Example sentences of "with the [noun] ' [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | If dialogue is being taped in stereo , the signals from the individual speakers should not be given a pronounced left and right stereo bias as this would conflict with the performers ' relative positioning as seen in shot . |
2 | In 1957 a girls ' secondary modern was opened , sharing a large site but not much else either with the boys ' secondary modern or ( still less ) with the Grammar School . |
3 | The resulting courses were spread over eighteen three-quarter-hour or twelve one-hour periods ; they began with an introductory review of the college library , its purpose , stock , arrangement and services , including standard reference books , and then proceeded through the detailed study of a specialist literature , in a field closely integrated with the students ' own subject courses . |
4 | His successful dealings with Mussolini and Hitler , necessary in order to get his forces across the Straits of Gibraltar to Spain , ensured him a relationship with the Nationalists ' powerful allies such as no other rebel commander came close to possessing . |
5 | Some scientists believe the Spectacled Eider population declines are associated with the ducks ' wintering grounds and not Alaskan breeding areas . |
6 | Some groups were not favourably received partly because they had little to offer the council but also because they were seen as making ‘ unreasonable ’ demands on the local authority — that is , demands which did not square with the councillors ' own policy predispositions . |
7 | She was a real beauty , with the Earnshaws ' dark eyes and the Lintons ' fair skin . |
8 | Such a change of tactics in the gilt-edged market did not preclude intervention , but such intervention would be in accordance with the authorities ' own requirements rather than in response to particular market changes . |
9 | The black-chalk ‘ Homme à la sucette ’ ( 1938 ) , its sentimental subject at variance with the artists ' powerful , shattered treatment , elicited lively bidding , selling to an American private collector for $880,000 ( £488,900 ) ( est. $600–800,000 ) . |
10 | It was enhanced both by fusion of the School with the teachers ' personal circle and by the remarkable resource of Morris 's last and finest garden . |
11 | Erm I support I V F treatment and I sympathize with the people that ca n't have children erm but my concern would be with the childrens ' right . |
12 | The entrance was an inferno of petrol fires as flames flared and flickered across the water , sending a black column of heavy smoke mixed with the MLs ' white smoke-screens slowly rolling north-west on the still night air above the wrecked boats . |
13 | The track is backed with the Manics ' first ever single , ‘ Suicide Alley ’ , originally issued as a limited edition of 300 seven-inch copies in 1988 , plus two exclusive new songs , ‘ Yankee Drawl ’ and ‘ Never Want Again ’ . |
14 | Proud parents Olwyn and Brian Linighan will be coming from home town Hartlepool for the big match along with the brothers ' 12-year-old sister Gemma . |
15 | Usually ministers are formally answerable to Parliament only for discharging their own responsibilities relating to sponsored bodies ( such as in terms of broad policy and general oversight ) , while responsibility for efficiency and day-to-day matters normally rests with the organizations ' own management . |
16 | They attack high-protein leaves , more acidic ones having less available protein , the optimum pH for the fungus ( pH 5 ) being reached when the material is mixed with the ants ' acidic faeces : then the fungus can break down the hydrolysable tannin/protein complexes . |
17 | Compared with the Parsons ' previous dinner party , this was a relaxed affair . |
18 | The conviction of Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richard , together with art gallery proprietor Robert Fraser , on drugs charges , together with the Stones ' brief imprisonment — Fraser was not so lucky — triggered demonstrations running into hundreds outside the offices of the News of the World . |
19 | They are responsible for agreeing with the centres ' final decisions on details of awards to be recommended for individual candidates . |
20 | The final push — intended to win over waverers , particularly those considering voting Liberal Democrat — was given added impetus with the Tories ' final election broadcast last night , stressing Mr Major 's international role . |
21 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
22 | Either way , the position of women reflected by the dowry system was consistent with the Asians ' new petit-bourgeois role in East Africa . |
23 | I strongly agree with the authors ' main point that all excised lesions should be sent for histological examination . |
24 | He rang back again at once and mistakenly carried on with the Airds ' answering service , not realizing that the woman there had picked up by the time I got to the phone . |