Example sentences of "with [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.

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1 … ( 6 ) In this section ‘ costs ’ means costs as between party and party , and includes the costs of applying for an order under this section ; and where a party begins to receive representation after the proceedings have been instituted , or ceases to receive representation before they are finally decided or otherwise receives representation in connection with part only of the proceedings , the reference in subsection ( 2 ) above to the costs incurred by the unassisted party in the proceedings shall be construed as a reference to so much of those costs as is attributable to that part .
2 Mr Howard dismissed the French and German threat to press on with unity ahead of the rest of Europe .
3 And he hopes to retain his place in tomorrow 's Premier League meeting with Middlesbrough ahead of Bruce Grobbelaar and David James .
4 A paper from a member of SCAC with experience both of the Scottish and UK/Ireland work .
5 One of his clients boasted of a decision to provide employees with milk instead of cream for their coffee as ‘ re-engineering ’ .
6 Officers now work with cars instead of bicycles , radios instead of whistles , riot gear instead of truncheons , plus a range of computers and technical wizardry .
7 That is a child who has grown up with books instead of wallpaper .
8 In the new ICI-Air Liquide process , the ammonium will be reacted with oxygen instead of air , which will reduce emissions of carbon dioxide , nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide compared with conventional SAR plants .
9 1993 has started well with deliveries ahead of the same period last year and ahead of budget .
10 Some use such a sophisticated system that they build up a detailed picture of their surroundings , effectively " seeing " with sound instead of light .
11 The late Sir Charles Stanford used to complain that some composers seemed to imagine that harpists played with brooms instead of fingers .
12 Mike is finally caught ( through his own recklessness : he pays with cash instead of with plastic ) .
13 An equivalent medical prognosis would be pessimistic to say the least , and it is time now to explore alternatives which will allow us to approach the 21st Century with confidence instead of indecision and fear .
14 With implications sometimes of the second class , these later books are categorized as ‘ the modern classics ’ , a categorization that also enables the critics to play their game of ‘ spot the classic ’ .
15 The PFLP-GC was one of a number of " rejectionist " Palestinian groups strongly opposed to the PLO-endorsed efforts to arrange talks with Israel ahead of elections in the occupied territories .
16 We left them on the boat while we wandered into the town to discuss with Sunsail a fuel tank that a previous charterer had filled with water instead of diesel .
17 ‘ It was just like the M8 at rush hour , with water instead of tar macadam . ’
18 I 'm not asking you to help me , but at least you can let me get on with things instead of badgering me the whole time .
19 He re-entered the domain of ploughed land , far off and spreading endlessly like a sea , with furrows instead of waves .
20 Play catching games with eggs instead of balls .
21 From the results obtained , it is clear that , in addition to visitors ' general interest in the exhibitions and their content ( either because they dealt with topics already of concern to the viewers , or because of their Scottish , or , indeed , local connexions ) , there were a number of features with particularly appealed , including the informative nature of the exhibitions , the layout and presentation of the exhibits , the presentation of original documents , and the presence of photographs and artefacts .
22 He would n't pay good money because it was set with spinels instead of rubies , so the man took it back . ’
23 Twenty-five years after the war ended a man had gone in to the shop and been told that his treasure was studded with spinels instead of rubies .
24 Fulmar achieved a very good result in 1992 , with profits ahead of expectation and benefited from the recovery in salmon prices which brought increased confidence to that industry .
25 Foremost among provincial towns were a handful of regional capitals with populations upwards of five or six thousand .
26 This involved making a ‘ negative ’ version of the recording , with ridges instead of grooves , so the copies could be formed from that .
27 I was really glad to be going out with Mary instead of Mum ; I do n't think Mary had ever asked if she could take me with her before .
28 He took over an existing but derelict blast furnace at Coalbrookdale ( q.v. ) which had been set up in 1638 , and in 1709 he discovered the method of smelting iron with coke instead of charcoal .
29 If they had all spent a little of their energy cooperating with staff instead of moaning , they would have got out a lot quicker .
30 Co-existing with the syllabub of pastoral England was one made with wine and spirits instead of cider and ale , and with cream instead of milk .
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