Example sentences of "[n mass] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A RARE movie — the mainly horrible How The West Was Won is another — that tries to include the whole arc of the West in its plot , expending its first hours on the virgin land as Kevin Costner communes with nature and Indians , but the finale has to admit the good days are gone , as demonstrated by the coming of the brutish cavalry intent on making the Sioux the first victims of the expansionist whites . |
| 2 | Yeah , had goldfish the other night , goldfish and |
| 3 | He promptly consigned his five per cent of the vote to Mr Mitterrand in the second round , a gift whch the Socialist candidate happily accepted . |
| 4 | A motor car bought for resale at a cost of £3,500 the retail price of which was £5,000 . |
| 5 | In companies with turnover of less than £3m the average salary was £34,724 . |
| 6 | Mount Tasman , at 11,482ft the second highest mountain , must now be in line for a reversal of the pecking order . |
| 7 | At least method 1 is independent of the units of measurement ( providing they are the same in both years ) but the equal weight that attaches to all commodities can give a misleading figure — if the price of matches falls by 50% and the price of coal rises by 50% the combined index indicates no change . |
| 8 | The latter is surprising since , in America , Urosalpinx is the southern species and Nucella the northern one and this observation may have been due as much to lowered salinity as to temperature . |
| 9 | In the context of regions and regionalism. the political aspects of the problem lie in the types of representation of group interest , the ideological bases of relevant decisions . |
| 10 | Information : send an sae to the British Suzuki Institute , 4d The High Street , Weathampstead , Hertfordshire AL4 8AA . |
| 11 | Banks were the main creditors , with 68pc owing them money , compared with 52pc the previous year . |
| 12 | Antonio 's father , Pedro ( Biro ) Custodio , was informed of his son 's death while reporting his kidnapping to the military barracks the next morning . |
| 13 | Lewis and Ruddock , egged on by Holyfield 's camp which wanted one of them removed from their man 's path , were courageous enough to buck the cosy cartel of challengers-in-waiting to set their own agenda . |
| 14 | But a report from City finance house County Natwest is more bullish , saying Britain will buck the global recessionary trend next year with growth of around 1.1pc . |
| 15 | NORTH Armagh Car Club and their consistent backers , Burmah Oil , are continuing to buck the current trend . |
| 16 | Mr Solarz 's supporters would say that his courage in the Gulf war was typical of a politician willing to buck the conventional liberal wisdom when the facts demand it . |
| 17 | For a 2-oz. jar of smoked cod 's roe the other ingredients are about tablespoons of olive oil , a medium sized potato , lemon juice , cayenne pepper , and water ; and , optionally , a clove of garlic . |
| 18 | ‘ But the driver told her the cost had risen by 1p the previous day . |
| 19 | Outside the local military headquarters the Turkish Military Police stand guard . |
| 20 | Studies to determine the effects of increased cardiac output on uterine bloodflow are ethically difficult and not performed , but ( Barton et al , 1974 ) showed that in pregnant sheep the uterine vessels constrict in response to circulating norepinephrine and epinephrine , while animal studies have shown that plasma catecholamines increase during exercise in response to the intensity and duration of the exercise . |
| 21 | ‘ Christopher , ’ said Francis to Jane , who was helping him with the sheep the next morning , ‘ has been like a father to me . ’ |
| 22 | Eggs laid by the root form which hatch in the late autumn , turn into larvae which hibernate in the roots , not emerging until the spring temperatures rise above 10°C the following year , when they attain maturity . |
| 23 | Built on a large aluminium chassis the new model has a substantial 430VA mains transformer with separate secondary windings which feed the two stereo channels . |
| 24 | They are crinkled , with brownish-red veins. the long leaf-blades , up to 12ins ( 30cms ) long , are borne on short stalks up to 4ins ( 10cms ) long . |
| 25 | 10 If a boat travels 120½km the first day and 68⅘km the second day how far has the boat travelled in the two days ? |
| 26 | REMEMBER , the quicker you recover your aircraft the less chance of further damage . |
| 27 | Above about 17,000 rpm the horrible banshee wail is replaced by a more businesslike roar accompanied by a pungent , pulse-stimulating smell of burnt kerosene through the air-conditioning , while the nose-wheel strut compresses under the effect of 1,760 pounds of thrust . |
| 28 | ‘ It is difficult to plan for 15% interest rates one year and 8% the next ; or inflation of 2% one year and 10% the next . |
| 29 | This shows change by sign.posting the new route and leaving the old route intact . |
| 30 | For this month 's Edinburgh festival , Coogan is basing his entire act around four of these mysterious misfit creations : Alan Partridge the patronising sports commentator , Earnest Moss the pedantic safety officer , bad aspiring alternative comedian Duncan Thicket , and Paul Calf the slurring beer boy from suburban hell . |