Example sentences of "[verb] with a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the kite climbs up vertically from a launch , it starts with a steep angle to the wind , and at the peak of its climb is at a shallow angle . |
| 2 | Most typically it starts with a late-night drive to some little restaurant . |
| 3 | They were just about to move away when a big estate car eased out of a space in front of them and Stuart 's Mum parked with a grateful wave to the driver . |
| 4 | The loftier tone of these words blends with a certain tendency to affectation ( the gallicism gants de Suede ) , and to euphemism ( payment is referred to by terms and remuneration , the child 's ill-health is glossed over in the noun weakness and the negative phrase " not robust " ) . |
| 5 | A 1–2 min exposure to PHA at 37 C in M2 + BSA is generally sufficient to ensure adhesion between the cells which can then be washed free of lectin , rinsed and transferred with a clean pipette to small drops of M 16 + BSA under oil at 37 C in 5% CO2 in air for aggregation . |
| 6 | This has been partly connected with a deep-seated hostility to cities and to urban living in general . |
| 7 | One answer is to open with a reverse punch to the mid-section . |
| 8 | The sight of her body , poised above him as she stretched and leaned , distracted him , and he stood to watch her , until she turned with a questioning half-smile to hand down another bundle . |
| 9 | This business of planning rehabilitation and planning adoption — fostering with a potential view to adoption simultaneously , which is what seems to happen now — seems to me absolutely dotty ! |
| 10 | ( a ) Begin with a reverse punch to mid-section ; use this to disguise the pullback of your non-punching arm |
| 11 | For example : each soloist need not begin with a formal bow to a king or to the audience , nor end with another bow or considered pose ; but such behaviour may be included if the choreographer wishes to locate dance in a particular century and probably a palace in which the story unfolds . |
| 12 | And No. 6 displays both the breath-taking pianism we have now come to expect with a compositional skill to which one can only take one 's hat off . |
| 13 | Sergei draws black , so I open with a dull pawn to king four , which he mimics , as he does my next three moves . |
| 14 | This term ends with a detailed introduction to the nature of ‘ narrative ’ , and of ‘ poetry ’ , within the context of a consideration of children reading and writing in school . |
| 15 | A delegation from the European Parliament was denied permission to proceed with a planned visit to the area . |
| 16 | CONTINGENCY plans to cope with a serious accident to a nuclear weapon being taken over the Kingston Bridge in Glasgow are flawed , councillors heard yesterday . |
| 17 | A similar objection to utilitarianism urged by Williams , Alasdair MacIntyre and others is that utilitarianism goes with a manipulative approach to human life . |
| 18 | The letters themselves began with a private approach to Cecil by William Kirkcaldy of Grange ; then came one from five Scottish Protestants , Argyll , lord James and others , written on 19 July , and remarkable for its spelling , its rhetorical power , and its refusal to state positively what was wanted . |
| 19 | She walked with a heavy heart to the front of the bus . |
| 20 | A woman of character and finesse and blessed with a total devotion to her new husband , she played a large part in setting the artistic tone at Tribschen , which Nietzsche was to remember with admiration all his life . |
| 21 | He was born with a blocked artery to his lungs and although surgeons tried to by pass the problem , his lungs deteriorated . |
| 22 | Charlie Fourstar , whose family live on an Indian reservation in Montana , was born with a similar condition to Laura who underwent a liver-bowel transplant five months ago . |
| 23 | Girls from the upper classes were brought up to believe ‘ that they were born with a prescriptive right to their social advantages , their graceful culture ’ Hopkins stands very much as representative of the new-style purity feminist . |
| 24 | Nasser can be credited with a sincere dedication to his ideals , despite any lapses involved in the seizure of power . |
| 25 | Britain 's javelin maestro confesses he has no idea when he will be back in action as he struggles with a stubborn injury to his throwing shoulder . |
| 26 | In the midst of these preparations — Richard Duke of Gloucester , his brother , having already taken Berwick and occupied the fortress — the king had been seized with a virulent fever to which he had quickly succumbed . |
| 27 | It was provided with a direct link to the London and North-Western 's Camden Station and so animals were driven direct to it from the trains . |
| 28 | The second lecture , closely connected with the first and , like the first , closing with a portentous allusion to contemporary music drama , was given at the beginning of February , and dealt with the mysterious " death " of tragedy at the end of the fifth century . |
| 29 | ( 7 ) Organisations such as the Consumers ' Association , the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and television programmes such as Watchdog may possibly have dealt with a similar problem to yours in the past . |
| 30 | This , she thought with a sheepish giggle to herself , was ridiculous . |