Example sentences of "[noun pl] with [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wind rattled and swayed the trees and filled my ears with the old songs of the land , and the sun shone through the moving boughs in shimmering ever-changing patterns . |
| 2 | Pisco sour proved to be a local brandy whisked up with white of egg and the juice of fresh limes with a few drops of angostura bitters lying like dark bloodstains on the white bed of foam . |
| 3 | These paintings give the sensation that Braque has felt his way visually around each object and examined its relationships with the other objects around it from several viewpoints . |
| 4 | Pat is also establishing good working relationships with the organising bodies of sport , particularly the CCPR , Regional and National Sports Councils , so that we may take advantage of all the contacts and expertise at their disposal . |
| 5 | I noticed that the women with the scraggy necks were all sweating ; so were the men in the red ties with the tight collars on their shirts . |
| 6 | Sam does n't play checkers with the old boys on the porch . |
| 7 | The view that a ‘ threshold of effect ’ exists for the effects of phenylketonuria on brain development is based largely on the apparently normal intelligence of subjects with the mildest forms of the disorder ( so called ‘ benign ’ hyperphenylalaninaemia ) , whose plasma phenylalanine concentrations are <1000 µmol/l ( normal 50–120 µmol/l ) and who do not usually receive treatment . |
| 8 | The leaves had fallen earlier here and some of the trees were already skeletons against the autumn sky , mingling their inky branches with the black cables of the electric pylons . |
| 9 | He who had performed for royalty , dined with national presidents , rubbed shoulders with the greatest names in the world of art and theatre , film and music , became a delightful companion and — it was never absent — a solicitous host . |
| 10 | When asked if they would like subventions from the state to aid their stipends and church buildings , a move which was being seriously considered by the British government at the time , priests and bishops were united in rejecting the idea on the grounds that it would drive a wedge between clergy and people , identifying clergy with the principal enemies of the people . |
| 11 | Rather , ‘ in these campaigns , politicians , Chief Constables , Judges , the press and media joined hands and voices with the moral guardians in a general crackdown on ‘ youth ’ and the permissive society ’ . |
| 12 | For instance , the ten townships with the highest rates of known opioid use ( average 0.7 per cent ) have a mean population size of about 10,000 , and a mean unemployment rate of 20 per cent . |
| 13 | The fabrics had remained carefully packed since the end of the last century , and bear labels with the exact titles of the motifs , possibly made by Barbet de Jouy who donated the fabrics to the Union centrale des arts décoratifs in 1896 . |
| 14 | Many legal executives and paralegals with no formal qualifications at all have acquired a wealth of experience in personal injury work over the years . |
| 15 | One can see that cluster sampling of a city 's schools might result in a complete set of working-class schools with no middle-class ones at all ; or even completely middle-with no working-class . |
| 16 | Those schools with the highest percentages of unauthorised absence were all inner city schools . |
| 17 | We need to address those demands with the other parts of the system and do it together . |
| 18 | The task of psychoanalysis is to bring the intellect to bear on religion , and to replace the effects of repressions with the rational operations of the intellect . |
| 19 | For these reasons Parliament can not be taken to have been legislating only for transactions with the two classes of persons within Hambros Jersey 's suggested limitation . |
| 20 | The areas with the highest proportions of people of pensionable age are located along the South East coast extending to Dorset and Devon in the west . |
| 21 | An evening out of jobs between regions would be the first step in what , in the longer term , should aim to be an almost complete transfer of government jobs from areas of full employment into areas with the highest levels of unemployment . |
| 22 | Areas with the highest levels of unemployment are likely to be net exporters of population . |
| 23 | It is relevant that areas with the highest levels of crime are also areas in which repeat victimisation is also greatest . |
| 24 | Rainfall was the dominant factor in determining the areas with the highest depositions of iodine-131 and caesium-137 in the United Kingdom , with Cumbria , south-west Scotland , north-west Wales and Northern Ireland experiencing rain during the passage of the Chernobyl radioactive plume between 2 and 4 May which washed out the radionuclides ( Clark and Smith , 1988 ) . |
| 25 | Newark and Bassetlaw , the areas with the smallest numbers of potential clients , cover the largest geographic areas ; the pressure of potential demand in South Nottingham was especially great . |
| 26 | He foresaw the Baltic region as a " region within the European Communities " and said that regional co-operation would " facilitate the linkages of the European Communities with the non-member countries of the region " . |
| 27 | The countries with the highest proportions of people over 60 and 80 , and the longest life expectancy are highlighted . |
| 28 | And it is this that connects to our specific concerns with the instinctive bases of human behaviour . |
| 29 | Most of these rural craftsmen were still part-time farmers or cottagers with a few acres of land and rights on the commons and wastes . |
| 30 | On a ridge with fine prospects over Edinburgh , the Pentlands and the Firth of Forth are outcrops and boulders with the stylized incisions of circles , cup shapes and concentric grooves which appear at ritual sites in many countries from Ireland to India , and in especially large numbers in Scotland . |