Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought better not to burden the prior with such dangerous guests . |
| 2 | They assessed that the BCP leadership was interested in opposition participation in government only in order to demonstrate Bulgaria 's commitment to democratic reform to Western bodies which might offer financial support , and to burden the opposition with some of the responsibility for tackling the current economic crisis , but that the BCP in practice would still retain control of all the levers of power . |
| 3 | It is not clear to what degree the kinship defenders would want to preserve the link with biological parents who are in no way the psychological parents as well — that is , how much they value the blood tie as such . |
| 4 | Tranmere , keen to salvage some Merseyside pride and also consolidate their own mid-table position , took full advantage of their opponents ' fatigue to claim the points with two exceptional goals . |
| 5 | It is he who has been instructed by our intelligence people in London how to conduct the operation with three friends . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Dr Traber added that ‘ for both the media and the theologians , the problem of how to see the world with new eyes should be tackled first by a removal of ideological blinkers which have been worn for so long . ’ |
| 7 | Indeed , it is often the ability of management to agree the deal with much less protection in the way of warranties than a trade purchaser would accept that helps management to win the deal from the vendor . |
| 8 | I always think that it is criminal to undershoot the spot with some airbrake still on . |
| 9 | One such method is to compare the dates with those obtained by dendrochronology , especially from the extremely long-lived tree , the bristlecone pine . |
| 10 | This exception was recognized by Mr Justice Byrne in the " Lady Chatterley " case when he permitted expert witnesses to compare the novel with other works by Lawrence and various twentieth-century writers , and to discuss the standards for describing sexual matters reflected in modern literature . |
| 11 | In most of the tests it was also possible to compare the results with those in age and sex matched healthy volunteers with and without H pylori . |
| 12 | The aim of this study was therefore to further explore the potential relation between serum gastrin and pepsinogen-I and -II concentrations and H pylori infection in a large number of H pylori positive and H pylori negative , subjects without symptoms and to compare the results with those in patients with duodenal ulcers . |
| 13 | The professional and business classes , anxious to support the army with auxiliary services and medical care for the wounded , and to increase military production , organized their efforts through public organizations — the Union of Zemstvos , the Union of Towns and a network of War Industry Committees ( WICs ) . |
| 14 | Athaulf 's wish , to support the Empire with Visigothic troops , had effectively been granted . |
| 15 | The 1859 committee was dissolved a year later , but only because the government had decided to treat the press with greater subtlety . |
| 16 | These will certainly be needed to clear the bowel of candida , but it is also necessary to treat the vagina with fungicidal pessaries , and the intervening skin with cream or ointment if there is to be any chance of success . |
| 17 | Very broadly stated , it is a duty to treat the trespasser with ordinary humanity … the occupier is not at fault if he has done as much as is required of him , if he has taken reasonable steps to deter the trespasser from entering or remaining on the premises , or part of the premises , in which he will encounter a dangerous situation . |
| 18 | However , this ad hoc procedure has not been without its critics , largely because of doubts about whether it is possible to perform the exercise with sufficient precision to arrive at a clear-cut evaluation . |
| 19 | For instance , in a contract to build and supply machinery , the supplier might expressly undertake to manufacture the machinery in accordance with the agreed specification using the materials specified by the specification and to perform the work with reasonable care ; the supplier has then undertaken absolute obligations that the machine and materials used will conform to the specification . |
| 20 | This further project allows the investigator to continue the series with 1981 to 1982 's data . |
| 21 | Now they intend to seduce the world with more jazz hip hop , more samples — ‘ Cantaloop ’ itself used six , all from the Blue Note archives , built around Herbie Hancock 's ‘ Cantaloupe Island ’ — and fistfuls of new British talent . |
| 22 | At that time I had planned to acquire the Lightning with another well-known operator , who was at that time very active on the warbird scene . |
| 23 | There is no specific form for the particulars of claim , even though the object of the particulars is to inform the defendant with sufficient particularity of the claim against him or her . |
| 24 | ‘ Too often to accept the premise with any degree of equanimity , ’ Gina returned drily . |
| 25 | Many artists are now drawn to it , and find that it has other attractions than the records of the burial of kings : they love to paint the children who come to meet the tourist with wave-worn pebbles from the sacred isle , and also the scenery of Mull , and the many lochs that indent that isle of bold headlands and rugged mountains masses , as they are seen from Iona . |
| 26 | Was that what all the passion for landscapes and pretty rural images was about — ‘ they love to paint the children who come to meet the tourist with wave-worn pebbles from the sacred isle … ’ |
| 27 | If business premises suffer serious fire damage the landlord usually covenants to reinstate the premises with all convenient speed . |
| 28 | ‘ We used to pelt the pigs with rotten potatoes . ’ |
| 29 | Extra artillery and troops were drafted in , and an attempt was made to plug the gaps with extra forts , yet by the 1740s the defence lines were crooked and poorly organized . |
| 30 | The superiority of the allied armed forces , and the unfolding of a military strategy which effectively minimized allied casualties ; allowed the political leadership in the USA , the United Kingdom and France to prosecute the war with overwhelming public support [ see below ] . |