Example sentences of "[noun sg] with a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of Lewis 's more ambitious poems , ‘ The Jungle ’ , ends with a question — ‘ does the will 's long struggle end / With the last kindness of a foe or friend ? ’ — a question answered on 5 March 1944 when , hours before the start of his first patrol against the Japanese on the north Burma coast , he did himself that kindness with a shot from his own revolver . |
| 32 | Visitors will be shown the auditorium with a description of the alternative formats . |
| 33 | Many aspects of our environment show a rhythm with a period of 24 hours as a result of this solar day . |
| 34 | This intermediate stage consists of what appears to be a free-running rhythm with a period that differs from 24 hours . |
| 35 | We have already seen that it is common to feel tired about lunchtime ( the ‘ post-lunch dip ’ ) ; this is about 12 hours after retiring and so is another example of an ultradian rhythm with a period less than 24 hours . |
| 36 | • A free-running rhythm with a period greater than 24 hours ( because the time-cues were too weak or the subject was unable to receive or respond to them adequately ) ; |
| 37 | This , defined as sinus rhythm with a rate of greater than 100 beats per minute , was present in many of our patients with or without oxygen and seems to be a normal physiological response . |
| 38 | , Cecil Bernard ( 1894–1969 ) , bibliographer , was born 2 April 1894 in London , the only child of Frederick James Oldman , a builder and contractor with a business in New Cross Road , south-east London , and his wife Agnes Barnes Nightingale . |
| 39 | He further accepted that the court should only attach importance to clear statements showing the intention of the promoter of the Bill , whether a minister or private member : there could be no dredging through conflicting statements of intention with a view to discovering the true intention of Parliament in using the statutory words . |
| 40 | Benefits of this system include an improvement in urban fuel economy of between 8 and 14 per cent , remarkably stable idling with a reduction from 900 rpm to 825 rpm and a consequent gain in comfort and also a reduction in pollution brought about by the lower fuel consumption . |
| 41 | The Jags have unearthed a highly unusual talent in Chic Charnley , a forward with a feel for the unexpected , but he will face a physical examination against Falkirk , who have already had three players sent off in one match this season . |
| 42 | It 's almost 17 years since I was last hauled up a mountainside with a metal bar across my bum , two poles in one hand and my arm around the anorak of an unknown Austrian whose only English was ‘ Bend ze knees ’ and ‘ Open ze legs ’ . |
| 43 | ‘ She 's not plodding up and down the mountainside with a barrel round her neck . ’ |
| 44 | Storage Technology Corp , Louisville , Colorado offered 3m shares of convertible exchangeable preferred stock with a liquidation preference of $50 per share to raise a total of $150m . |
| 45 | RETAIL goods are notoriously hard to shift in these dark days of recession but most high street chains manage to offload last season 's stock with a bit of discounting and persuasive salesmanship . |
| 46 | For example , if the broker acquired the stock with a view to selling it on to the customer at a profit , it would have to disclose this fact , the historic price of the stock , the current market price of the stock and the profit on the sale . |
| 47 | Possessed by the movie camera with which his sadistic father tortured him in childhood ‘ Tome ’ skewers his girlfriend with a stiletto tripod leg while he films the grim business . |
| 48 | A man alleged to have stabbed his girlfriend with a kitchen knife after a domestic dispute was released on bail by Scarborough magistrates yesterday . |
| 49 | What proved particularly shocking in this instance was that the licensing of firearms was so haphazard that a 16-year-old Whitechapel youth , who had already stood trial on a charge of wounding his 16-year-old girlfriend with a revolver , could obtain a licence at a later date without even having to show proof of his age . |
| 50 | Apparently a hooded stranger with a bag of gold had asked if he could stay at her house one night . |
| 51 | Time enough and soon enough to greet them in the morning 's light when the men would have said their prayers and the womenfolk would have been to Mass and a stranger with a fiddle might be a welcome diversion from the day 's chores . |
| 52 | A YOUNG thug killed a complete stranger with a baseball bat — then used it in a park game with his pals , a jury heard yesterday . |
| 53 | A SAVAGE thug who killed a stranger with a baseball bat for kicks collapsed in tears when he was jailed for life yesterday . |
| 54 | A card with a strip of recording-tape is fed through the machine , and the teacher records whatever is desired — a reading of the text on the card , questions , comments , instructions or anything else . |
| 55 | If your machine has a VGA card with a Trident , Oak or even a Tseng Labs chipset , then its performance wo n't be fantastic . |
| 56 | Basically , you just plug in the board — a long , 16-bit card with a LAN cable connector on the end that pokes out from the back of your computer — and run the SoftSet set-up program . |
| 57 | Your University enrolment card with a bar coded label attached is needed for efficient use of the library system . |
| 58 | You can apply for a card with a spending limit of £250 at any time while you 're a student — just ask for a copy of the leaflet ‘ Whilst you are there — Midland Access ’ at any of our branches . |
| 59 | Because the Grand Canyon Department of Ridiculous Redundant Forms Redundancy Department feared that someone might mail George a get-well card with a bomb in it , they shut down their office . |
| 60 | You ca n't have a cash card with a post office account anyway . |