Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] with a " in BNC.

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1 The basic questions posed are : First , can children attach themselves to psychological parents whilst they also maintain contact or links with a non-custodial birth parent or other relative ? and second , would the maintenance of such links confuse the child and impair his developing personal and social identity ?
2 Patients or controls with a history of diseases in which hyposplenism has been reported were excluded ( coeliac disease , inflammatory bowel disease , thyrotoxicosis , rheumatoid arthritis and connective tissue diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus ) .
3 It was impersonal , furnished to the exact specifications of any government building in the islands that goes with a civil servant of a particular grade ; the chairs and table in ‘ ant-proof ’ hardwood , lacquered a pale brown , three armchairs , one sofa , chairs and table on the verandah , a desk , two bedrooms , a couple of beds , their legs in jars of water , a shower .
4 The College , opened in new buildings in 1963 , had not , five years later , exhausted the strong initial impetus that belongs with a new venture .
5 An opera of violence that unfolds with a painfully slow gravitas , this is an outsiders ' ( Leone and Morricone , Europeans — the film was shot in Spain ) yearning fantasy of America before the forces of civilization ‘ spoiled ’ it .
6 Minke and Selinger have speculated that the trp gene codes for a plasma membrane channel that interacts with an IP 3 R to gate calcium through the capacitative mechanism described earlier .
7 It 's no good trying to remember every word that starts with a C cos there are lots of them .
8 And in your Ks whenever you come across a word that starts with a K make sure you put it in your book and have a look at those occasionally so that you 're pretty sure you know all these K words and then if it is n't you say well okay got to be a C.
9 For Opposition Members to suggest that we should have nuclear weapons but not the ability to test shows how little they understand the responsibility that lies with a nuclear power .
10 IF YOUR name happens to be Ebeneezer Scrooge you may think otherwise , but a Christmas without crackers is one that passes with a whimper rather than a bang .
11 Call him , and you get an answerphone message that ends with a cheery ‘ Have a nice day for white America ’ .
12 In what can only be regarded as the ultimate pilot 's ‘ Jim 'll fix it ’ fantasy come true , he persuaded the RAF to let him go through key parts of the four-year course that ends with a posting to an operational fighter squadron .
13 Off to the north here is a road that plunges with an astonishing directness down into the valley of the Ouzon and out on to the flat , south-east of Pau .
14 I am not in favour of ‘ social ’ abortion to get rid of a pregnancy that interferes with a girl having fun at a disco .
15 Our native manuka that burns with a hot , clean flame is best — ’
16 Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word .
17 Add a word that begins with a different letter but rhymes with the first word .
18 There is no ‘ unfolding narrative ’ in a results programme that begins with an extremely reliable forecast of the outcome : it 's like a whodunnit in which the sleuth announces the dénouement on the first page .
19 The re-bundling of server software may help to change users ' perceptions , but the great white hope is MVS Open Edition , the new version of the operating system that comes with a Posix interface .
20 He awoke late the following morning , and was immediately aware of the clammy stillness that comes with a Cornish mizzle .
21 No news as yet about the Villa game , except that leslie silver was a bit pissed off at losing the stlg75,000 ( I hope you see a pound sign as I do , and not ‘ stlg ’ ) that comes with a sky appearance .
22 The pulsar has a period of 102ms and slows with a characteristic age of 17,300yr .
23 Ben gets two or more walks a day and plays with a rubber ring .
24 The report optimistically continues that it was ‘ practically certain ’ the course would be built and adds with a final flourish of conviction ‘ Mr D. Stephenson , now professional to the Princes Golf Club , Sandwich , and formerly in a similar capacity at Huntercombe , has prepared plans of an 18-hole course on that portion of the Bolney estate fringing on the Harpsden road , with a clubhouse to be built almost directly opposite Mr. John Hodges ' cricket field .
25 It starts with an overview of the legal and professional constraints on the engineer , followed by an introduction to the concepts underlying risk management , and finishes with a discussion of the implications for education and public awareness .
26 Typically , each chapter gives a brief introduction followed by preparative methods , arranged according to reagent used or building block employed , and concludes with a short section on biological activity .
27 The third volume of Antologia devoted to Neo-classical studies ( n.s. nos. 39–42 , 1991–92 ) includes a highly important article by the editor , Alvar Gonzalez-Palacios , which recapitulates what has so far been published on the great Roman bronze founders Francesco and Luigi Righetti and then adds twice as much more and concludes with a fascinating technical account of the casting of Canova 's equestrian statue of Charles III Borbone in Naples taken from a family notebook .
28 The report continues with a list of cases in which disputes over fixtures in listed building led to a public enquiry , a court case , or both and concludes with a section entitled ‘ How to make the legislation more effective ’ , which provides advice to owners , information on Stop Notices and calls for control over the sale of fixtures .
29 The installation 's theme explores the relationship between creativity and evil , and concludes with a pair of collection boxes for victims of violence placed on either side of an amateur portrait made by a murderer .
30 At its best the structure of one of his perorations follows this pattern : he begins with a general statement and summarises it with an accessible example ; then he moves to a narrower statement and concludes with a final example taken from everyday life .
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