Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] with [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the Controller of the Household who later established that no one in authority who was within a reasonable distance of the incident could have realised that the members of the first team of bearers , most of them worthy if nervous burghers of Kinsai , had doctored strung-up nerves with wine and k'miss to such an extent that they were no longer capable of reacting with either fortitude or common sense to the kind of diversions which were now to be expected as part of the rejoicing . |
| 2 | I would lay you long odds that you will not be able to verify a single British case of poisoning with either pure crystalline amygdalin or apricot kernels . |
| 3 | However , the talents of her mind amply compensated for the defects of her person ; and if , with so few advantages , she was capable of writing with so much credit to herself , there can be no doubt but , if her career had been prolonged , she would have greatly distinguished herself in the annals of female literature [ |
| 4 | No one was dancing , just smooching , and she did n't make a habit of smooching with almost strangers . |
| 5 | The spy-glass , though splendidly gimballed to deal with the worst vagaries of pitching and rolling , was quite incapable of coping with even the mildest vibration which , more often than not , produced a very fuzzy photograph indeed . |
| 6 | Ford 's product-led competitive strategy entailed capital investments in high-productivity automation capable of coping with increasingly variable product mixes ( Williams et al. , 1987 : 58–9 ) . |
| 7 | A co-operative may have more difficulty in raising a large initial sum of venture capital and hence be at a greater risk of starting with too big a burden of interest on loan capital ; but , having got started on a sound financial footing , it would be under no special difficulty in doing as well as ordinary firms . |
| 8 | Such systems are capable of dealing with only very restricted language domains . |
| 9 | Such a world view is the product of a perception conceptualized to contend dramatically with the instant experience of dealing with highly emotive , personal conflicts at street level , or the tensions of ritual ‘ battles with criminals ’ . |
| 10 | The practice was one ‘ to be discouraged ’ , though the Court sympathized with the magistrates ’ ‘ uphill task of dealing with literally hundreds of cases over and above their normal list ’ . |
| 11 | Each has systematic ways of dealing with apparently awkward cases and there is no hope of specifying neutral conditions for testing one against the other and thus deciding between them . |
| 12 | Wayne Larkins ( 123 in the first practice game ) retired again , this time on 55 , which left Graham Gooch ( 90 off 95 balls and unbothered by anyone resembling an Alderman ) to enjoy the rare experience just lately of batting with more than one partner . |
| 13 | You do NOT need to have had any previous experience of working with mentally handicapped people as training is given , but you do have to be over the age of 21 . |
| 14 | By clarifying in your own mind the exact nature of these positions you can enter into bargaining with much greater confidence . |
| 15 | The main areas of restriction are due to the machine 's inability or difficulty in coping with very large calculations at a satisfactory speed , large amounts of text or graphics , fast animation or large shapes , device control , and real-time control . |
| 16 | Does Papert really believe that , without radical political steps , robot turtles can bring rich rewards in dealing with technologically advanced nations ? |
| 17 | Yes erm when this policy has been a significant issue in dealing with either the local plan or er |
| 18 | The United Nations has been largely ineffectual when faced with a clash of interests between major powers , or even in dealing with more localized conflicts such as that between Israel and the Arab states , where great power interests are also involved . |
| 19 | Well , you persist in dealing with only what you see . |
| 20 | Such support occurs either through membership of an organisation which happens to provide support for litigation , such as a trade union , or through membership of , or support by a pressure group , which is interested in dealing with only one issue , but which will support litigation if that litigation furthers the objectives of the group . |
| 21 | This should only be carried out by a professional repairer as special equipment and experience in dealing with severely warped necks is required . |
| 22 | Whilst everything that Becker did was at white heat and lightning speed , with drastic simplifications , Squirrell delighted in working with extremely precise topographical accuracy . |
| 23 | Both redundancy payments and social security benefits are totally inappropriate for dealing with today 's long-term structural unemployment and play no role in compensating for recurrent unemployment or the casualisation of work . |
| 24 | Units that are open to the public should develop their own procedures for dealing with potentially violent incidents . |
| 25 | The Danish system for dealing with sexually transmitted diseases is one of the better ones in Europe , and the impetus for this is provided by the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen . |
| 26 | So you 've got to get used to advocating with just an ordinary table , and how do you do that ? |
| 27 | There is , however , a consensus of opinion among experienced practitioners used to dealing with visually handicapped pupils and among writers concerned with the education of such children that competence in personal mobility and orientation is a prime source of safety and a great help in ensuring access to the whole campus and its various buildings and rooms . |
| 28 | Snatching his revolver from his case , he emptied the gun into the advancing group from a range of only thirty yards ; three or four of the coolies stumbled and fell , but the rest came on screaming with even greater frenzy . |
| 29 | It has criticized the government for not stressing the responsibilities of scientists in its draft safety guidelines on working with genetically modified organisms . |
| 30 | I mean er we , we have er a great job to do , I mean we 're all about improving the environment , we 're all about working with very pleasant things like rivers and we 're all about doing important things like protecting people from flooding . |