Which preposition to use with effectives

in Occurrences 125%

Again in the same woods you find trees that are made up of several boles united near the ground, spreading at the sides in a plane parallel to the axis of the mountain, with the elegant tassels hung in charming order between them, making a harp held against the main wind lines where they are most effective in playing the grand storm harmonies.

than Occurrences 66%

One wrist only is under control, but as the slightest sign of a struggle is met by an infliction of torture, the French system is more effective than the English.

until Occurrences 45%

"Our new methods will not be effective until July and the critical period is April to July.

as Occurrences 36%

There will probably be some roughs on board, who will be certain to get up a row, in which case you can make the babies in arms very effective as "buffers" for warding off blows, while the crowd will save you from being knocked down.

for Occurrences 23%

Mr. Ogilvie's instructions require him to go on with the survey with all convenient speed, but in order that this work may be effective for the accomplishment of the object in view the co-operation of the Government of the United States is necessary.

at Occurrences 14%

It was a most extraordinary weapon, but effective at short range.

by Occurrences 12%

That man would greatly err who tried to make his style effective by stripping it of all redundancy and ornament, presenting it naked before the indifferent public.

against Occurrences 11%

The precautions taken against interference by the men were equally effective against me.

on Occurrences 10%

] and, as far as I could form an opinion, I cannot conceive these acts to be as effective on the stage as you seemed to expect.

of Occurrences 9%

Compared with the entire Federal army, this force was merely a detachment, it was true, but it was a detachment numbering as many men, probably, as the effective of Lee's entire army at Chancellorsville.

with Occurrences 9%

Every Eve is Adam at heart, and every Adam is Eve; and what in sauce for Adam will prove equally effective with Eve.

to Occurrences 6%

They were brilliant and effective to a degree that utterly astonished me; but they were also ineffably tender and loving, and so natural in their every word, that it was like seeing Ellen face to face to read them.

without Occurrences 6%

The British Government at the same time proposed to the United States that some mode should be adopted, by mutual arrangement between the two countries, of a character which may be found effective without being offensive, for verifying the nationality of vessels suspected on good grounds of carrying false colors.

over Occurrences 4%

The archery of the Atreni, too, was effective over a very long range.

from Occurrences 4%

What I have ventured to suggest is not a punishment, but the performance of a sacred duty, a measure of self-denial from ourselves, and therefore it is effective from its very inception when it is undertaken even by one man and a substantial duty performed even by one single man lays the foundation of nations liberty.

during Occurrences 1%

This became effective during 1918.

under Occurrences 1%

It is, of course, quite impossible, in the limits of a paper, to do more than indicate a means of ventilation which will be effective under most circumstances of lighting with those gas burners and fittings usually employed, and which will lend itself readily to modifications which will be necessitated by the use of some of the newest forms of burners and ventilating gas lights.

along Occurrences 1%

Conscientious hard labour has been given, and is being given, to making it more effective along these lines, and almost every year some new scheme is brought forward enthusiastically, tried out painstakingly, and then cast aside ignominiously for some new and even more ingenious device.

through Occurrences 1%

Two of the new proposals in government, which have been much discussed, directly relate to this system of constitutional limitations made effective through the judgment of the courts.

beyond Occurrences 1%

A State legislature can enact no law which will be effective beyond its own boundaries.

per Occurrences 1%

In order to be equivalent from the heat point of view, a steam engine ought to produce a horse power effective per 9.72 pounds of steam at 5 atmospheres; but no such steam engine exists.

among Occurrences 1%

Prohibition, therefore, if effective at all, is probably only effective among the respectable middle class where, perhaps, of all it is least needed.

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