Example sentences of "[indef pn] [is] [verb] with [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything is done with calm precision . |
| 2 | For when one is dealing with such volatile temperaments , the slightest thing may result in my instant dismissal . |
| 3 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 4 | Unless one has data from repeated surveys across time , there is no way of telling whether one is dealing with pure age effects , pure period effects or an interaction between the two , termed generation or cohort effects . |
| 5 | In this calculus one combines functions as if one is dealing with algebraic quantities . |
| 6 | The buyer naturally has the opposite concern and , in the absence of a formal back to back contract , when one is dealing with standard conditions of purchase the best that can be accomplished is to incorporate a provision like cl 1.3 of Precedent 2 , which notifies the seller of the possibility of prime contracts , and attempts to impose their terms upon the seller , coupled with an opportunity for the seller to examine them and a warning that they will apply , even if not examined . |
| 7 | Here one is dealing with social situations which are relatively unexplored and where sample surveys may be quite inappropriate . |
| 8 | Inside one is faced with elegant lay-out , handsome printing ( by Ages Arti Grafiche , Turin ) on paper of pleasing quality . |
| 9 | Now one is faced with several , barely identifiable minuscule buttons packed side by side or on top of one another ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ an excellent piece of methodology … one of those rare books which make good reading , and this one is packed with good activities … |
| 11 | Quite apart from idiosyncratic spellings , lack of punctuation , inconsistent use of capital letters and a widespread inability to add up the total valuation , one is confronted with archaic and dialect words . |
| 12 | There are two solutions — either one refuses to conduct policy-oriented research in order to preserve one 's academic purity or one undertakes the research and risks the consequences which may be that one is over-identified with those who commissioned the research or those investigated . |
| 13 | I am not convinced that what is going on is a ‘ compensatory ’ secondary circuit of capital parallel to industrial production , but something is happening with residential and retail land development which appears to be separate from industrial production . |