Which preposition to use with complexes

of Occurrences 65%

Man is still thought of as a complex of lofty and mean qualities, widely variable in their proportion yet in no instance quite dissevered.

in Occurrences 24%

From this brilliant medley of reality and romance, of wit and pathos, of fantasy and observation, was born that new art, complex in thought, various in expression, which gives a semblance of frigidity to perfection itself.

as Occurrences 12%

If the whole history of the zoospores of Peronospora and of Coleochaete were unknown, they would undoubtedly be classed among "Monads" with the same right as Heteromita; why then may not Heteromita be a plant, even though the cycle of forms through which it passes shows no terms quite so complex as those which occur in Peronospora and Coleochaete?

than Occurrences 8%

Secondly, Another thing that makes the greater difficulty in ethics is, That moral ideas are commonly more complex than those of the figures ordinarily considered in mathematics.

for Occurrences 8%

They are too vast and complex for that.

with Occurrences 3%

It was no violin tone, beautifully complex with harmonics, but the clear simple voice of the flute.

about Occurrences 2%

There is something very new and very big and very complex about these new relations of capital and labor.

beyond Occurrences 2%

In this day of ours, ablaze with learning, and culture,veneered with a fine civilization, our laws are complex beyond all knowing and expression; man regulates his conductto them,and is as virtuous, and honest as the law compels him to be.

like Occurrences 1%

And yet the prohibition of a public banquet blew asunder the whole complex like mere chaff.

from Occurrences 1%

They taught the evolution of the more complex from the simpler forms.

by Occurrences 1%

He did not explain the obscure by the more obscure, but the difficult by the plain, the complex by the simple.

before Occurrences 1%

Captain Marks-Owens watched them for a moment, then turned her attention back to the activity of the men who were supplying the temporary power to the complex before her.

Which preposition to use with  complexes