .
18 The problem is to provide it with updated forecast data ’ .
19 Similar regulations and procedures have delayed both the promotion and dismissal of staff and have hampered the ZBS by failing to provide it with adequate transport when needed at short notice .
20 The rail unions staged a series of strikes over poor pay and BR insistence on an end to collective bargaining , and were somewhat surprised to find themselves with public sympathy despite many complete network shutdowns .
21 Maureen Ruchardson , who made a similar appearance in the B is for Book exhibition at the Shipley Art Gallery in Gateshead , continues to cook and beat the fibres of local plants to provide us with hand-made paper .
22 The problem arises because there is nothing in our day-to-day life to provide us with sufficient exercise .
23 We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the accounts are free from material misstatement , whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error .
24 And , of course , we hope that piloting centres will continue to provide us with vital feedback .
25 Food is also sometimes a problem and it may be necessary to feed them with live food , coral or coralline until they have acclimatized to tank life .
26 Tony himself suggested attending at different times each week in order to familiarize himself with different subject areas of the curriculum .
27 Often the polyps withdraw , and the polypary may shrink slightly as the animal expels water from inside the body to replace it with fresh water .
28 Chicherin ( with benefit of hindsight ) described the challenges which lay ahead as follows : [ Alexander ] was called upon to execute one of the hardest tasks which can confront an autocratic ruler : to completely remodel the enormous state which had been entrusted to his care , to abolish an age-old order founded on slavery , to replace it with civic decency and freedom , to establish justice in a country which had never known the meaning of legality , to redesign the entire administration , to introduce freedom of the press in the context of untrammelled authority , to call new forces to life at every turn and set them on firm legal foundations , to put a repressed and humiliated society on its feet and to give it the chance to flex its muscles .
29 Straightforward in principle , although highly complex in technical detail , the majority of today 's desk-top fax machines rarely seek to sell themselves with seductive design ( the usual Japanese route to consumer appeal ) ; they just sit there , looking like little photocopiers or big telephones , doing what they are supposed to do .
30 While it may be pleasant to have a young exuberant puppy bounding out to greet you with great enthusiasm , you do not want a large adult dog behaving in a similar fashion , leaping up and bowling people onto the floor .
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