Example sentences of "[adj] with [noun] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has now changed Eastern arts no longer support the gallery now one obvious reason for that is the gallery started so well because of the enthusiasm from a number of professional people who came along and gave their advice and much of their time and such a body of people has not been called upon for a number of years now and once again a request to discuss this with Mr was refused . |
| 2 | Thus a full description of what is wrong with pornography is that it reinforces desires on the part of men to treat women as objects , as means , and thus , indirectly , it reinforces male power . |
| 3 | L et 's be honest , the only thing wrong with laces is they 're a pain to do up every time and they sometimes seem to untie themselves mysteriously in the middle of a run . |
| 4 | The most common thing that goes wrong with taps is that they leak either because the gland or packing has failed ( a leak from the top when the tap is open ) or because the washer has worn ( a leak from the spout when the tap is closed ) . |
| 5 | Nothing wrong with people being above standard , in fact it 's encouraged . |
| 6 | What was really wrong with Eldorado was that nobody really cared much about what happened to the characters . |
| 7 | Concomitant with bonding is leadership , for where the bolder of two friends , or the elder of a related pair , goes , the second follows . |
| 8 | Popular with girls is the new Secret Rendezvous range illustrated with pictures of romantic couples in exotic settings . |
| 9 | One key reason why leasing remains popular with companies is that it enables them to expand through investment without damaging cash flow . |
| 10 | Particularly popular with customers were the canned nuts , home remedies , pizzas , pasta , cereals and canned pet foods range . |
| 11 | Those unfamiliar with Berlin are , for the moment , at no disadvantage compared with the natives . |
| 12 | She said being extravagant with water was awfully unfair … |
| 13 | These changes persistedafter 14 months at which time acidophilic atypical acinar cell foci and changes consistent with adenoma were also present . |
| 14 | The proportionate mispricings for the next near contract were larger than those for the near contract , which is consistent with arbitrage being riskier for longer maturities . |
| 15 | These are supposed to grow with your hands , I 'll tell you what they did n't grow much with Anthony 's no |
| 16 | The idyll which had promised so much with Beatrice was gradually deteriorating into a drawn-out brawl . |
| 17 | Contemporary with Payne was a famous Yorkshire family of father and sons who achieved fame in three fields . |
| 18 | Contemporary with Watt was Gaspard Monge , who in 1795 published his Géométrie descriptive ; although this book was not directly influential in Britain for some time ( British engineers having little sympathy for abstract mathematics ) , it formed the basis for modern engineering drawing . |
| 19 | A tale which seems linked with fertility is that of the White Cow of Mitchell 's Fold , a stone circle in Shropshire . |
| 20 | The Plaintiff relies on proprietary estoppel the principle of which , in its broadest form , may be stated as follows ; where one person , A , has acted to his detriment on the faith of a belief , which was known to and encouraged by another person , B , that he either has or is going to be given a right in or over B 's property , B can not insist on his strict legal rights if to do so would be inconsistent with A 's belief . |
| 21 | It 's rather cluttered with cars is n't it ? |
| 22 | The most commonly known way of a baby becoming infected with HIV is through the womb . |
| 23 | The number of injecting drug users becoming infected with HIV is growing steadily and is reflected in the latest statistics . |
| 24 | You 're friendly with Zoe are you ? |
| 25 | This regulation of registration often causes bad feeling because it means that Chinese people friendly with foreigners are easily recognised and traced . |
| 26 | A halo rich with rust is lofted round the heads |
| 27 | The approach to the tournament should be as low key as possible with changes being made only where absolutely necessary . |
| 28 | Most of the off-farm employment was rural with employers being sympathetic to occasional emergency demands from the farm . |
| 29 | For over a year David wrestled with a guilty conscience because of his adultery with Bathsheba and other crimes which followed and his anguish and desire to be right with God are recorded in Psalm 51 ‘ Have mercy upon me , O God … blot out my transgressions . ’ ( v. 1 ) ‘ Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity and cleanse me from my sin . ’ |
| 30 | Position papers continued to be drafted in the State Department in 1944–45 with preference being expressed for a unified administration in Korea as part of the trusteeship rather than the creation of military zones . |