Example sentences of "of [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 . |