Example sentences of "with a [noun] [prep] [noun pl] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we have several levels of interaction with a computer in terms of entering information . |
| 2 | Almost half of the company-car drivers surveyed thought that it was acceptable to drive at 90mph on a motorway ( 20mph over the speed limit ) , compared with a quarter of drivers of privately-owned cars . |
| 3 | The boardroom rises at the company compare with a rise in profits of 13 per cent . |
| 4 | The signal is a regular train of radio-frequency pulses with a spacing between pulses of 59 ms . |
| 5 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 6 | With the exception of ‘ Incident on 42nd Street ’ ( 1988 ) , the diptych owned by Metropolitan Museum and omitted for budgetary reasons , the exhibition features all of the themes which the artist has explored and culminates with a selection of canvases of Coney Island , where Jacklin has been working for the last eighteen months . |
| 7 | There have never been prosecutions in Northern Ireland , and in Great Britain there were ten prosecutions between 1944 and 1988 , with a total in fines of £334 in the seven successful cases . |
| 8 | But we 've also had an artist from the Art Week event , which the Rainforest Festival overlaps with going into a chosen school , with a member of Friends of the Earth , we give them a talk about rainforest , and they do the , I do n't know if you 've seen them in the buses , the sort of advertising slots , we 've got 80 of those slots on the buses throughout the rainforest festival , and the children are actually drawing pictures for them . |
| 9 | Individuals are thus faced with a cost in terms of the time and effort spent on ensuring that they keep in money form only the amount required to cover their day-to-day transactions . |
| 10 | relative increase in brain size : encephalization quotient 48.8% compared with a range of values of 22 to 41% for eleven species of monkey ; |
| 11 | There is plenty of ordinary play material available commercially that is perfectly suitable for use in shared play by children with a range of levels of vision ; simple shapes , bright colours , strong construction and surfaces that are not too shiny are particularly suitable . |
| 12 | Pipe smokers and whisky drinkers have done much better , with a fall in duties of around 20% , while wine drinkers have had a ball , with a 30% fall in tax . |
| 13 | Civic Forum and PAV emphasized that economic prosperity would only come about after sacrifices and hard work , leading to the emergence of a fully-fledged market economy , with a variety of forms of economic ownership . |
| 14 | The exclusive Amsterdam Travel Service Cycle Route booklet specially compiled with a variety of routes of differing duration covering the region 's most interesting and beautiful places . |
| 15 | Interesting passages with a variety of types of comprehension exercises |
| 16 | Like the ALA LIRT it comprises many different committees , each concerned with a variety of aspects of library instruction . |
| 17 | They were , of course , associating themselves with a variety of interpretations of ‘ god ’ , but their actions can very easily be identified as a fight for the adoption of the Second Choice . |
| 18 | Hill ( 1976 ) grew a single clone of white clover with a variety of clones of Lolium perenne . |
| 19 | Both parties marked their letters with a variety of combinations of expressions like " without prejudice " , 'subject to contract " , and 'subject to approval by … |
| 20 | Provide staff involved in recruitment with a checklist of details of benefits and facilities which they can incorporate into their talks . |
| 21 | Here , picture researcher Julie Query deals with a request for pictures of John F Kennedy . |
| 22 | Wrap the bottom corner with a couple of layers of masking tape to prevent the scraper from cutting the device . |
| 23 | Be sure to line the hole with a couple of inches of sand to avoid stones puncturing the liner . |
| 24 | Or she could at least get it over in the registry office with a couple of rounds of Spanish bubbly in the pub later ? |
| 25 | THRILLED SKINNY : ‘ Let There Be Shelving EP ’ ( Hunchback ) top DIY enthusiasts knock up a tasty four track EP with a couple of bits of string and some sticky-back plastic . |
| 26 | They bought the potatoes and they put them into this machine to mix them up with a couple of pails of water and then they drained all the taters off and left the milk that was left and used that for the baking . |
| 27 | I accompanied the asparagus I had for dinner ( over-cooked ) with a couple of glasses of the Sasbacher Scheibenbuck Müller Thurgau ( trocken ) . |
| 28 | I ended up with a couple of pairs of trousers , a couple of T-shirts , a jumper and a pair of shoes . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm hoping to have lunch with a couple of friends of mine ! ’ |
| 30 | I had our fee in my pocket — enough for us to have a magnificent seafood dinner at a place just off the Gran Via , with a couple of bottles of wine . |