Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [adv] [n mass] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was with the South African team throughout their travels in Australia and New Zealand and found them an exceptionally nice group ; agonized with them on the eve of the referendum on reforms back in South Africa when there were last-minute scare reports of a major swing to the right wing ; rejoiced with them when the vote when 68% for sanity , a far greater margin than any of us had dared hope for ; and generally enjoyed with them their victories and their considerable achievement in reaching the semi-final stage .
2 Bukharin was making clear the distinction between the period when means of production were gathered into the hands of certain groups , who then used them as capital and thereby began the process of the accumulation of capital , and reproduction o f capitalist relations of production .
3 He said that the long-distance part of the network has been costing the government around £11m per year to run : ‘ It has been found by a continued process of review that it is no longer cost-effective for the government to continue running it itself , ’ he said .
4 Mature Beef Shorthorn bulls weigh about 800kg , and the cows about 500kg on average .
5 Over the course of the year prior to the interviews only 8% of island women could be categorised as being depressed in a psychiatric sense as compared with 15% of Camberwell women ’ .
6 Divide into four and make each piece of dough into a circle approx 25cm/10in in diameter .
7 The pillar box was mounted on a platform about 10ft above deck and you reached it by climbing up a ladder .
8 The needs of war taxation in the fourteenth century , and the contribution which the custom on wool made to this , had led to the growth of a system whereby sales of wool had to be made through a staple town , sometimes in England and sometimes abroad .
9 Michael Wolff , defending , said Jones used to live in a flat owned by Mr Redmond 's wife and there had been a dispute about £140 in rent allegedly outstanding .
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