Example sentences of "[n mass] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baika , which was still at the drawing board stage when the Japanese surrendered on September 2 , 1945 was to have been powered by a Maru athoyd ( pulse-jet ) which was expected to give the aircraft a top speed of 366mph in level flight , depending on warhead size ( between 220lb and 550lb ) . |
| 2 | Initially the all-metal tail unit included a fabric-covered , horn-balanced rudder , but following tests with the development aircraft a mass balanced rudder was fitted . |
| 3 | At the turn of the century , Kenneth Grahame could confidently give the water vole a leading role in The Wind in the Willows : almost everyone knew this small rodent from almost daily acquaintance . |
| 4 | In order to provide a practical precis a different system of classification will be used , but the reader wishing to explore the material presented here in more depth can rapidly extend his or her reading list by reference to the codifying articles already mentioned . |
| 5 | Rent rose from $10 to $30 a square foot . |
| 6 | Give a sleek shoulder-length bob a new kick ( far left ) . |
| 7 | From these data a relative risk of 8.04 ( 1.18 , 4.90 ; 95% confidence interval ) can be calculated for colorectal cancer as a result of anthranoid laxative abuse . |
| 8 | From these data a relative risk of 3.04 ( 1.18 , 4.90 ; 95% confidence interval ) for colorectal cancer can be calculated for patients who misuse anthranoid containing laxatives . |
| 9 | Barbados , which involves dialling 14 digits , costs 79p a minute standard rate . |
| 10 | The Spanish Omelette would be complemented by either Sainsbury 's La Mancha Bianco , £2.59 a dry white , or Sainsbury 's Navarra , £2.99 a simple but full-flavoured red . |
| 11 | Well it 's about fifty pence a cubic metre if you have a er a metered water supply in Severn Trent , which is about point O five pence a litre . |
| 12 | Significantly , the category they won reflects a most competitive area in the market namely ‘ domestic tufted , selling at less than £10 a square yard to the trade . ’ |
| 13 | With end users now being in a position to fund the hardware , software and production costs for around £10,000 a whole new range of self-published magazines , books and newsletters is bound to emerge . |
| 14 | And even assuming crazy building costs of £100 a foot and a 2.5 to one density , this would imply a site cost of £125 a square foot , an unheard-of figure , even in Dublin 4 . |
| 15 | Lots of roach and hybrids , 50–60 lb a good weight . |
| 16 | 25 lb to 30 lb a good weight . |
| 17 | 15 lb a brilliant weight . |
| 18 | Light : M Newton ( Coed Eva ) bt A Green ( Phil Thomas ) pts . |
| 19 | Light : M Newton ( Coed Eva ) bt A Green ( Phil Thomas ) pts . |
| 20 | After around 400yds a faint path doubles back heading past a low hill and Loch Coulavie . |
| 21 | In the range £20 — £39 a clear majority of people were taxed on goods , many not owning any land at all , and since personal property at this level was insufficient to confer gentry status , members of the group occupied an intermediate position , lacking on the one hand the landed property necessary for gentlemen ; they were , on the other hand , judged competent to pay tax at the same rate as gentlemen , making them men of undeniable substance in comparison with the rank and file of country folk . |
| 22 | Gt Western Chardonnay Brut £7.29 A pale cold colour this wine bubbled nicely on the tongue . |
| 23 | Although the total retail trading area is unchanged at the period end there are in fact two different underlying elements new footage has been laid down in France but this has been off set by a net reduction in the retail trading area in the U K. The sales per square foot which excludes retail sales and is based on the waiting average trading area shows an increase of seven point two percent A low margin of fifty five point six per cent was down from fifty eight point five per cent in the same period last this , this was mainly due to a drop in in-house manufacturing participation and adverse exchange rates . |
| 24 | As such , tax diversion was not entitled to protection as a manifestation nf a philosophical belief in practice in the way that other acts , more intimately linked to the belief ( for example , acts of worship ) would be . |
| 25 | This is of particular importance because of the impression which Tolstoy sought to convey in The Minter and the Massacres that attempts were made to withhold from McCreery on his visit to 5 Corps a true picture of what was happening . |
| 26 | NEWTON Transport Services has taken a five-year lease on a 4,300 sq ft unit on the Greylaw Trading Estate in Aintree , Liverpool , paying in the region of £2.75 a square foot per annum . |
| 27 | Top fish a tremendous 37 lb ling from the Hands Deeps . |
| 28 | Give your fish a close visual inspection : flukes should not be problem at this time of year , but you may have introduced anchor worm ( Lernaea ) or fish lice ( Argulus ) with new stock … no dealer worth his salt would sell infested fish without first having dealt with these parasites , but it happens . |
| 29 | Hence to appreciate this fish a low water level is best used , which also helps keep the fish in the tank , because they take every opportunity to leap out . |
| 30 | • Excessive mucus production , giving the fish a greyish , shiny appearance and feel , |