Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] with " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most LEAs reported that they had a curriculum policy or were developing one ; they consulted widely including with governing bodies ; they now recognised the importance of ‘ breadth ’ and ‘ balance ’ , and the need for relevance of the school curriculum to the world outside . |
| 2 | She may be portrayed with lions , bulls , birds , serpents , or other creatures , and she is shown dominating them , but rarely struggling with them or slaying them . |
| 3 | But he was most sparing with the anger on celluloid : would rather fake it than summon it up . |
| 4 | Another of the benefits of the travelling team system was the camaraderie that was built up between the players , all of whom were effectively competing with each other for Davis Cup recognition . |
| 5 | The following spring the same duo , neither of whom had climbed since the previous autumn , was optimistically toying with the idea of opening the season with Dream of White Horses on Gogarth . |
| 6 | When someone is regularly and edifyingly prophesying with fruitful results , then it may be he will become known to have the ministry of a prophet . |
| 7 | ‘ Indeed , ’ said Mrs Mac Donald , delicately checking with one finger that her hat was still on straight . |
| 8 | v. Laughton where , it will be remembered , the I.T.F. union , in dispute with Merkur Island , a flag of convenience shipowner , induced tug-boat crews to refuse , in breach of their contracts of employment , to move Merkur Island 's vessel , thereby interfering with the charter of the vessel to Leif Hoegh . |
| 9 | Besides laughing with a comforting or gratifying sense of superiority when confronted with pictures of the incompetence of figures who the readers may recognize as representing their fellow men , the readers may also be regarded , she suggests , as laughing at common humankind and thus also ( unconsciously ) at themselves . |
| 10 | The micellar structures are dynamic and constantly colliding with one another , exchanging contents . |
| 11 | On his present form we really would have been better sticking with Chappie . |
| 12 | What was odd was that the wizard was obviously struggling with it , and it appeared to be singing to itself . |
| 13 | Haines 's last publication was Aphorisms upon the New Way of Improving Cyder or making Cyder-Royal ( 1684 ) , publicizing his third patent for a method of doubling the strength of cider and so competing with imported wines and spirits , and including general advice on the management of orchards . |
| 14 | One of the worst forms of slavery today is practised by the developed countries when they keep down the prices of basic products by subsidizing and dumping products and so competing with those that are vital for the countries of the Third World2 . ’ |
| 15 | As the weeks passed she became accustomed to seeing Luke already at his desk when she arrived , immaculately suited , his dark head , with that one dramatic streak of white hair , perfectly groomed , his long , square-tipped fingers idly toying with a gold fountain-pen as he frowned over his mail . |
| 16 | Fortunately Roy was only toying with me , eventually agreeing to participate in good spirit . |
| 17 | Some older people feel that they could manage at home if there were someone else living in their home , perhaps helping with light care tasks , or just ‘ keeping a watchful eye ’ . |
| 18 | To safeguard against this sort of distortion , yet without basically interfering with our random system , we can build in a sort of screening device which is called stratification . |
| 19 | Characteristic activity : necessarily occurring with adverbs like always and continually . |
| 20 | In any case , she tires of their constant need for milk and leaves the earth , only returning with the necessary food to feed them . |
| 21 | The surrounding volcanic cones are gently sloping with few gullies to the south , but increasingly steep and heavily gullied towards the north . |
| 22 | The prospect of a soldier ‘ literally dying with a redundancy notice in his hand is not a prospect that any decent MP should contemplate ’ . |
| 23 | Perdita felt too tired to eat , but when she tried her steak it was pure poetry , tender as velvet , juicy as an orange , and so exploding with flavour that she was soon piling her plate with potato purée , tomato salad and geranium-red barbecue sauce . |
| 24 | Rob was so obviously brimming with enthusiasm that Merrill had to say carefully , ‘ I think it sounds delightful . ’ |
| 25 | In this case , Joan is merely checking with Carol about potentially shared information : whether Carol knows " Johnny " . |
| 26 | Or , jokily bobbing with the jogger 's gait . |
| 27 | Like I said at the beginning , Rickenbacker do n't churn designs out lightly ; the Atlantis and Excalibur are the result of careful consideration , and if you 're looking for a guitar that 's not only brimming with personality but is eminently playable in just about any style , I 'd suggest you check this one out , fast … |
| 28 | I had a successful 2 o'clock meeting with the organisers of a charity event to raise money for Guy 's Hospital cancer unit . |
| 29 | The next five years will be a battle — much of it fought in the Governor 's quarterly meeting with Lu Ping , head of Peking 's Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office . |
| 30 | Perhaps living with her widowed mother had limited her opportunities . |