Example sentences of "with a [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Heston shares the Chairmanship with Marshal of the RAF Sir John Grandy , of whom he remarked ‘ I confess to a frisson of awe at sharing a Chairmanship with a former Air Vice Marshal , I never did better than Staff Sergeant myself . ’
2 What appears to be one village ( and is marked as such on modern maps and on the road signs ) can in fact be seen to consist of no less than eight separate hamlets — Elston ( largely deserted , with a former chapel ) , Shrewton ( from which the village has taken its name ) , Maddington , Netton , Rollestone ( largely deserted with a redundant church ) , Homanton ( deserted ) , Addestone ( deserted ) and Bourton ( deserted ) .
3 Darlington Liberal Democrats have supported the party 's national leader Paddy Ashdown 's forthrightness in his recent response to the news of his affair with a former secretary .
4 With a former Hearts ' manager and a number of Tynecastle old boys in their team , Airdrie never have much difficulty in raising their game against Joe Jordan 's side .
5 Yoma 's former husband Ibrahim al Ibrahim , appointed by Menem as Chief of Customs at Buenos Aires international airport , along with a former government official , Mario Caserta , had also been accused of drug laundering in the same report .
6 The first agreement of its kind to be concluded by the CIS with a former Warsaw Pact country , it provided for the sale of real estate belonging to the former Soviet army in Czechoslovakia and for the use of the proceeds to make good the environmental damage done on those sites as well as to pay for the housing of returning soldiers in Russia .
7 Mr Bakker is the fourth PTL official to be convicted in connection with the scandal , which began after it was revealed that he had an affair with a former church secretary , Jessica Hahn , using PTL funds to pay her hush money afterwards .
8 The recognition of Romanesque or Gothic details in such buildings , however , should not automatically be associated with a former church or chapel , as small manor houses and other secular buildings often had windows and doorways in these styles .
9 Cambridge United are standing by manager John Beck following the disclosure of his affair with a former beauty queen .
10 One full-timer and three part-timers led the move , with a former guest editor and the ever-present — they had little else to do Hell 's Angels .
11 Murray , from Musselburgh , has returned to Tucson where she is staying at the University of Arizona with a former Musselburgh Grammar PE teacher , Meg Ritchie , the head strength coach there .
12 Now Erik and his crew are back — with a former presenter of Blue Peter at the helm .
13 His wife criticises a story in the Sunday Mirror which claimed she spent her ‘ hen night ’ in ‘ smooching the night away ’ with a former boyfriend .
14 Twenty eight-year-old Laura , a married schoolteacher , had a six-month relationship with a former boyfriend shortly after her mother died .
15 Earlier this year , a Texas court ordered Coopers , along with a former Miniscribe chairman and the company 's investment bank , to pay almost $600m in compensation and punitive damages to Miniscribe 's bondholders ( see ACCOUNTANCY , March , p 16 ) .
16 In the first such case in the UK , Leeds-based John Richardson Computers Ltd has successfully argued that copyright should protect the look and feel of a program ; the court decided that a plaintiff does not need to show source code has been copied to prove infringement , and that copying non-literal aspects of a program , such as structure and organisation , could well constitute infringement ; the company 's dispute arose with a former employee over rival applications aimed at the pharmaceutical industry ; in the past , copyright cases have dealt exclusively with copying of actual program code .
17 Barry had been indicted on Feb. 15 on three felony and five misdemeanour charges after he had been arrested in a hotel room on Jan. 18 , having been filmed smoking crack cocaine with a former lover , Hazel " Rasheeda " Moore .
18 Barry had been indicted on Feb. 15 on three felony and five misdemeanour charges after he had been arrested in a hotel room on Jan. 18 , having been filmed smoking crack cocaine with a former lover , Hazel " Rasheeda " Moore .
19 She could only make a calculated guess ; sheer horror at coming face to face with a former lover when the present one stood stiffly beside him .
20 The only area in which the courts have examined the use of the Chinese wall in any significant depth concerns the use of walls by firms of solicitors which have found themselves advising a client who has an adversarial relationship with a former client .
21 Regional Airlines : Established only this year , and operating from Jan Smuts with a former SAAF ‘ founding father ’ Dakota III 6871 ( on charge January 1944 , on to SAA in November 1953 and Namibair in 1978 ) ZS-DIW .
22 Place 450g ( 1 lb ) hulled strawberries in another saucepan with a little water and simmer until softened .
23 Boil the potatoes until well done and mash with a little water to achieve a soft consistency .
24 Try mixing each with a little water .
25 Brush the pastry rim with a little water .
26 Thin the remaining Greek yoghurt with a little water and spoon into a piping bag fitted with a plain piping nozzle .
27 Whisk the eggs with a little water and some salt and pepper and pour over the vegetables .
28 15 g ( ½ oz ) cornflour , mixed with a little water
29 Thicken towards the end of cooking if necessary with plain flour mixed with a little water and a few drops of bottled gravy browning .
30 3 Five minutes before the end of cooking time , mix the cornflour with a little water to a smooth paste and add to the stew to thicken .
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