Which preposition to use with materials

for Occurrences 1008%

There is a large amount of intensely interesting, though spiritually undigested, material for a minister in a book like William James's Varieties of Religious Experience. 7.

on Occurrences 624%

The artist beautifies the material on which he works.

of Occurrences 577%

The French girl never wears lace or jewels or feathers or heavy material of any kind, quite unlike her English or American contemporaries, who wear what they like.

in Occurrences 256%

I have been able to supplement the materials in my own collection by numerous facsimiles taken direct from a priceless store of Dickens-MSS.

from Occurrences 100%

He took the raw material from me, wherewith to build that room, because he wanted that room.

to Occurrences 78%

But we acted too independently and too indiscreetly for our own good Dr. Webb, the very next day after his interview with us, began hauling material to a spot about one mile east of us, where he staked out a new town, which he called Hays City.

by Occurrences 56%

By using any kind of material by which ten can be made plain as a higher unitbundles of sticks or tickets, Sonnenschein's apparatus, Miss Punnett's number scheme, or the new Montessori apparatus with its chains of beads: the material used is of no great consequencechildren should be able to deal as easily with tens as with ones, and there is no need for little formal sums which have no meaning.

with Occurrences 52%

EXERCISE E The following list of synonyms is given for the convenience of those who wish additional material with which to work.

at Occurrences 50%

On the other hand, the desire to know more of the Robinson Crusoe mode of life has been apparent to many teachers for some time, but the material at their disposal has been scanty and uncertain.

as Occurrences 38%

It does not do much good to hand over the material as a story, as some teachers use the Dopp series of books.

into Occurrences 35%

We should build on what we have, fit each new piece of material into the structure already erected.

out Occurrences 28%

Milo was all too apt for such a situation, the very material out of which a cotton mill moulds its best hands and its worst citizens.

for Occurrences 16%

WILSON, HENRY L. Materials for freshman English.

than Occurrences 13%

"Vous êtes un peu agitée, ce matin, ma bonne Annette," she merely observed, when her maid had committed a blunder more material than common.

before Occurrences 7%

Mahan, who is specially qualified to do him full justice, does not devote much space in his work to a consideration of Torrington's case, evidently because he had no sufficient materials before him on which to form a judgment.

like Occurrences 6%

" The spectre proved to be a very material like person in the form of a tall sailor with a white jacket and cap and blue trousers.

without Occurrences 6%

What is to happen when man comes at last to experiment upon himself like a god, dealing not only with the materials without, but also with the very constituents of his innermost being?

under Occurrences 5%

The cutting is an endeavor to form precipitous slopes of crumbling material under a tropical rain-fall: it may be likened to molding in brown sugar under the rose of a watering-pot.

of Occurrences 5%

Since then, 1888, Lieut.-Colonel Hime, R.A., issued a pamphlet (Dulau & Co.) entitled The Greek Materials of Shelley's Adonais, with Remarks on the three Great English Elegies, entering into further, yet not exhaustive, particulars on the same subject.

about Occurrences 5%

It was not only with the hope of shooting a Kadiak bear that I decided to make this second expedition, but I had become greatly interested in the big brute, and although no naturalist myself, it was now to be my aim to bring back to the scientists at Washington as much definite material about him as possible.

within Occurrences 4%

Thus a small rapid stream with abundance of loose transportable material within its reach may fill up an extensive basin in a few centuries, while a large perennial trunk stream, flowing over clean, enduring pavements, though ordinarily a hundred times larger, may not fill a smaller basin in thousands of years.

over Occurrences 3%

The light from the next room let her see the two men clearly: the tall one in pajamas, as he must have sprung out of bed at her call: the little one in black, with a mask of crape or some thin material over the upper part of his face.

throughout Occurrences 3%

There should be a constant supply of material throughout the entire work.

around Occurrences 3%

" "Genius is shown, sir, in the manner of doing it" "Yes." "Of working on the materials around you.

below Occurrences 2%

That there should be more species of intelligent creatures above us, than there are of sensible and material below us, is probable to me from hence: that in all the visible corporeal world, we see no chasms or gaps.

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