Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] with a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that they had a twofold motivation : reluctance to be burdened with a teenager who was n't earning a wage , and the consideration of how much he meant to Cis . |
| 2 | If for example the result of acoustic front end processing on the word actually was out by a single feature , ( either through error , or just because the speaker had pronounced it that way ) , and reported the string the match would fail , even if the information following the allowed the word actually to be hypothesized with a fair degree of confidence . |
| 3 | It used to be said with a considerable amount of justification that you could get as far as Inspector on your own bat but after that ‘ No ’ , you needed somebody pushing you — city councillor , anything . |
| 4 | Now it would seem that they are not only to be denied an increase , but also to be faced with a reduction . |
| 5 | The user is going to be faced with a substantial processing load . |
| 6 | It can be so annoying , when using a colleagues computer , to be faced with a mishmash of open windows obscuring program icons and other boxes . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , we continue to be faced with a large empire whose structure is creaking and whose nationalities , after decades of Soviet subjugation and , in some cases , centuries of Russian imperialism , are seeking independence . |
| 8 | ‘ Over the next two years , these same people are to be faced with a rise of 25pc for domestic fuel — VAT at 17.5pc plus 3pc or 4pc price rises each year — then obviously there must be a significant increase in pensions and benefits in order for them to be able to pay . ’ |
| 9 | At some point in the second half of next year , and perhaps even earlier if President Mitterrand decides to bring forward the abolition of French controls , the Government is going to be faced with an inescapable decision . |
| 10 | It 's a problem that we had to face , and we had to take it , because otherwise we were going to be faced with an enormous bill , erm for ourselves , because it was down to us . |
| 11 | Does the Minister think that it is satisfactory for the people of Teesside to be faced with an application for a power station , another for a gas plant for the power station , and a separate application for the overhead line ? |
| 12 | It displays the contents of the package and allows the user to mark the modules to be transferred with an ‘ E ’ ( for Enter ) or a ‘ R ’ ( for Read ) . |
| 13 | It has certainly reminded us that the decade is likely to be characterised by low growth and tight competition , and that retailers need to be positioned with a low cost base , flexible work-force and strong retail formats to meet the challenges of the next few years . |
| 14 | The arches will never be seen in their original form again ; To preserve them against the increased exposure to the elements which lowering the water level will bring , they 're to be sprayed with a fine layer of protective concrete , leaving no visible sign of their remarkable survival . |
| 15 | Traditionally tanned leathers will need to be treated with a good wax proofing agent to make them water resistant , although some leathers are now treated at the tanneries with special waterproof finishes . |
| 16 | Clear as it is that the terms of intra-bloc trade deteriorated from the USSR 's point of view in the 1970s , the issue deserves to be treated with a degree of wariness . |
| 17 | Equation ( 2 ) assumes that the fragments of the disrupted object may continue to be treated with a single , collective bow shock . |
| 18 | It is suggested , therefore , that piecemeal reform has to be treated with a certain degree of caution . |
| 19 | There may be problems with using some sources , and documents may sometimes need to be treated with a degree of caution . |
| 20 | He predicted that the course record was likely to be broken with a time inside one hour and 50 minutes . |
| 21 | But our idea needs to be strengthened with a political argument : a path to personal empowerment by encouraging responsibility and participation in a democracy in which power is more widely shared . |
| 22 | The scoop-type single cone kite is an exception to this , but Messrs Hoffrei of Herford in Germany introduced a novel ‘ X ’ shaped cross-spar on the Vision 11 which enabled sail tension and a taut spinal form to be maintained with a single stand-off . |
| 23 | Nicholson teamed up with his friend and former flatmate Don Devlin to write the script for a film called Thunder Island , a thriller which was to be shot with a tiny budget on a Caribbean island . |
| 24 | So highly regarded was the mistletoe , that it had to be cut with a golden knife . |
| 25 | As a rule of thumb , Dijon mustard ought to be presented with a pot au feu or potée . |
| 26 | After the dinner , each of the Heads of State was to be presented with a small Luctian art form . |
| 27 | Some may prefer to be presented with a prescribed set of facts and skills , whilst others may learn best by being encouraged to discover things for themselves , often as solutions to problems . |
| 28 | Unless your elderly parent is known to be both very slow to take offence , and also to be a great lover of ‘ lists ’ for everything in life , it would be useless and irritating to her to be presented with a series of sensible menus to follow . |
| 29 | THE Duke of Roxburghe is to be presented with a splendid new £3,500 desk made from timber on his Roxburghshire estate , Floors Castle . |
| 30 | Whatever happens , the TV viewer of the future looks likely to be presented with a bewildering array of alternative television systems , that are unlikely to do much for the sales of HDTV or any other wide-screen television . |