Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [adj] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , Griffin et al found in 10% of their patients that oxygen saturation dropped below 90% for longer than a minute even when supplementary oxygen was used and only modest doses of sedative had been given . |
| 2 | The World Health Organisation recommends that all polio vaccines that are exposed to temperatures over 10°C for more than a day ( five days for measles vaccines ) should be used within three months . |
| 3 | Rocked by an interminable succession of scandals , shamed by its inability to stop the inexorable rise of unemployment to a record three million , and increasingly alienated from ordinary people after more than a decade in power , the Socialist Party was no longer simply ailing ; it was moribund . |
| 4 | Rocked by an interminable succession of scandals , shamed by its inability to stop the inexorable rise of unemployment to a record three million , and increasingly alienated from ordinary people after more than a decade in power , the Socialist Party was no longer simply ailing ; it was moribund . |
| 5 | A movie version of Morrison 's life has been in the works for more than a decade , with male stars from John Travolta to Jason Donovan coveting the lead role and a string of scriptwriters , directors and producers slated for involvement at different times . |