Example sentences of "[conj] with a [adj] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 Then serve on its own , or with a nice dollop of cream , or ice cream .
2 It is such that nothing could get in the way of its operation save changes logically inconsistent with it or with its effect or with a causal sequence of which it and its effect are parts .
3 However , always remember that the sleeve can be knitted in stocking stitch or with a narrow band of pattern .
4 But , I am afraid to say that this month 's Ultimate Brandy Snap , filled with gooseberry fool ( page 124 ) , is best served either on its own , or with a small tot of brandy .
5 So here is an attempt to try to answer some of those questions by direct substitution or with a small amount of modification .
6 There are many ways in which you can help yourself without incurring extra costs , either on your own or with a small group of friends .
7 A dancer coming forwards can convey a variety of meaning : giving a greeting ; asking a question , even if it is only an inquisitive movement of the head ; saying Yes , or agreeing with a nod or with a particular wave of the hand ; giving something with arms circling outwards , e.g. Natalia and the Tutor when they open their arms to each other ; or merely proffering a hand at the beginning of a dance , e.g. Paris offering his hand to Juliet .
8 The current Farm-workers ' minimum wage is a hundred and thirty eight pounds thirty pence for a thirty nine hour week.As part of the deal half of the agricultural workers have a cottage either free of charge or with a nominal rent of one pound fifty pence a week .
9 Students may register with the University Medical Officer or with a local doctor of their own choice .
10 The report concluded , among other things , that ‘ many of the conditions which lead patients to consult practitioners of alternative medicine are ill defined , and either chronic on the one hand , or with a high rate of natural recovery on the other .
11 Babies can drown in an inch or two of water , so do n't leave them alone in a bath — even in a safety chair — paddling pool , or with a large bowl of water .
12 Within the hour the camera , the film and the physical chemistry became so clear that with a great sense of excitement I hurried to the place where a friend was staying to describe to him in detail a dry camera which would give a picture immediately after exposure .
13 She knew she would n't manage it right away , but she felt fairly confident that with a great deal of practice and effort , she would succeed in the end .
14 As an example Russell and Macmillan ( 1952 ) quote the fact that with a westerly gale of twelve hours ' duration in the Atlantic the size of the waves reaching Cornwall would be limited by the time and not by the fetch , i.e. the distance between Cornwall and America .
15 This means that with a given rate of profit margin and a given rate of unproductive consumption of surplus-value , there is determined the rate of accumulation in Dept .
16 The Chief of Staff continued by stating that he was convinced that with a short period of special training , an ordinary infantry battalion could be employed in the Commando role .
17 Aquinas had incorporated into his philosophy many Aristotelian features , such as the notion that human knowledge starts from sense perception rather than with a divine illumination of the human mind in which ‘ seminal reasons ’ are implanted .
18 In a letter written just before this last trip he asked the Bishop to act as his next-of-kin , mentioned a small legacy to the diocese , and added that he hoped to benefit the Church in Burma with many years of service rather than with a paltry sum of money .
19 But it is worth noting that at least for the criticism of popular culture , and of television in particular , this apparently postmodern move may have less to do with a radical change in the terms of value than with a fundamental shift of attention — and of political faith — from the text to the audience .
20 ‘ more down to earth , more devoted to our purposes than those of the author , less concerned with artistic values than with a faithful rendering of the subject 's experience and interpretation of the world he lives in .
21 We are concerned with the quality of relationships as expressed by contrasts rather than with a direct concordance of ethnographic fact .
22 Transportation had been virtually abandoned in 1853 and then abolished in 1857 , although with a great show of reluctance , the government 's hand having been forced by the refusal of the Australian colonies to accept any more convicts .
23 West Germany has so far denied , although with a detectable degree of ambiguity , that any deal was made , preferring to point to the humanitarian reasons for allowing an evacuation of the embassy , and the pressure supposedly exerted on East Germany by the Soviet Union to bring the occupation to a speedy end .
24 Until the Uprising even the PLO leadership — albeit with a great deal of hesitation — was ready to accept the formula of a joint Jordanian and Palestinian delegation , it being understood that the Palestinian component , even though not PLO leaders themselves , would be a genuine and equal partner with the Jordanians .
25 Three weeks after the Goulds had sailed in the Kinnear , Gilbert arrived in Sydney , exhausted , penniless , and with a glorious haul of his own — only to be met by a letter of further instructions .
26 Dr. Ray spoke rapidly and with a faint touch of venom .
27 As the first president of the faculty of community medicine ( now public health medicine ) his view on the role of the specialty remains pertinent — with ‘ specialists equally skilled in administration and epidemiology and with a broad view of social medicine and its research ’ we should have the chance of making the NHS more effective and efficient .
28 He anticipated the later work of Humphry Repton [ q.v. ] by creating flower gardens adjacent to the house , as at Sandon in 1781 , where he laid out a garden under the windows of the drawing-room , planted with flowers and flowering shrubs and with a central basin of water with goldfish .
29 For this need , another type of para.professional was envisaged , with sound training in all these areas , able to work with teachers and give support to teachers , and with a thorough understanding of educational principles and methods .
30 In this paper we trace the main contributions to the debate and then present the results from a first attempt , with one client group ( the elderly ) and with a small number of teams ( four ) , to pin-point differential outcomes amongst the most prominent models of area team organization .
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