Example sentences of "with [Wh det] he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the most objectionable aspect of his article is the airy complacency with which he identifies the psychological morbidity of all but his chosen few . |
| 2 | The boy 's contemptuous : ‘ No ! ’ was always accepted without comment , and with no attempt at persuasion ; but each night a soft , sidelong , tormenting smile recognised the growing reluctance and diminishing arrogance with which he spat the refusal at his questioner . |
| 3 | ‘ Did you hear a scream ? ’ she asked dulcetly , then blinked at the speed with which he crossed the ground . |
| 4 | If it is forthcoming , he will protect them from the terrible plagues with which he afflicted the Egyptians before their escape . |
| 5 | However , perhaps the most surprising aspect of Lord Cross 's speech is the apparent complacency with which he viewed the implications of his decision as he understood them . |
| 6 | I was immediately impressed by the breadth and depth of his knowledge of the workings of the natural world , by his own diverse and exceptional achievements , by his incredible work rate and by the wisdom with which he viewed the task ahead . |
| 7 | Even in his mid-seventies , Finniston is showing no sign of flagging in his boundless energy or in the missionary zeal with which he preaches the gospel that a healthy industrial economy is in the best interests of society as a whole . |
| 8 | I ask this not because I believe that he does n't care passionately about Mahler 's music — you only have to hear the vocal exhortations with which he galvanises the Boston players at the most intense moments in the score to realise this . |
| 9 | So much did he dread that his own was a case of ‘ redemption by parricide ’ that he emphasized the unwillingness with which he accepted the divine call with language which is exaggerated and almost coarse . |
| 10 | If the meticulous Davis was the last player one would expect to lose in such a manner , the six-times Masters champion retained his reputation for sportsmanship by the grace with which he accepted the verdict . |
| 11 | Any doubt about his attitude should have been set aside by the speech with which he accepted the leadership : |
| 12 | It is also an acknowledgement of the great spirit with which he plays the game . |
| 13 | ‘ In Anthony Asquith 's delicate direction , the film has its power precisely in the care with which he presents the moral discussion of the novel , ’ wrote one critic . |
| 14 | He seemed as tense as a newly released convict , and that tension was reflected in the percussive piano style with which he treated the opening up-beat R&B and country selections , including Mean Woman Blues and You Win Again . |
| 15 | Lugard prided himself on the consideration with which he treated the emirs on his own visits to their courts . |
| 16 | Most disconcerting , to those who love The Discarded Image , is the apparent cheerfulness with which he abandons the depth and range of his historical imagination in favour of a style of rhetoric which seems more reminiscent of the Belfast police courts . |
| 17 | At present his status in the three books is relevant because it serves to establish Buchan 's particularly energetic version of Ruritanian adventure and the irony and humour with which he tempers the romantic colour of his fiction . |
| 18 | On the boat , Johnson asked about ‘ the use of the dirk , with which he imagined the Highlanders cut their meat ’ , and was told they also had knives and forks , that the men tended to hand the knives and forks to the women after they had cut their own meat which they then ate from their hands , and that one old Macdonald retainer always ate fish with his fingers , claiming that ‘ a knife and fork gave it a bad taste ’ . |
| 19 | Many of its people were farmers too , though several were merchants as well — two drapers , a mercer , a haberdasher and a wax-chandler , and in 1584 Archdeacon Robert Johnson chose it as the location of one of the two grammar schools with which he endowed the county . |
| 20 | His speed at getting into position is breath-taking , almost as breathtaking as the power with which he murders the ball . |
| 21 | ‘ You have not understood why he does it , ' ’ I said , ‘ The bhavana , the mental attitude with which he threw the coin , is worth many such coins , is it not ? |
| 22 | HERA gave him a golden bridle with which he tamed the splendid horse , PEGASUS . |
| 23 | I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the skill with which he conducted the negotiations . |
| 24 | Then , out of his overcoat pocket he produced a safety razor-blade , with which he sharpened the pencil he always used for his often indecipherable , cramped little scribbles — a sign , a psychiatrist later told me , of someone wanting to attract as little attention as possible , as in the case of Robert Walser . |
| 25 | We listened to the hon. Member for Lancashire , West ( Mr. Hind ) — we often must do so — and he defended the council tax with all the conviction with which he defended the poll tax just a few months ago . |
| 26 | And he did n't forget the man he had beaten , and to whom he acknowledged America owed a debt : ‘ I want all of you to join with me tonight in expressing our gratitude to President Bush for his lifetime of public service , for the effort he made from the time he was a young soldier in the second world war , to helping to bring about an end to the Cold War , to our victory in the Gulf War , to the grace with which he conceded the results of this election tonight in the finest American tradition . ’ |
| 27 | Clinton praised Bush for ‘ the grace with which he conceded the results of this election tonight in the finest American tradition ’ . |
| 28 | Dean Jones lost no time in demonstrating his ability to hit the ball hard and often on his competitive debut for Durham , but the boundaries he scattered around and beyond the ropes during their Sunday League win over Lancashire were no more impressive than the speed with which he hurtled the singles and made ones into twos . |
| 29 | ending the scene as he had begun it , with a soliloquy , how lucky he is to have The naked statement of self-seeking reminds us of Iago , as does the confidence with which he approaches the task — ‘ easy ’ ( ‘ For'tis most easy/Th ’ inclining Desdemona to subdue/In any honest suit' ( Othello , II.iii.332ff. ) ) — and the scorn for those taken in by his traps ( ‘ Thus credulous fools are caught ! ’ |
| 30 | He needed to think that he had been well-intentioned , but her consent or inclination did not figure among the considerations with which he weighed the matter . |