Example sentences of "with a [adj] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was he going to be chained here for evening after evening , tearing his soul to pieces with a moral dilemma to which he was no longer sure there was one certain simple answer ? |
| 2 | At some stage Christian symbols , especially in the form of crosses adorned with elaborate convolutions , began to find their way into the carvings , with a striking similarity to designs known in the Anglo-Saxon monasteries of Northumbria . |
| 3 | So I strode away , with a casual wave to the family of farmers . |
| 4 | The other was Holford , who , as head of a technical department within the Ministry of Town and Country Planning , fundamentally altered the technical basis of planning , and later as an academic consultant prepared plans with a distinctive contribution to civic design . |
| 5 | If oil in these quantities were to be found China 's production could be double today 's level by the end of the century with a consequent addition to government revenues of something of the order of $10 billion per year . |
| 6 | Normally I would have sounded like a tongue-tied half-wit , but that evening my response appeared to hint at the inexpressible depths and nuances of my infinitely complex relationship with the city , together with a gentle rebuke to a question which was either fatuous or unanswerable . |
| 7 | Once she had , after she had listened with a gentle face to Jack 's admission , his ultimatum , that Alison was different , Alison was ‘ for keeps ’ , believed that nothing could be worse , that she had now experienced the worst . |
| 8 | He was born with a blocked artery to his lungs and although surgeons tried to by pass the problem , his lungs deteriorated . |
| 9 | First it was the Birmingham Conference with axes , swords , knives and anything else with a sharpened edge to boldly go where no pest controller has gone before . |
| 10 | Luckily Ross had at last managed to convince the superintendent of the large apartment block that they had a genuine , urgent need to enter the building — and to supply them with a spare key to the front door . |
| 11 | There exists , then , a place for Britain within a loose European commonwealth , with a free currency and a floating exchange rate , and with a liberal approach to the market rendering her ( in the words of Jacques Delors ) ‘ a paradise for investment ’ . |
| 12 | Disappointing ; sweet , rubbery bouquet and a dominating , coarse , fiery spirit with a nasty aftertaste to it . |
| 13 | Blufton pointed with a stubby finger to the second date . |
| 14 | Their trigger fingers are obviously becoming more itchy ; last year they took nine months to fire off 313,000 rounds at demonstrators with a total bill to the Korean taxpayer of $6.7 million . |
| 15 | In the past 20–30 years , most parts of the Third World have seen a rapid destruction of their architectural heritage , combined with a total indifference to local cultural traditions , building materials and environmental conditions . |
| 16 | A woman of character and finesse and blessed with a total devotion to her new husband , she played a large part in setting the artistic tone at Tribschen , which Nietzsche was to remember with admiration all his life . |
| 17 | Basil 's concern was always with a sensory response to the world , and was at this level , essentially expressive . |
| 18 | Nutbeam himself has previously shown that students with a negative attitude to school are more likely to become smokers . |
| 19 | Engels , ‘ non-historical peoples ’ now emerged also with a legitimate claim to a national existence . |
| 20 | Somebody with a £100,000 portfolio who deals £5,000-£10,000 worth of stock at a time will be protected from the worst stocks , doubly so if he is lucky enough to be in the hands of a dealer with a longer-term commitment to his profession than average . |
| 21 | The company 's Health & Safety Manual continues to provide standards and codes of practice that conform to current legislation with a revised manual to be issued later this year . ’ |
| 22 | Secure the feet with a dampened brush to the front of the cake . |
| 23 | He went straight to the top — with a two-page letter to the Prime Minister . |
| 24 | With both the Atari ST and the PCs there is a micro-controller to read the keyboard , with a serial link to the main processor . |
| 25 | The distribution of security prices at expiry is log-normal with a mean equal to the risk-free rate and a standard deviation of . |
| 26 | And No. 6 displays both the breath-taking pianism we have now come to expect with a compositional skill to which one can only take one 's hat off . |
| 27 | Over a roar of jeering from the Opposition , Mr Onslow rushed to the rescue with a helpful question to the Prime Minister . |
| 28 | And then with a final glance to either side he turned and walked off towards the main gate . |
| 29 | That surely Mr Mayor is the very essence of politics , to come up with a modern solution to today 's problems . |
| 30 | Lady Selvedge was a tall , pale-faced woman , with a camel-like caste to her features-perhaps a Hapsburg lip if one took a more kindly view . |