Which preposition to use with partitioning

of Occurrences 156%

But the one fundamental and decisive treaty is the Treaty of Versailles, inasmuch as it not only establishes as a recognized fact the partition of Europe, but lays down the rules according to which all future treaties are to be concluded.

between Occurrences 38%

It fell on the partition between the horses and ourselves and hung crackling there.

in Occurrences 18%

the enlistment of the brave Mahomedan soldiery which fought in the very place which is now being partitioned in spite of the pledge.

from Occurrences 8%

Their light was extinguished, but, up near the ceiling, a shaft of light came through the partition from the other room.

with Occurrences 8%

Earth, if I cannot injure thee enough, I'll bite thee with my teeth, I'll scratch thee thus: I'll beat down the partition with my heels, That, as a mud-vault, severs hell and thee.

among Occurrences 6%

It was agreed that Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica should be given up to his absolute rule, and that Achaia should be added to his portion; so that the Roman world was now partitioned among four: Octavian, Antony, Lepidus, and Sext.

into Occurrences 6%

A civil war still followed this monster's death, and the empire was rent and partitioned into three portions, in each of which a pretender disputed for the possession of the Shereefian throne.

for Occurrences 3%

This business being accomplished, he found Lon Taft at the hotel and instructed the carpenter to put rows of windows on both sides of the shed and to build partitions for an editorial office and a business office at the front.

amongst Occurrences 3%

The adjustment of the relations between the advanced and backward races of mankind is the greatest political task of our age; it is a responsibility shared jointly between all the civilised States, and when in the 'eighties and 'nineties the vast regions of Africa were partitioned amongst them, Germany, late in the field, asserted her claims and received her share in the responsibility.

at Occurrences 3%

She often took out apples to the stable, and Fleetfoot would throw up his beautiful head and look reproachfully over the partition at her, for she always stayed longer with Scrub than with him, and Scrub always got the larger share of whatever good thing was going.

behind Occurrences 3%

The place was now a little paradise, said he; but he had scarcely finished washing and dressing when the partition behind the bed was shaken by a vigorous thumping.

of Occurrences 2%

The idea of territorial partitioning of the country was replaced by an attempt at financial exploitation; military friction between the Western powers and Japan was in this way to be minimized.

by Occurrences 2%

'They told us that Nobble was a fine town.' Henniker's hotel was a long, low wooden shanty, divided into various very small partitions by thin planks, in most of which two or more dirty-looking beds had been packed very closely.

like Occurrences 2%

Before it, in swift retreat, some one crawled past the compradore's room, brushing the splint partition like a snake.

on Occurrences 2%

But what is the most striking to the eye and mind of the spectator is to behold, on the floor of the sanctuary before him, a plain beveled stone of dark marblethe tomb of William Rufus; and arranged on the top of the beautiful stone partitions on each side of the sanctuary, dividing it from the aisles, are six mortuary chests, three on a side, containing the bones of many of the most eminent Saxon princes.

through Occurrences 2%

The serfs of Esthonia were first favored, their emancipation beginning in 1802, and being completed in 1816, the year in which Alexander may be regarded as having been at the height of his greatness, for he had completed the overthrow of Napoleon, and had seen France saved from partition through his influence and exertions.

to Occurrences 2%

Thenthe fusillade continuing without intermission save when the man outside stopped long enough to extract an empty clip and replace it with one loadedLanyard edged along the partition to the door, calculated the stand of the lunatic in the saloon from the angle at which the bullets were coming through, and emptied the pistol he had taken from Phinuit at the panels as fast as he could pull trigger.

within Occurrences 1%

A central opening in the top forms a kind of mouth, around which are radiating tentacles connecting with the open chambers formed by the partitions within.

opposite Occurrences 1%

Three cigarettes he smoked, staring at a warped board in the stall partition opposite him.

than Occurrences 1%

Yet we now see stronger and higher walls of partition than ever, between the children of the same God,with a new law of the letter, more entangling to the conscience, and more depressing to the mental energies, than any outward service of the Levitical law.

without Occurrences 1%

She moved restlessly about the office, listening to the rise and fall of the two voices on the other side of the partition without once wondering what they were discussing.

across Occurrences 1%

This we could do very heartily and without hypocrisy, for he had worked well and made a rare good job, having built a very seemly partition across the room, by nailing of the canes perpendicularly to that kind of floor that hung over the hollowed portion, thus making us now three rooms out of one.

under Occurrences 1%

Vertical partitions under the cheeks of the gun carriages serve as cross braces, and are connected with each other upon the table of the hydraulic pivot around which the entire affair revolves.

down Occurrences 1%

Again, a hut is built with a partition down the middle.

against Occurrences 1%

Women at the opera, so fragrant that the senses swim, sit with consciousness partitioned against a sweating, shuddering woman in some forbidding, forbidden room, hacking open a wall to conceal something red-stained.

Which preposition to use with  partitioning