Example sentences of "an [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mammoth was related to but distinct from the modern elephants , and therefore it must be an extinct species of the same genus . |
| 2 | Will she tell some of her hon. Friends that a recent independent study has shown that if the basis of representation in Scotland were equated with that in England , the Conservative party in Scotland would cease to be an endangered species and become an extinct species ? |
| 3 | Central London , where even Hitler 's bombs never stopped the daily pinta getting through , may be the first area where the milkie becomes an extinct species . |
| 4 | During an enthralling series of Singles matches there were more fluctuations than on an average day on Wall Street . |
| 5 | It was the essential corruption of an under-privileged people . |
| 6 | A collection of TEI headers can also be regarded as a distinct document , and an auxiliary dtd is provided to support interchange of headers alone , for example between libraries or archives . |
| 7 | Project manager Jim Berry and his team and currently working on the new complex which will include an 18,000 sq m main building complete with operating theatres , outpatients , accident and emergency and x-ray departments as well as kitchen and laundry facilities . |
| 8 | This results in restoration of an intact hsdS gene . |
| 9 | In the construction of the recombinant plasmid with the wild type hsd operon , a Hin dIII digest of the plasmid pVMD14 ( the structural analogue of pVM11 ) , prepared from plasmid pMS K 14 [ 28 ] by Hpa I- Eco RI deletion , was ligated to the Hin dIII fragment described above ( Figure 1 ) , again restoring an intact hsdS gene . |
| 10 | And zips out for a quick change into a respectable blazer ( one of Aunt Rebecca 's unused presents , a recent salvo in the family campaign to smarten up the recalcitrant niece ) and an unrumpled pair of cords . |
| 11 | Again , as in the case of 44–22650 , we have an example of an historic aircraft being saved by the intervention of a dedicated individual . |
| 12 | For a start , it was an odious means of transport . |
| 13 | Viewed from close up he showed absolutely no sign of being controlled by an extraterrestrial intelligence.The guys from Tellenor were probably so good that they had over-reached themselves and programmed free will into him . |
| 14 | BP also attracted attention , when its tanker British Renown , taking part in a rescue operation on the stricken Liberian-flag Very Large Crude Carrier ( VLCC ) Tiburon , was surprised by an Iranian aircraft near the Shah Allum shoal , a favourite Iranian hunting-ground , and hit by missiles . |
| 15 | an indoor sales girl there . |
| 16 | It was not until 1950 ( three years after a similar set had been commissioned in America ) that the BEA decided to go for some of these gains from larger scale by ordering an advanced 100MW set for 1955 . |
| 17 | An unparalleled 115mph performance , mid-range flexibility and engine responsiveness are its hallmarks . |
| 18 | Erm , so that that was put in the meeting to show a balance , if you like , between , yes they 've achieved an eight percent but over last two years the providal unit have run deficit and erm one interacts with the other and that was , that was also something that er that 's |
| 19 | According to tax criteria , the top ten percent of the U S population produces an eight percent excess of males by comparison to the bottom ten percent . |
| 20 | It 's part of an eight-year $92m government contract called JSAM that its group , including GTE and IBM with the RS/6000 , won over two protests by the opposition , Grumman , Pyramid , AT&T and of course Uniplex . |
| 21 | Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH , operator of the D2 digital cellular network in Germany , has secured an eight-year $700m credit facility to help it fund the planning , establishment and operation of the mobile phone network , which has some 200,000 customers at present . |
| 22 | Unfortunately in its detailed behaviour this model has been found to be insufficiently flexible ( [ PGC ] Sections 4.6 & 5.4.1 ) It is also worth noting that an n-point data set can be fitted perfectly ( i.e. with no error ) by an ( n-1 ) degree polynomial . |
| 23 | Or for the total luxury of the Hotel Golden Tulip St. Honore , three nights including flights at an unbelievable £292 . |
| 24 | In Aberdeen Bissets reported an astounding 20% increase in sales , on the back of ‘ really good local titles ’ . |
| 25 | The fare has also been announced — an astounding £47 . |
| 26 | Those in the high-risk category are , broadly , those which invest in trading companies or which lack an assured means of turning this unquoted stock back into cash . |
| 27 | On the basis of partly theoretical data for an extensive sheep croft , enlarged to 10 ha by subletting adjacent crofts , with 20 ha of improved grazing as well as a share of common grazing , the net income from sheep farming goes up to £1,598 . |
| 28 | After some initial trouble with flooding from the Rother they moved to higher ground , building a large abbey which has now almost entirely vanished , and running an extensive sheep farming practice around it . |
| 29 | An extensive sales network has been established throughout Europe . |
| 30 | The research involves the analysis and development of an extensive data base for all local authority areas in England ; use of longitudinal data from the one per cent sample from 1971/81 Census available through the City University ; locality studies involving interviews with key agencies , institutions and firms supplemented by related desk research ; social survey work on the unemployed ; and ethnographic research on specific groups . |