Example sentences of "with [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I left twenty minutes later I felt I had come off with rather the worst of the bargain but another of my father 's aphorisms came to mind : shnorrers no choosers . |
| 2 | Faced with arguably the most reactionary piece of legislation this century , with its major implications for basic civil liberties and education , not to mention lesbians and gay men , Labour reduced it to being for or against the ‘ promotion ’ of homosexuality . |
| 3 | The death of his mother certainly took from Louis-Napoleon the one person ( with perhaps the exception of his son ) to whom — during his entire life — he was totally devoted and to whose memory he was always faithful . |
| 4 | We have been particularly concerned in this report with perhaps the main exemplar of such a development : what has come to be called ‘ environmental scanning ’ . |
| 5 | Much practical work in agriculture is of an empirical type and the ‘ practical ’ farmer is often characterized by an empirical approach as contrasted with perhaps the more theoretically-based approach of his son who has attended agricultural college or university and who understands some of the theory underlying a more scientific approach to agriculture . |
| 6 | With perhaps the finest collection of boots and shoes in the Country . |
| 7 | After a special consideration of alcohol and older people , the next four chapters deal with perhaps the most important areas older people face , ill-health , dependence , depression and mental confusion . |
| 8 | I remember discussing broken tanks with perhaps the most experienced fishkeeper I know ‘ Aquarian ’ expert Dr David Ford , and he 's had only one breakage in his fifty years in the hobby . |
| 9 | The archetypal Englishman from Trinidad with perhaps the best-known voice in TV admits ‘ I 'm not just saying that . |
| 10 | Elsewhere in the issue we 've got plenty of wonderful walks , tropical tests , fun features , a cracking competition and an exclusive interview with perhaps the most famous mountaineer ever , Sir Edmund Hillary . |
| 11 | And lanky Texan Kevin Schwantz — the man with perhaps the most natural ability of all the GP racers — spearheads the Lucky Strike Suzuki team with the single aim of improving his runner-up position of 1990 . |
| 12 | And what we 're getting here actually is a recreation of the area health authority they 're actually gon na be situated in the same office block where the old area authority used to be in Witham erm , and the community health council which I represent this authority on has certainly been er , raising a number of questions about this for fear of centralisation in Witham , erm with perhaps the lack of accessibility to local needs of West Essex and in Harlow particularly , . |
| 13 | Those which say all or part of it , with perhaps the addition of a hymn , do so either because their numbers are small and their voices ageing , or as a result of a deliberate choice . |
| 14 | It is a compromise between all three , with perhaps the first least apparent and the third most in evidence . |
| 15 | Well they , they better start with perhaps the rich ? |
| 16 | An impressively rugged coast walk with perhaps the finest sea-board hill in Pembrokeshire for the climax ; the changes of direction provide an interesting sequence of views . |
| 17 | The strings provide us with the most expressive and appealing medium ( with perhaps the exception of the human voice ) that exists in the whole range of music . |
| 18 | Up till recently , ceilings , walls and woodwork were either done in gloss , eggshell or flat paint , with perhaps the odd contrast border or super graphic thrown in as an added bonus . |
| 19 | A very successful visit with perhaps the exception of attending the SEAD conference where good personal contacts were made but the material was felt to be inappropriate for her purpose . |
| 20 | He exhibits a number of adjectives which differ in precisely the way required while maintaining the same or essentially the same lexical value ( we modify his examples slightly where it is possible to do so without damage to his case , so as to make the distinction sharper ) : ( 19 ) visible stars vs stars visible the only navigable rivers vs the only rivers navigable a handy tool vs are your tools handy ? guilty people vs people guilty As it happens , the examples which Bolinger uses employ words which can make the distinction a rather subtle one , with perhaps the exception of visible stars ( a group recognized astronomically ) beside stars visible ; but it is quite easy to produce further instances which seem to confirm his view : ( 20 ) a complaining visitor vs a visitor complaining the eligible bachelor vs the bachelor eligible In other cases , the divergence of lexical value between the two positions may be greater but still with the characteristic value for the former , and the occasion value for the latter : ( 21 ) the responsible man vs the man responsible a sorry sight vs the girl is sorry He notes that the acceptability of an adjective in pre-adjunct position may apparently depend on whether or not it can be regarded as indicating a relatively enduring characteristic of what is expressed by the noun , as in : ( 22 ) the faint girl vs the girl is faint an asleep man vs a man asleep This possibility of course depends not only on the adjective itself but also on the nature of the noun being qualified , so that " when one scratches one 's head the result is not *a scratched head but when one scores a glass surface the result is a scratched surface " . |
| 21 | It would seem no coincidence that the colleges with perhaps the greatest reputation for innovation are moving towards the Council 's fold ’ . |
| 22 | A good deal of the extensive baths has been excavated and the city presents the tourist of today with perhaps the most splendidly restored of all Roman remains in Europe . ’ |
| 23 | It may be that if Mr X enters into the guarantee the property can be purchased with perhaps the non-resident trust having to borrow to purchase the same . |
| 24 | Redcar sent off its bid with perhaps the most razzamatazz of all the Cleveland bidders . |
| 25 | ‘ And , as a result , we now find ourselves with perhaps the best assets in Europe . |
| 26 | It is a great temptation to tow a single-seater back with only the pilot on the wing-tip . |
| 27 | I would be surprised if it was n't still possible to go through ten years of education with only the faintest idea of what has been happening in the world , even your own country . |
| 28 | Keith Waugh was armed with only the vaguest canine knowledge when he took the first steps along his career path . |
| 29 | Marjorie ( Joanna Lumley ) , for instance , whom Shirley envied for her academic prospects , ends up with only the freedom of high-class prostitution . |
| 30 | In both the 1983 and 1987 general elections the government had strong press support , with only the erratic Maxwell-owned tabloid , the Daily Mirror , to support Labour , along with the Alliance-inclined Guardian and the Observer on Sundays . |