Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He finds it far more challenging than shooting either grouse or pheasant , which he has also done plenty of . |
| 2 | In the ensuing tussle , the middle fly on her cast , a size 14 Grouse & Claret , sank into the tip of the third finger of her left hand . |
| 3 | For the rest of the week , each morning , when tactics were discussed prior to setting out , the talk was not of Goat 's Toe , Garry Dog or Grouse & Claret . |
| 4 | Later most post-mills were supported by a round house made of bricks ; and the buck or body of the mill raised so that the arms did not sweep as near to the ground . |
| 5 | Its limited nature was underlined by the absence of any statutes and of any permanent headquarters or secretariat , or an ability to force governments to act upon its recommendations . |
| 6 | We had roast meat once a week on Sundays , served at noon on the dot , usually their own home-killed sheep or pork . |
| 7 | People sometimes put other companion animals with a horse for company , like a sheep or cow . |
| 8 | The Gardon was so full of silt ( plus the occasional dead sheep or cow ) that looking down from the third floor of the Pont du Gard it looked more like a flow of molasses than a river . |
| 9 | An up-to-date Michelin or other detailed road-map ( number 85 is the Michelin sheet you need ) is absolutely necessary , and the smaller your car the happier you may well feel , when trying , let us say , to squeeze past an opposing motorist or an unyielding sheep or cow on a track designed obviously for one . |
| 10 | But it would be no good to them and say well you know right in the middle of nowhere , cow er sheep or cow country , there are a number of courses we would n't touch because we would n't be able to get enough sus er you know even with five erm major businesses . |
| 11 | If cow 's milk does turn out to be the problem you can try drinking sheep or goat milk instead , after a few weeks . |
| 12 | Not a cow or horse but the size of a sheep or goat . |
| 13 | If he makes any mistake no harsh remark is made , but quietly he is asked to go through again and point out such-and-such a sheep or goat which has been purposely hidden . |
| 14 | The elder in charge of the herd would ask the boy to trace back in his memory and explain at what time and place he last saw the missing sheep or goat . |
| 15 | Lineages also contributed to the expenses of funerals : members made a collection toward the cost of feeding the guests ; if the dead person was a well known and respected man , the household might have to provide two meals a day and continual tea for up to a week for a hundred or so visitors ( who sometimes brought a contribution of a sheep or tea or sugar ) . |
| 16 | Place on a baking tray and bake in an oven at 425°F , 220°C or Gas mark 7 for approximately 1 hour . |
| 17 | Every able-bodied male was liable for conscription , from the age of 17 , for two years ' full-time training in the infantry , three in the cavalry or horse artillery . |
| 18 | The most that the British knew about armies was that intermittently over four or five centuries they got together in a sort of militia or Home Guard in case the enemy arrived , and the necessity of a state to run the affairs of the country for the country 's salvation , was never so present to the British mind as it always has been to the minds of most continental people . |
| 19 | Each £250 or part of £250 will be treated as if it were bringing in an income of £1 a week . |
| 20 | It can be fitted to a jeep or truck without extensive modifications to the chassis or bodywork . |
| 21 | The Forge Houses at that time were taken by John Ashburner , of Coniston , to operate as a cotton mill ; this was during November 1787 at which date they were still on lease to Roe & Co . |
| 22 | In 1761 copper mines had been opened on Bayly 's lands at Parys mountain near Amlwch , but significant progress was only made from 1768 , when a mass of easily worked copper was located which was soon worked under lease by Charles Roe & Co. of Macclesfield . |
| 23 | It means that there are not only data and/or information used the problem-solving process but expertise ( knowledge + experience ) and reasoning as well . |
| 24 | evaluate surviving data in terms of its potential utility for research data and/or dissemination in the future ; |
| 25 | Engine rpm or engine pressure ratio — for each engine |
| 26 | This affected not only the fishermen ; all manner of townsfolk would be eagerly pressed into service with the onset of the mackerel or pilchard season . |
| 27 | There 's also the option of automatic transmission at £15,383 or air conditioning ( £1,000 on the V6-engined GT ) . |
| 28 | Settlement was very sparse in the far north and north-east on the tundra , whose inhabitants relied on hunting migratory reindeer or sea mammals . |
| 29 | Avoid these and go for the grilled items — possibles are poussins or chicken breast , game such as pheasant , partridge or guinea fowl , or , if you do n't have ethical qualms , lean veal . |
| 30 | We direct aircraft or gunfire on to their targets for maximum accuracy . |