Example sentences of "[verb] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was nearly six years since I first met the people of Sabra and Shatila . |
| 2 | Using a light box enables you to superimpose electronic component arrangements onto copper track layout artwork so that you can design the p.c.b . |
| 3 | New hedgerows planted totalled 16,500 miles , but these mostly lacked the species diversity of the older ones . |
| 4 | Many correspondents complained that their constructive advice , as opposed to their prying , fell on stony ground , since most peasants lacked the means to put technical advice on agriculture into effect . |
| 5 | World markets dominated their economies , and they lacked the means for independent national economic development . |
| 6 | The heirs of the executed and forfeited rebels lacked the means and the backing to use force to regain what their fathers had lost , and the enemies Edward had made in the extreme north by concluding a truce with the Scots were in no position to make their influence felt . |
| 7 | The losses sustained by the Scottish nobility left something of a vacuum at the centre of Scottish politics , and the king , in captivity in England , lacked the means to make his will felt in government . |
| 8 | but lacked the means . |
| 9 | These are among the most important aspects of keeping butterflies or angels , any shortcomings will stress the fish . |
| 10 | Remember that this will stress the fish further . |
| 11 | Use bactericide for the time being to guard against infection , but do nothing else which may further stress the fish . |
| 12 | Thus hemisphere imbalance again fits the data well , since the most outstanding disorder of language in schizophrenia is a reduced ability to convey intended meaning , while phonemes and syntax are largely undisturbed . |
| 13 | Ask the fishmonger to skin the plaice fillets for you . |
| 14 | Installation was achieved by welding a new frame to accommodate the cannon in a cone of converging steel tubes through a modified and toughened Plexiglas pivot-hole . |
| 15 | Obviously situations like the airport arrival can be worked out ahead of time and you can plan how best to accommodate the media for such moments , but it 's equally important to spot new potential and make the most of it . |
| 16 | ‘ On the other hand , ’ added my mother hastily , as though she feared that I might take the chance to postpone the ceremony in order to accommodate the philadelphus , ‘ chrysanthemums are more reliable . |
| 17 | The louse then feeds by sucking the fish 's blood . |
| 18 | They had the modern aluminium racks on wheels for foddering the sheep instead of the traditional , very much more silent version made from wood . |
| 19 | Not us not us , every time I speak to somebody about something , you know marketing can do it , y'know everybody 's d giving away free tickets as a way out of y'know compensate the people , re-dressing the situation . |
| 20 | Its main elements are our own Fran Breen 's drums , James Hooker 's touch and song-sensitive piano and a few keyboard washes from co-producer , Rod Argent with her own and Byrd Burton 's guitars discreetly nudging the dynamics . |
| 21 | You emptied the fruit machine Brenda ? |
| 22 | In theory , the planned village would absorb the people displaced by the new , more commercial economics of farming ; the population would be kept in the countryside , thereby impeding an early flight from the land . |
| 23 | The company wished to know how many kibbles every workman " doth weekly land " , what charges had been incurred by building at Coniston and what repairs might be needed to uphold the works . |
| 24 | On the contrary : once again it is hard to see what democratic objection there can be to the principle of allowing the people themselves to decide on major issues of principle . |
| 25 | We 're objecting to the fact they have 28 hours of airspace that they 're devoting to people in need and yet they 're not allowing the people who are in need to say what their needs are . |
| 26 | The cruise missiles will augment and replace manned bombers , allowing the aircraft to attack enemy targets with conventional ( non-nuclear ) bombs and missiles . |
| 27 | Wolves have completed the £150,000 signing of Aston Villa centre half Derek Mountfield , who has been on loan at Molineux for the past 27 months . |
| 28 | Wimpey Construction UK , Eastern has just completed the £25 million centre , the largest building project to be completed in Milton Keynes in the last years . |
| 29 | What I would really like to see is Sir Robin conduct one of his Question Times among a young audience who had completed the series . |
| 30 | MANCHESTER CITY have completed the £700,000 signing of the Blackburn Rovers defender Colin Hendry . |