Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [n mass] [adv] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Also , employers are constantly employing new staff so the return on selection has to be calculated over a longer period of time to get a true picture of the effects of selection methods .
2 He was serving other people all the while and making out we were talking about the Superbowl .
3 Our tours have given many people abroad the impression that Oxford is one of the theatrical centres of England !
4 In Miconia ( Melastomataceae ) in an area of forest in Trinidad , a set of species with such staggered fruiting seasons , between them , produced available fruit all the year round but among the bird-dispersed ( and insect-pollinated ) Lauraceae in the lower montane forests of Costa Rica this was not found , although the trees shared many seed dispersers ( as well as flower visitors ) .
5 If Division B could not sell all it could make at £120 , it would reject other sales once the price had dropped to just less than £90 .
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