Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that an increase in general prices of 10% causes a 20% rise in the price of kryptonite futures and only a 5% rise in the price of phlogiston futures , the spread ratio which ensures that Lois is unaffected by the differential response of kryptonite and phlogiston futures prices to changes in the general level of prices is ( F 1 β 1 ) / ( F s β s ) = ( 50 × 2 ) / ( 10 × 0.5 ) = 20 . |
| 2 | When the sensory neuron , for instance in the tail , becomes active , it fires the interneuron , which in turn causes a series of chemical changes in the motor neuron . |
| 3 | He also supervises a media technician who visits the centre twice a week to respond to requests from overseas for technical advice and consultancy . |
| 4 | Two standard layouts re available : layout A incorporates a pair of very similar quarter cabins ; while layout B retains the quarter berth on the starboard side , with a head and shower compartment , with a door through to a capacious lazarette . |
| 5 | On each corner stands a pair of soldiers , rifles aimed at the lines of cars . |
| 6 | My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps . |
| 7 | Mum wants a pair of trousers for going out with , you know well she 's got plenty but like I say it 's but then you get I 'll no it 's not very personal to give somebody a voucher though is it ? |
| 8 | Tracy wants a pair of boots and we 're waiting for the sales . |
| 9 | Cos he wants a pair of shoes . |
| 10 | WBC holder Hodkinson wants a £250,000 purse but Warren , who is McMillan 's promoter , said : ‘ I do n't want to see the big contests slip away because the fighters are too greedy . |
| 11 | On the phone to Richard Bellamy : ‘ The big man wants a £100 note . ’ |
| 12 | M Delors , President of the European Commission , wants a £14.6 billion increase in the budget over the next five years , a rise which Britain will fight . |
| 13 | The area is a summer nesting ground for birds that migrate through Western Europe and also contains a sub-species of walrus . |
| 14 | Ohrid , the deepest lake in Yugoslavia ( 286 m ( 935 ft ) at its greatest depth ) is of great scientific interest , as it contains a species of trout which , like the omul in Lake Baikal , has survived from before the last Ice Age , the lake having being formed during the Tertiary period . |
| 15 | Above the trapdoor the attic chamber ( 7f ) contains a pair of locked chests wrapped with leather strapping , along with some mundane furnishings . |
| 16 | A report , which has been prepared by the Department of Trade and Industry in association with DISC , the information technology group of the British Standards Institution , contains a series of recommendations intended to improve the security of all information systems . |
| 17 | Each issue contains a series of relevant articles from all parts of the world . |
| 18 | The program file contains a series of instructions which it sends to the Central Processor Unit ( CPU ) when the program is run . |
| 19 | The sequence between this 80 bp fragment and the transcription initiation point ( 450 nucleotides ) contains a series of protein-binding motifs , in which context the 80 bp fragment develops full activity . |
| 20 | The draft treaty on immigration , which is to be discussed at Maastricht next week , contains a series of proposals starting with article A. That proposes that immigration and asylum matters , together with certain police , fraud and drugs issues , should not come under the competence of the treaty of Rome , but should be dealt with on an intergovernmental basis — a view with which the Government completely agree . |
| 21 | Appendix A contains a series of precedents whose use is explained in the text of these chapters . |
| 22 | If a manager joins a sales team from another department where he or she enjoyed a good reputation , this v–ill go before them and influence the attitude of the team . |
| 23 | This definition would exclude a gull or crow that drops a shellfish from a height onto a hard surface . |
| 24 | Another kind of linking drill is where the language helper writes a series of separate sentences which the learner has to combine appropriately into a paragraph . |
| 25 | Nucleotide sequence comparison of the cDNA exhibits a 90% sequence homology to that of rat ribosomal protein L12 ( 1 ) . |
| 26 | Speaker K's next contribution exhibits a series of complex ties with the existing topic framework . |
| 27 | Following our theme this month of reproduction PETER GUYETT starts a series of articles next month on the laws covering furniture designs , reporting on copyright , registration and patents . |
| 28 | Two weeks later , he starts a series of shuddering contractions and tiny miniature sea-horses shoot out from his pouch . |
| 29 | The accused who appropriates a grouse hidden by a poacher to be collected later will be guilty of theft ( provided the other elements exist ) , even though he does not intend to sell it in a pub . |
| 30 | The LR33050 MIPS IFX Integer and Floating-Point Accelerator processor adds a MIPS Computer Systems Inc R3010-compatible floating point accelerator to LSI Logic 's LR33000 Self Embedding processor and is aimed at embedded applications such as X-terminals , colour PostScript printers , robotics , military and avionics applications where power and space constraints are paramount . |