Example sentences of "and with an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thorns also elaborated a socio-temporal model of village communities , suggesting that there were three types of villages : those that have established structure ( long-standing and with an accepted pattern of authority ) ; those that are transitional , in which the higher-status group has lost its authority ; and those that have been re-established , in which new leaders , mainly in-migrants , have filled the roles of authority . |
| 2 | And with an involuntary movement I raised my eyes to the sky — where God was — beseeching Him , wanting Him to see my fear and my contrition . |
| 3 | Even in the early seventeenth century commercial transactions had advanced far beyond the simple barter level , and with an increasing proportion of the population not directly engaged in agricultural production , non-producers had to be supplied with the cash to purchase the necessities of life , as well as its luxuries . |
| 4 | Meanwhile his brother Ollokot , of even larger build and with an unquenchable thirst for life , led buffalo-hunting expeditions to the far off Blackfoot lands . |
| 5 | In many ways it was an astonishing reception for a club occupying its highest ever League position and with an unbeaten record in 11 home games . |
| 6 | Equally coveted were a magnificent pair of Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Boulle marquetry and Japanese lacquer commodes by Etienne Levasseur which had the added distinction of being beautiful , practical and with an eighteenth-century provenance ( one of the few Patiño pieces with that distinction ) , made for the great connoisseur Pierre Louis-Paul Randon de Boisset . |
| 7 | This time the thunder burst with a pistol-shot snap and with an equal suddenness , as if at last those swollen vessels had been punctured , the rain began to fall . |
| 8 | Never have I seen a happier set of fellows , and with an equal share of luck we shall not be defeated on Saturday . ’ |
| 9 | But yo , you need somebody who 's gon na work with him every day and with an individual programme and you just ca n't offer that in a class . |
| 10 | Years later , long after Carewscourt had been built and with an uneasy peace prevailing , Richard 's two sons , beardless lads in their mid-teens , crossed the bog and river and entered the forest . |
| 11 | Seized by an impulse of delight , and with an untypical desire to impress , he pushed away again and was suddenly spinning like a top on his skates , arms outstretched . |
| 12 | He has watched the same badger set for 46 years , he says , and with an average badger lifespan of under ten years , that means several generations . |
| 13 | ICI 's HC depreciation has been about 90% of reported HC profit after tax ; and with an average plant life of 15 years , the CPP amount is 100% higher . |
| 14 | Pierre Alexis , quite the finest trough in town and with an outstanding collection of runs if you 're into that kind of thing , as Gioachino is , quasi unquenchably . |
| 15 | And with an unbroken record of bonus payments to with-profits policyholders for every year since 1824 . |
| 16 | And we know him as self-centred , selfish and idle , yet one of the shrewdest politicians , but without a constructive idea in his head and with an amazing ignorance of Indian and foreign affairs and of the real values of political life . |
| 17 | A great rarity , and with an impeccable provenance from the collection of Paul Klee and consigned by his grandson , Kandinsky 's first sketch for ‘ Composition VII ’ of 1913 ( lot 13 , unpublished est. £5 million ) achieved the session 's highest price , and became , as expected , the most expensive work of art to be sold in London that week , when it was acquired by a telephone bidder for £5 million ( $7.5 million ) . |
| 18 | Veterans mostly of conferences and corporate operations where the good time masked a definite hidden agenda , they were steering him through the introductions deftly and with an impressive display of memory . |
| 19 | The paper would need a minimum circulation of 300,000 to make money , and with an annual expenditure of £13.3 million would make an annual profit of £6.4 million if it reached a circulation of 500,000 But the idea never got off the ground . |
| 20 | None the less , demand for education is still high , at primary and secondary levels , and with an annual population growth rate of 3.5 per cent , shows no sign of slackening . |
| 21 | Did the pursuit of citizenship , obedience , and rational recreation , to take but three examples , have nothing to do with class power , with stabilizing industrial relations , with inculcating notions of thrift and respectability , and with an implicit acceptance of one 's place in society ? |
| 22 | Reichenbach argued , also in support of ( a ) and with an ultimate view to ( b ) , that all indexicals involve an element of token-reflexivity , i.e. refer to themselves , so that , for example , I means " the person who is uttering this token of the word I " . |
| 23 | His examination had been a deliberate attempt to humiliate her , and with an audible cry she began to scrub herself all over until she had covered every inch of her body with soap . |
| 24 | As his arm dropped to his side his head also bowed , and with an audible intake of breath he muttered , ‘ In the name of God ! |
| 25 | If the Member States of the EEC were concerned chiefly with their security and with an effective system of collective military strength , they would work through the structures of Nato , whose durability and success are well proven . |
| 26 | Ermold 's final section covering the reception of the Danes at Ingelheim was written within hardly more than a year of the event , and with an explicit purpose : every detail was calculated to please Louis and Judith in 827 . |
| 27 | But better still is the delightful Gothic cloister which opens on the southern side of the nave , an asylum all the more praiseworthy for opening on the far side on to the street , and with an admirable fig tree standing in one corner to remind you that , northern Gothic or no , you are in the south . |
| 28 | Always longing to give and to please , she responded carefully and with an entire lack of interest to Robert 's well-sustained efforts towards her attention . |
| 29 | The 76 was a fascinating package of new ideas from the winkle-picker nose to the biplane rear wing and with an electro-hydraulic clutch in between which the driver operated by depressing a small button on the top of the gear lever . |
| 30 | As a noted historian of crime recently argued , the decrease in levels of recorded crime ‘ coincides with increased court activity , with the spread and professionalisation of the new police , and with an apparent increase in public cooperation with both courts and the police . |