Example sentences of "connection with the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was enormously glad she had made that little speech for the mere sight of Erich — the knowledge that a man who worked as a painter in a Ford Taunus factory and was , in his own way , a type-specimen of Atlantic man , with no known connections with the new Ocean , had somehow fetched up on a remote Pacific island — was disturbing the entire thesis I wished to construct . |
| 2 | These commonalities leaf woman-centred psychology , like egalitarian feminist psychology , to maintain some connections with the mainstream discipline ; to produce criticisms of traditional psychology which resemble those of egalitarian feminism ; and to co-exist with egalitarian feminist psychology , much more frequently than woman-centred and egalitarian approaches co-exist within feminism as a whole . |
| 3 | In the fourth century A.D. Byzantium was a Greek city with connections with the Roman Empire . |
| 4 | That makes me think he must have connections with the Jordanian Government — he probably works for the Jordanian Secret Service , either full time or in some ad hoc capacity . |
| 5 | for non-KPMG clients , if practical , inform the appropriate person in the operating office nearest to the identified candidate of the firm 's intention to approach ( this will normally be the managing partner specialising in merger and acquisition services ) and inquire whether there are any KPMG connections with the identified candidate and whether or not it would be more appropriate for the approach to be made directly from the nearest operating office |
| 6 | Commentators suggested that Hezbollah had been immune from the disarming process because of its close connections with the Iranian government , which itself had close , but increasingly tense , relations with Syria . |
| 7 | The portfolios for Industry , Agriculture , Public Works , Commerce and Finance were entrusted to people whose loyalty to the regime was , of course , unimpeachable , but whose political utility lay in their possession of technical skills , not in their allegiance to any particular ideological current , nor in having good connections with the traditional oligarchy of large , wealthy landowners . |
| 8 | Although Yugoslavia does a substantial amount of trade with OECD countries , it also has large trade connections with the Soviet Union and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 9 | For them the task of the critic was not to ignore literature 's connections with the external world , but to take full account of its internal , poetic properties in his analysis . |
| 10 | Not only were connections with the Labour Party broken but the Bradford Conference , against the advice of the NAC , decided to discontinue paying the Trade Union political levy ; to withdraw from membership of the Co-operative Party ; and to forbid ILP Members from holding any position in the Labour movement which involved giving support to the policies of the Labour Party . |
| 11 | These single-employer estates are not socially homogeneous , in spite of the fact that all of their residents have connections with the same employer . |
| 12 | The first generation to find itself in the vanguard after the second world war mistrusted opera , felt its connections with the old order too oppressive . |
| 13 | Leaving aside the fact that already under Dej the standing of a student 's relatives in the Party hierarchy already counted for a great deal when it came to handing out exam results , connections with the very summit of political power could offer useful patronage and protection to scientists and their institute . |
| 14 | Hurst had family connections with the medical profession ; his brother Isaac was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons , a one-time pupil of Sir Astley Cooper , and practised in Bedford . |
| 15 | Leaders of Tunisia 's outlawed Islamic party have connections with the Afghan resistance . |
| 16 | In such work there is an opportunity for English to , in a sense , escape from the academy , literally to go extra-mural , and to re-establish those connections with the larger society that were originally part of its raison d'être . |
| 17 | Some are also believed to be associated with the paranormal Knights of Columbanus and others again have connections with the shadowy Freemason organisation . |
| 18 | Such examples can easily be multiplied without going beyond the bounds of the county of Stirling , The Honourable William Elphinstone , a gentleman active in the politics of both Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire , was three times chairman of the East India Company and always maintained close relations with the shipping interest , having himself commanded the East Indiaman Tryton before becoming a director , while the Haldanes of Airthrey , significant in the political life of Perth , Dunbarton and Stirlingshire , had similar connections with the Indian shipping interest . |
| 19 | Their other sister , Jane , had married Robert Fellowes , a member of the Queen 's permanent staff , the year before ; and , given the rest of the Spencer family 's connections with the Royal family , the surprise was that she had never been invited before . |
| 20 | If practical , where the potential purchaser is not a KPMG client the appropriate person in the operating office nearest to the identified candidate ( normally the managing partner or the merger and acquisition services specialist ) should be contacted to establish whether there are any KPMG connections with the potential purchaser and whether it would be more beneficial for the approach to be made directly from the nearest operating office . |
| 21 | In certain respects , what Hawkes calls the ‘ New ’ New Criticism ’ had what looked like connections with the older version . |
| 22 | But the greatest fillip to ‘ Laura Ashley 's ’ success in the US came from connections with the British Embassy in general and with Lady Henderson , the Ambassador 's wife , in particular . |
| 23 | MAS will charge for its services in connection with the above programme of work on a time basis . |
| 24 | I refer to my earlier memo in connection with the above informing you of Midlothian District Councils intention to prepare a district wide replacement plan . |
| 25 | I refer to my earlier memo in connection with the above informing you of Midlothian District Councils intention to prepare a district wide replacement plan . |
| 26 | I refer to my earlier memo in connection with the above informing you of Midlothian District Councils intention to prepare a district wide replacement plan . |
| 27 | Three Rochdale men were also charged in connection with the alleged incident . |
| 28 | The arrest on July 25 of Mac Maharaj , a member of the SACP politburo and of the ANC 's policy-making national executive committee ( NEC ) ( and named among the party 's interim leadership — see below ) and one of 40 ANC and party cadres detained in connection with the alleged plot in the preceding weeks , was a further threat to the forthcoming talks . |
| 29 | He 's been charged in connection with the alleged murder of Swindon man Stephen Davison whose mutilated Torso was found in a lake at Reigate in Surrey . |
| 30 | Melancia , who resigned after being served with a summons in connection with the alleged bribery , denied all charges of corruption and maintained that he was the innocent victim of a politically motivated smear campaign . |