Example sentences of "[n mass] [was/were] [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The HDI data excluded several non-UN countries , and gave a single value for the ex-Soviet Union ( for GNP , separate data were used for the latter ) . |
| 2 | The yearly event raises money for charity and this year £1,500 was raised for the local hospital , St Woolos ' appeal Surgery without tears . |
| 3 | But because they are so important in affecting livestock numbers , data was obtained for the Cantal department of the Auvergne and the county of Powys in Wales in order to examine trends . |
| 4 | I was told the data was needed for the Medical Division — among a host of other activities INCUBUS owns a number of , pharmaceutical laboratories . |
| 5 | They were soon copied by the French , who developed formations of this kind on a large scale from the 1760s onwards , while light infantry were used for the first time in Europe by the Russians at the siege of Kolberg in 1761 . |
| 6 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 7 | Farmers Third World Network — a grant of £6,510 was approved for the continuing development of a network of interested farmers examining the issues and effects of European policy on Third World agriculture . |
| 8 | More than 500,000 people were voting for the first time . |
| 9 | However I managed to find Mr Jaggers ' office , noticing that other people were waiting for the great man too . |
| 10 | In 1853 his whole collected works were published for the first time with an introduction in which the editor , George Offor , hailed them as a weapon in the struggle against ‘ the mighty efforts ’ which were then being made ‘ to enthral the country in the Satanic yoke of popery or its dark ill-shapen brother Puseyism ’ . |
| 11 | A sum of about £204 was collected for the Social Care Commission of the Archdiocese . |
| 12 | A price of 200 francs CFA per kg. was set for the 1989/90 season , half the previous season 's level . |
| 13 | 2 What do you expect the retail price to be ? $399 was suggested for the 4000 , I think , of which you said $240 would be your net receipts . |
| 14 | This important six-part television series was shown for the first time in June 1988 , and in itself was an indication that freedom of intellectual debate had indeed been extended , but it also forewarned of the type of strong criticism to be expected from the conservatives in the party . |