Example sentences of "with an [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It 's the only thing you can do with an organisation of this size .
2 The best advice is to make contact with an organisation like SPOD ( Sexual Problems of the Disabled ) .
3 In a Panorama documentary on Monday night , Tim 's father Colin will say : ‘ I wanted to look at the man , to hear his voice and to ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA .
4 ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA .
5 ‘ We indicated we would be interested to talk to Gerry Adams , because I wanted to look at the man and hear his voice and ask him directly about how he could be in league with an organisation like the IRA .
6 He came back with an exchange of letters , in which Eisenhower had agreed that Britain could buy Skybolt ; and , in return , Macmillan had accepted an American request for base facilities for US nuclear submarines at Holy Loch on the west coast of Scotland .
7 Then with an exchange of broken English and French , the Captain saw four large brandy barrels being handed over to Jake and his gang .
8 THE custom of formalising marriage with an exchange of rings has a fairly basic origin — the finger represents the male side of the bargain and the ring the female .
9 Geoffrey Marshall , commenting on the bureaucracy of the system says that " it comes to a climax with an exchange of reports between practically all parties capable of exchanging them . "
10 The day concluded with an exchange of ideas on the ways in which branches and colleges could achieve better publicity , and thus increase the number of students even further in the coming years .
11 A passage from Verdelot 's ‘ Ogn'hor per voi sospiro ’ ( in his Secondo libro de Madrigali , 1537 ) will illustrate typical early madrigal texture with an exchange of phrases obvious only to the singer ( madrigals were seldom written with listeners in mind ) ( cantus , bars 2–4 , and tenor 4–6 ; altus bars 2–4 , and cantus 4–6 ) , contrasts of four- and two-part , writing , highlighting of ‘ tacendo ’ and ‘ amando ’ with their semitonal sighs :
12 The countries hope to set up similar institutes on their own ground , with an exchange of technicians .
13 For example , a famous debate , which started with an exchange in the pages of the scholarly journal World Politics in 1966 , was ostensibly an across-the-board one between Behaviouralists and Realists ( or Traditionalists as they were there called ) .
14 In relation to Bourdieu 's concept of habitus , the artefact was noted as playing a pivotal role in social reproduction , where it forms part of a reconciliation of objectivist accounts exposing the mechanisms which create the subject in history with an interpretation of the social subject 's role as active agent in the formulation of historical strategy .
15 Each chapter in the main section of the book will conclude with an interpretation of the values involved in the views that are discussed .
16 She fingered the brooch at her neck — Victorian gold plate with an amethyst in the centre , held in place by a fierce pin .
17 QUIET BOYS : ‘ Modal ’ ( Acid Jazz ) an elusive London mob based around DJ and producer Chris Bangs of Galliano , Courtney Pine and Paul Weller credits , with an EP of progressive jazz-House — out on Monday
18 A waft of singing sounded from the church , like a great collective musical groan , with an overtone of keening — the final psalm .
19 There are six towers , two large and four smaller , and three apses on the east side and one on the west , with an atrium in front of it .
20 They make ‘ modern dance music with an edge to it .
21 She said aloud , with an edge to her voice : ‘ What are you saying , Gerald ?
22 something with an edge to it , you know .
23 Then she laughed at herself , with an edge of self-mocking irony .
24 You then see the light-catching quality that you get with an edge of glass . ’
25 ‘ Well , ’ Diane said , with an edge of exasperation in her voice that she could n't fully conceal , ‘ what do you reckon ? ’
26 Yet she found herself observing with an edge of sarcasm , ‘ Indeed ?
27 I asked , with an edge in my voice .
28 ‘ Not till we 're finished , ’ Willoughby said with an edge in his voice , looking at Emily .
29 A laugh with an edge in it .
30 The predictable , and very satisfying , result attracted the attention of a nearby assistant , who strode towards the offending infant with an expression of undisguised anger on her face .
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