Example sentences of "[adj] with [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you photographed a dead Marine with a poncho over his face and got paid for it , you were some kind of parasite . ’ |
| 2 | If for example I am pursuing X in the expectation of enjoying it , but when I get it am disappointed , or seem to enjoy it yet afterwards come to recognize that only habit or a false idea of myself or susceptibility to persuasion made me suppose I was enjoying myself , then I was mistaken in doing Y. Every choice of means , however well argued , proves groundless with the discrediting of the end , yet that I did not have the fun I expected is itself no more than a fact . |
| 3 | She stole the time to brush them clear with the side of her hand then slipped back inside , hoping no-one would notice her . |
| 4 | The direction of Bentley 's evolution became clear with the launch of the Mulsanne Turbo R , which , with its huge power and improved suspension , at last re-established the marque 's engineering credibility and its standing with younger and more enthusiastic owner-drivers . |
| 5 | Prime Computer Inc has now filed for its expected return as a public company — under which it will change its name to Computervision Corp , and intends to offer 15.8m shares at a target price of $18 to $20 , concurrent with an offer of $125m of senior notes due 1999 . |
| 6 | A further 5.1 per cent devaluation against the US dollar took place on Dec. 9 , concurrent with the issue of a new 100,000 córdoba note . |
| 7 | The bare infinitives are used to refer to reactions concurrent with the contemplation of the scene which the person in question has before his eyes , spontaneous reactions , leaving no room for reflection . |
| 8 | Here we report a precise U-Pb age of 852Myr for zircons in a veined and metasomatized harzburgite xenolith from Kimberley , which indicates that this particular style of metasomatism ( MARID-related ) is concurrent with the migration of the kimberlite magma that hosts the xenolith . |
| 9 | Concurrent with the building of the earliest , a timber grave chamber was constructed beneath its floor to receive the decomposed remains of a middle-aged man . |
| 10 | Concurrent with the growth of this car-based retailing , many people have observed a steady decline in traditional forms of town-centre retailing . |
| 11 | Concurrent with the arrest of Guiding Lights , a combined police and customs task force swooped on twenty five addresses in London to unearth a further cache of over two tons of cannabis in a garage . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , out of 76 district planning authorities responding to the survey mentioned earlier , 30 of them granted planning permission for potential odour emitting uses subject to a condition relating to odour emission , being of the opinion that the imposition of conditions , including those relating to odour emission , were relevant to securing reasonable and proper planning objectives which complemented rather than conflicted with the responsibilities of the Director of Environmental Health in his dealing with public health matters under the public health legislation . |
| 13 | Even after 11 years in office and in mid-recession , they are neck-and-neck with the conservatives in the opinion polls . |
| 14 | He says ; Once one of them says we will go with him then they will all go because they will stick together but I was very suprised with the ammount of people that go . |
| 15 | He looked up at that big beautiful canopy of silk billowing above him , the brilliant white contrasting with the blue of the sky . |
| 16 | It was dim with the atmosphere of all old barns — straw , dust , and in this case too the sweet smell of stored apples . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , whatever it is … ’ his voice was thick , unsteady with the depth of desire he was ruthlessly suppressing ‘ … this stops right now … ’ |
| 18 | I 've always had an ear for accents , and I gave them my best German and Italian and my speciality : French with a hint of Punjabi . |
| 19 | I returned from that first Manhattan holiday aglow with the pleasure of new friends acquired in New York 's radio circles , and , of course , a large autographed photo of Jessica for Fred Workman . |
| 20 | Again , the more the merrier … we are leaving ourselves open to a few ‘ active ’ neutrals who will try and stir things up … but its always easy for gav to exclude any twats … if it gets a bit too fruity of course … nothing wrong with a bit of friendly banter and discussion . |
| 21 | What 's wrong with a bit of shit stirring it is certain to get us some inch space ? |
| 22 | There is obviously something wrong with a portrayal of children as totally lacking in reason until they leap out of bed on their tenth birthday announcing that they are now able to act on principle . |
| 23 | Surely any fool should be able to see that there is something wrong with a child like that . |
| 24 | It is important to note , however , that there is nothing inherently wrong with a conflict of interest situation in itself ; the issue is whether such a situation is handled properly . |
| 25 | I mean what 's wrong with a kiss for God 's sake ? |
| 26 | Hoping that nothing had gone wrong with the course of her friend 's romance , she turned around on the piano stool as she heard hard , firm footsteps walking along the terrace . |
| 27 | There was nothing wrong with the efforts of his men at the moment . |
| 28 | Experts have exploded the old wives ' myth that , if he decided to play away , there must have been something wrong with the relationship in the first place . |
| 29 | The string retainer has been screwed down a little too low , resulting in quite a severe break angle over the nut , but if I 'm talking about that as a problem , then you can see there 's really not much wrong with the rest of the LX . |
| 30 | Even ignoring the fact that they were meant as definitions of natures or essences , Gassendi finds something wrong with the idea of finding universal propositions for the premisses of a scientific syllogism . |