Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] [prep] a [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 But with a list price of around £1,500 , it may be a tad too expensive if you 're just looking for a reliable workhorse. 300dpi printers are good enough for churning out letters , reports and the odd graphic , and do a lot less damage to your wallet .
2 However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper .
3 The liquidator , Chris Ashurst of Brighton-based Neville Russell , says that he is still looking for a missing £1m of stock and is keen to hear from anyone who bought OCT machines from anywhere other than the London direct-sales team , or the liquidators ' auction held in Bristol .
4 The only native Hawaiian plants and animals that are n't extinct are found on the high mountainsides ( yes , a lot of people live their whole lives in Hawaii without ever coming across a native species ) , and the biggest problem up there is that type of pig that descended from European wild boars and Polynesian pigs .
5 A large-patterned fabric may be very successful for a full-length pair of curtains but totally overpowering on a short pair at a small window .
6 The Darling Buds of May with David Jason and Catherine Zeta Jones is also re-surfacing for a third series .
7 First take-offs are a bit hairy , and despite the instructor 's words of caution everyone ends up running behind a wildly-accelerating aircraft gently but surely swerving to the left .
8 ‘ Why are you standing there looking like a startled deer ?
9 The Westminster Press cost budget is now adjusted and they 're currently trading at a nine percent margin which would be ten percent if it was n't for the er , expenditure on er , Yorkshire on Sunday er , the circulation of which is growing very nicely .
10 This is best done by systematically working through a given series of points on a data sheet ( Figs 5.43a , b and 44 ) , particularly at the start of a project .
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