Example sentences of "combined with the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The work continued under another architect , but the death of Marino , combined with the vast expense of the building together with the losses his surviving family also suffered at the hands of the new Spanish governors , meant that work stopped altogether for many years .
2 This , combined with the economic upturn means that increasingly , there are skills and labour shortages .
3 The government on Dec. 6 , 1989 , launched an initial appeal for emergency food aid for 60,000 people , mainly in the north , the deteriorating situation being blamed on drought and crop disease , combined with the economic crisis [ see below ] .
4 However the fact that patients are receiving what is billed a revolutionary treatment , combined with the close medical supervision entailed , and weekly monitoring of blood samples , may well disguise a ‘ Hawthorne ’ effect , in which patients are responding to the process , rather than the drug ( Healy , 1993 ) .
5 The weight of Garvey on his narrow , bony shoulders , combined with the close fit of the donkey-head , seemed to cause him some distress , because he suddenly reeled up against a wall and snatched off the head .
6 It was combined with the similar but larger Maine-Anjou in the 1960s to form the Rouge de l'Ouest , and then virtually lost its separate identity in 1970 when it was crossed with the MRY and the German Red Pied ( itself a composite ) to become part of the combined group known as the Pie Rouge des Plaines in northern Brittany , in which the MRY is dominant .
7 Essentially , the Kultur-kampf is between the phallo-centric cylinder mower ( that thrusting motion combined with the crushing rollers ) and the innovative hover — however mimetic of traditional scything — with its more spatially flexible style .
8 The proven benefits of the fuel itself , combined with the unrivalled experience of British Gas as a company .
9 Combined with the simultaneous signal current gain , , this means that a vast signal power gain is achieved .
10 What is clear , however , is that the ideal of public service broadcasting has combined with the imposed statutory obligations on the broadcasters to produce a system of broadcasting which has proved itself over many decades .
11 His skin , combined with the slippery texture of the soap , seemed to come alive under her hands .
12 The following can be normal signs of growing up , but if combined with the above may mean there 's a problem :
13 Combined with the temporary solution of the coal crisis in 1925 , which will be discussed later , the anticipated textile victory buoyed up the whole of the trades union movement .
14 Under it , the capital , expertise and technology of the USA and Canada would be combined with the cheap labour and resources of Mexico to establish the world 's most populous free-trade market with 360,000,000 consumers and a combined gross domestic product ( GDP ) of US$6,450,000 million .
15 When combined with the other facilities in ARC/INFO , quite complex disaster management scenarios can be handled .
16 Simon Master , Chairman of the General Books Division , commented : ‘ Combined with the other great strengths of these new publishing structures , I am particularly pleased to welcome Kate Parkin 's new role .
17 The third strand — the perennial philosophy — deals specifically with consciousness ; combined with the other two strands , it gives us the new paradigm .
18 Frequent moves , combined with the anti-social nature of the American home , have created suburbs full of people who scarcely know one another 's names .
19 The bridge pickup is mounted on a sort of Tele-style plate , which when combined with the overall shape of the guitar gives the memory a bit of a jog and you find yourself starting to think Thinline or HM Telecaster , which may not be a good thing if Starfield are aiming at total individuality .
20 Oscar Drude ( 1852–1933 ) of the Dresden botanical gardens published a plant geography of Germany in 1896 , which sought to illustrate how local factors such as hills and rivers combined with the overall climate of a region to determine the actual distribution of plants .
21 Destruction of forest land by intensive farming and Europe 's growing reliance on wood imports combined with the environmental benefits of afforestation meant that this was a key area of the reform package .
22 Lack of skill combined with the sheer unreliability of the primitive mechanisms kept Richard 's workshops constantly overflowing .
23 Such a rehabilitation programme can and should be combined with the general medical care of convalescing patients including exercise testing for risk stratification and consideration for further investigation with a view to possible coronary surgery or angioplasty .
24 Hata acknowledged that the country 's financial system was facing its most difficult period since 1945 , and that the sharp decline in share and property prices combined with the general economic slowdown had triggered doubts concerning the financial system 's stability and capacity to supply capital which , unless eradicated , could jeopardize any potential recovery .
25 But while many funds accumulated a large surplus during the bull markets of the 1970s and early 1980s , the volatility of recent years combined with the general trend towards employer contribution holidays , have reduced these surpluses considerably .
26 Left : Cut-out from Dennis Ruabon 's Start-Border design ; in red , ironstone and black , it can be combined with the six standard quarry colours
27 Made around 1435 , this example is particularly rare due to the unusual motif of two phoenix ( emblematic of the Chinese empress ) around the sides and in the central base combined with the six mark character of the Emperor on the base and its almost perfect condition .
28 This delay , combined with the lofty reassurances of his resignation statement , was apparently intended to project an impression of serenity .
29 Combined with the federal structure of Germany this means that services are de-centralized as far as the political and administrative levels of national state ( Bundesstaat ) , federal state ( Land ) , district ( Kreis ) and local authority are concerned and additionally dispersed over an almost indescribable multiplicity of semi- and non-statutory organizations .
30 They inherited a suspicion or even a fear of drama often combined with the unspoken conviction shared by David Hargreaves that drama is a communal , performing art .
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