Example sentences of "[conj] deal with a " in BNC.

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1 For example some mothers feel very embarrassed about reprimanding their child or dealing with a tantrum in public and so the child rapidly learns that a tantrum could produce sweets if enough fuss is created ( McAuley and McAuley 1977 ) .
2 Structural models of hemisphere specialisation which posit that perceptual asymmetries arise because the brain structures that deal with a particular class of stimuli are lateralised exclusively or predominantly to one hemisphere rather than the other can not cope with this variability .
3 After that they become too tall to manage easily , although dealing with a tall espalier growing flat on a wall is a breeze compared to pruning a bush tree of the same height .
4 Although dealing with a much smaller area confined to Insula XIV , an Insula which is half the size of most of the others , nevertheless , as many as 1293 well stratified vessels of coarse ware are published .
5 He goes out alone … and sometimes he goes to the bank and draws out large sums of money … it 's worse than dealing with a child … the most wearing part is the mental strain , not the washing and things like that ; it 's the having to take the lead all the time … [ 24 ; 1H I can stand the strain at the moment , but I ca n't say for how long .
6 These were 100-page educational comics that dealt with a broad range of topics from the history of making .
7 The bovine heroine has connections with Cowpeace International , and deals with a huge treacle slick at sea .
8 While this study is limited to one university and deals with a relatively small intake of mature students over a period of six years it does demonstrate that non-standard entry mature students can do particularly well when compared with other students .
9 The house committee met weekly and dealt with a variety of matters .
10 After getting physically very weak as the result of being unable to eat without extreme discomfort , a few weeks ago Molly was admitted to the Royal Homeopathic Hospital Great Ormond Street where doctors found and dealt with a severe restriction in her stomach .
11 They concern spoken discourse in which sender and receiver interact with each other rapidly , and they tend to be short and deal with a few turns at most .
12 He denounced the Republicans in the New York state legislature for bringing the state to the " brink of disaster " by blocking agreement on a plan to close an estimated $875 million gap in the current state budget and deal with a $3,600 million deficit for the coming year , but acknowledged that he could not contemplate campaigning in New Hampshire whilst his state faced such a crisis .
13 as if dealing with a stubborn splinter fixed firmly and painfully down behind a fingernail , Zambia patiently nudged and pushed and , eventually , the agonising sliver was expelled .
14 If dealing with a large number of candidates you may like to ask the candidate if you may take a polaroid picture for the application form if this has not been supplied already .
15 Examination of election propaganda before the 1930 ‘ breakthrough ’ poll has indicated that attacks on Jews provided more of a background than a main theme , and it appears that Hitler 's speeches tended not to tackle the ‘ Jewish Question ’ , especially if dealing with an upper middle-class audience .
16 HIV : Testing and beyond — issues surrounding an HIV test and dealing with a positive result .
17 For many of these theories computational systems have been developed using very small lexicons that have been sanitised of ambiguity and dealing with a conveniently simple set of grammatical constructions .
18 If exchanging contracts through the post and dealing with a sale and purchase , the steps must be carefully synchronised .
19 Councillor Fred Crowe ( UU ) was joining in tributes paid to the RUC and Army at Craigavon Borough Council on their success in detecting and dealing with a bomb last month .
20 Coming from a strong military background and dealing with an alcoholic mother taught him self-reliance at an early age .
21 ( d ) Meech held that the accused was under an obligation to retain and deal with a cheque if he believed that he was under such a duty , though in fact he was not .
22 Unless dealing with a large quantity of cream , an electric mixer can be perilous .
23 I 've never seen him in a flap , or anything less than pleasant whether dealing with an actor who 's completely shaved his head only a few days before shooting a strict continuity commercial , or calming down the ‘ real ’ Rene Goodman who has rung the Sun to complain that the latest BT commercial takes her name in vain , and people keep asking if she 's getting divorced .
24 I suppose you could argue that we should turn the other cheek , but that seems like tempting fate when dealing with a boxer .
25 Stay assertive even when you do n't feel like it and especially when dealing with a submissive or aggressive person .
26 This is a valid assumption when using a purely exchange-value model , but may present problems when dealing with a model that uses current monetary units of account .
27 At half speed , guitar tones are mutated into bass frequencies and can become dull and difficult to hear ( the main problem with the Akai U4 ) but when dealing with a digital signal , it is merely a matter of mathematics to ‘ slow ’ a signal down .
28 When dealing with a telephone enquiry it is essential that all the necessary information is at the fingertips of the receptionist as nothing is more irritating on the telephone than hesitancy through lack of knowledge or being asked to hang on whilst information is being looked up — and always have alternatives to offer if the first choice is not available .
29 This uncertainty is magnified when dealing with a disease like dementia where the onset may be highly insidious .
30 The lack of even basic knowledge is probably a fault encountered more when dealing with a consultancy than with in-house PROs .
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