Example sentences of "be [v-ing] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Rotosound have been experimenting with a new type of nickel plating which gives an exceptionally bright sound thanks to increased magnetic response . |
2 | But other places are experimenting with a different mechanism : controlling the market . |
3 | However much the family cling to their culture and security , the younger generation at work and school are grappling with a different set of realities ; the wisdom of the older family member may be less acceptable . |
4 | It was five races into the championship before it was discovered Jonny had been driving with a broken chassis , which made it impossible to get his car to handle properly . |
5 | Amid the protests to date , perhaps the most telling line has come from Newtownards woman Phyllis Bibby whose petition demanding urgent changes in the system had been meeting with a poor response . |
6 | The fact was that for many years she and her father had been living with a dangerous illusion ; and the illusion was that they were entirely virtuous in their endeavours , entirely on the angels ' side . |
7 | NIGEL Clough knows perhaps better than anyone how England are flirting with a losing game that can become a terminal habit . |
8 | ‘ It has proved reliable , and the fact that it is four-wheel drive is very handy if you 're coping with a greasy slipway or launching off a beach , ’ says Peaks . |
9 | So you 're dealing with a fifty one year old lady , she 's never been in trouble , has no previous convictions , a lady , Sir , who divorced in nineteen seventy six , she brought three children up single-handedly and so she has done all she can , er often at great personal sacrifice , to ensure the best financial stability and the best emotional support for her children . |
10 | At the moment we 're dealing with a general purpose system , which is designed for all sorts of applications , and one pays for having a thing general purpose by costing more money . |
11 | If we 're dealing with a front page horror story that 's exactly what your journalist is gon na have to do otherwise his editor says it 's not good enough you know go away , rewrite it and you got shock 'em you got ta make 'em cry and you 're not , not yet |
12 | So what we have , if I can paint it like this , is a development programme which does n't just rely on Oxfordshire Social Services putting cash into it , because there are , if we manage this process properly , other people who we can encourage to bring money into Oxfordshire , but the key thing that 'll only do it is if they 're confident that they 're dealing with a competent organization and somebody that they trust and they have some form of credibility . |
13 | When you 're dealing with a specific proposal . |
14 | Right so the first thing you do if we 're dealing with a hundred and fifty . |
15 | I think anybody who teaches in the creative arts has this [ rapport ] with kids , because it 's emotionally based … whereas if you 're dealing with a factual subject , a scientific subject , you 're dealing more with things and objects and reactions . |
16 | ‘ We expect opposition , ’ says dreadlocked troupe member Fox , ‘ because we 're dealing with a bigger picture than the odd jokes about West Indian parents . |
17 | we 're dealing with a horrendous fire here , we got ta have , shocking , do n't you think some quite shocking words some quite horrifying words , if you want to grab people 's attention |
18 | So the neurotransmitters then bind to receptors which are which are the same as the channels , the channel is both the receptor , the ligan binder , and er and an ion channel , and it 's located at the postsynaptic membrane or at the surface of the muss muscle fibre if we 're dealing with a neuromuscular junction . |
19 | We 're not dealing with an old dying structure industry like the steel industry or coal , we 're dealing with a mass consumer industry with high technology and in the middle ; in our town we have British Rover closing a company which was financed for 14 years by public money ; by public of this town paying their taxes to keep that company going and now in the middle of a massive boom for cars they want to propose closure and that point was dramatically highlighted this afternoon . |
20 | He goes on : ‘ And by using an estate agent you 're dealing with a dedicated property specialist , a description which applies to only a handful of solicitors . ’ |
21 | And there 's the added advantage that by using an estate agent you 're dealing with a dedicated property specialist , a description which applies to only a handful of solicitors . |
22 | It wo n't take long before you 're chatting with a friendly and always charming Viennese . |
23 | If you 're working with a chartered surveyors company |
24 | It will vary depending on whether you are coping with a small house with 8 people or an establishment with 50 . ’ |
25 | And whereas most forces are coping with a rocketing crime rate , Gloucestershire are reporting shoplifting down by 13 percent … bike thefts down by 9 percent , and vehicle thefts reduced by 3 percent . |
26 | Local authorities , including Buckinghamshire , Hereford and Worcester , Coventry , Mid Glamorgan and several London Boroughs , are co-operating with a continuing police investigation . |
27 | If you go to a restaurant , it is worth telephoning beforehand to inform the staff that you are coming with a disabled person , so that you can reserve a table at a convenient distance from the front door or the toilet . |
28 | So that we will then be operating with a single agency covering both projects . |
29 | I wake up like it , I go to bed like it , I 've got it all the time that I 'm living with a bloody nightmare , all the time . |
30 | I 'm writing with a felt-tip pen . |