Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun pl] [verb] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like all of my friends to come with me , and we do count as friends , do n't we ? ’ |
| 2 | It is suggested , instead , that political images are particularly significant — the personalities of the leaders , their projections of competence and of their capacities to deal with the nation 's problems . |
| 3 | As a result , most social science experiments have been carried out by psychologists rather than by sociologists , though many of their experiments overlap with the interests of sociology . |
| 4 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 5 | Some of their interests coincide with those of the working class , and some with those of the ruling class , but they do not have a coherent set of interests of their own . |
| 6 | But none of their records compare with that of the Argentinian Juan Manuel Fangio who won the world driver 's title a record five times . |
| 7 | The noise of their engines merged with the rolling , echoing rumble of distant thunder , and the blaze of fire was replaced by brilliant flashes of lightning until the whole sky was alight with the electric blue of the storm . |
| 8 | They sought out the most profitable lines produced in the most efficient of their plants operating with the cheapest labour available . |
| 9 | Lo and behold , on Christmas Day their wishes came true , the stockings on the end of their beds bulging with goodies . |
| 10 | Even now , some gardeners arrange the planting of their seeds to coincide with the phases of the moon . |
| 11 | In many communities , if the women were 40–44 years old , 30 per cent or more ( in one community about 60 per cent ) of their pregnancies ended with abortions . |
| 12 | The shrill tones of their voices mingled with the bawled instructions of a master mason , whose men were engaged in repairing the spire of a nearby church . |
| 13 | One twelve-inch Marathon record achieved a playing-time of more than 16 minutes , spread over two sides ; but customers had to change the soundbox of their record-players to cope with ‘ hill-and-dale ’ grooves , and within a couple of years non-standardization had claimed another victim . |
| 14 | Their nails were painted with henna and the palms of their hands striped with it . |
| 15 | First , there does seem to be genuine preference by agricultural workers for the ‘ non-economic ’ conditions of their jobs compared with non-agricultural work . |
| 16 | An upper jaw from Samburu Hills appears to have gorilla-like morphology of its teeth combined with thick enamel , which is very much what would be expected if thick enamel is identified as an ancestral hominine character . |
| 17 | And , finally section 223(5) provides that the directors of a parent company shall secure that , except where there are good reasons to the contrary , the financial years of each of its subsidiaries coincide with that of the parent company . |
| 18 | When any of its provisions conflict with a provision of the ordinary law , it prevails and the ordinary law must give way . ’ |
| 19 | These are things that we can measure ; we can make measurements of the welfare of an animal ; the term ‘ welfare ’ refers to its state , and its state in particular in respect of its attempts to cope with its environment . |
| 20 | The Senate Ethics Committee opened investigation in November into the conduct of five of its members involved with Keating , the head of a failed thrift [ see above ] . |
| 21 | As the partnership evolves and grows there is a need for an on going review of its activities linked with new issues facing the school . |
| 22 | But few doubt , even in Nashville , that country has boomed precisely because of its predictable format and the readiness of its lyrics to engage with the mundane ups-and-downs of life . |
| 23 | The point my modern Tory rebel was making was a different one : that a government with a majority that could be eradicated if 11 of its MPs vote with the other side , or 22 abstain , does well to sound out its own supporters before going too far down a controversial road . |
| 24 | Most of her girlfriends lived with the hopes and aims of finding a husband among a crowd of men whose principal interests lay in rugby , racing and beer , and , of course , in getting a girl into bed if possible . |
| 25 | But there was no mockery , and she shared the fun , the edges of her meanings meshing with his so that he must have felt her ecstasy but somehow there was no embarrassment . |
| 26 | However , if it strikes a chord — as many of her views did with me and my already shaky faith then and requires you to question your faith — QUESTION IT and stop following like sheep . |
| 27 | The whites of her eyes clouded with red . |
| 28 | In the history of the sciences in France , as in German critical theory , it is a matter at bottom of examining a reason , the autonomy of whose structures carries with it a history of dogmatism and despotism — a reason , consequently , which can only have an effect of emancipation on condition that it manages to liberate itself from itself . |
| 29 | Indeed he was a great admirer of the Greek philosopher , many of whose concepts stayed with Galileo for a long time , but he demanded to be allowed freedom from dogma and interference to pursue the truth . |
| 30 | Some of his remarks chimed with the ideas of the Adam Smith Institute ; others ( querying whether Auntie should be involved with pop music and popular television ) smacked of Carlton Club élitism . |