Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] a [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passage by the House of representatives of a civil rights bill by 381 votes to 38 on Nov. 7 , following Senate approval by 93 votes to 5 on Oct. 30 , brought to an end a two-year battle for enactment which had included Bush 's 1990 veto of a previous bill and months of inconclusive efforts in mid-1991 by Democratic and moderate Republican senators to work out a compromise with the administration [ see p. 38381 ] . |
| 2 | ‘ There are n't any stones large enough to spell out a message with . |
| 3 | This meeting took place under the guise of the 1987 Technology and Change Agreement whereby the Banks are to meet twice a year with the IBOA to discuss their future plans . |
| 4 | I am also aware of another practitioner who is planning to set up a clinic with a treatment based on an electronic system in which ‘ free electrons are pumped into the body by the billions ’ — a claim that may sound impressive to members of the lay public . |
| 5 | It was Aer Lingus girl , Denise McCarthy , who caused the day 's biggest upset against the great Mary McKenna to set up a clash with Baltray 's pretty Oonagh Purfield for promotion to the last eight . |
| 6 | Summerbee struck right on the stroke of half-time to set up a clash with France impressive 3–0 winners over Portugal in the final tomorrow . |
| 7 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 8 | THAILAND 'S James Wattana booked his quarter-final place in the Royal Liver Assurance UK snooker Championship yesterday with a 9–1 win over Mike Hallett at Preston to set up a meeting with Jimmy White today . |
| 9 | The first move was to set up a meet with Jo . |
| 10 | All the players gave this exhibition free of charge and , with the resulting revenue , the trust was able to set up a fund with which to promote junior golf on Jersey . |
| 11 | But I find it totally incomprehensible that someone who has held the office of Chancellor with high standing for over six years should want to resign over a personality with such suddenness and haste . ’ |
| 12 | As David Carlton has written , this plan ‘ represented a willingness to buy off a bully with territory to which he had no legitimate claim . ’ |
| 13 | As for the religious communities themselves , they had long since sought the protection of local potentes to speak for them as advocates in legal disputes or to put in a word with the king . |
| 14 | DURING one of his many interrogations by the police , Mikhail Ardzinov , the deputy chairman of Uzbekistan 's Human Rights Society , was asked to fill in a form with basic information about himself , including his address . |
| 15 | All fresh cases are reported to CATCHEM and forces all over the country have to fill in a form with 230 questions devised by Dovaston . |
| 16 | Unix System Labs has decided to hold off announcing a Destiny branding programme at Unix Expo ( UX No 401 ) : we have a sneaking suspicion they 're trying to put together a deal with 88open for compatibility test suites . |
| 17 | Her family attempted to fix up a marriage with the US-settled tennis star from India , Ashok Amritraj . |
| 18 | Gazza is eager to fix up a friendly with his former club and Newcastle chairman Sir John Hall said : ‘ Our fans would love to see Gazza back at St James ' Park . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It 'll not be the first man I 've seen after he 's tried to fill up a car with a lighted cigarette in his mouth — nor the last . |
| 20 | For example , asked to draw accurately a triangle with all the sides 6 cm long , 52 per cent of the boys were judged to have done so compared with 30 per cent of the girls . |
| 21 | The inference is that present histological systems such as those of Dukes , Jass , and the TNM classification fail to predict consistently a prognosis with confidence . |
| 22 | On the odd occasions I met him , I felt that he 'd adopted all these trappings to keep off a world with which he could not cope . |
| 23 | But Palmer 's connection with the Union enabled him to build up a link with leaders of the advanced wing of the high church party . |
| 24 | In the most severe cases these children are taken into care and professional care-givers or foster-parents will start to build up a relationship with the child . |
| 25 | Sarah likes to build up a relationship with a woman before she has her baby , using acupuncture to relax her , to treat any pregnancy ailments and to help her recover after the birth . |
| 26 | It is in the company 's interest to build up a relationship with Fund Managers in order that a position of trust and goodwill is created . |
| 27 | Try to build up a rapport with the judge . |
| 28 | This makes it much easier to integrate teaching and assessment , as well as helping us to build up a rapport with our trainees . |
| 29 | ‘ I try to build up a rapport with the callers and being able to speak a little French helps , ’ she said . |
| 30 | The acute depression lasted for a few months but the wounds healed enough for Gedge to build up a friendship with Duane , whose latent qualities he later recognised . |