Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun pl] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This puts the Unit in the top 10% of herds recorded in the country . |
| 2 | Its venerability is enhanced by the irreverent graffiti of names carved in the wood . |
| 3 | Over 67% of respondents agreed with the suggestion , around three-quarters of whom were sole practitioners . |
| 4 | A new survey reveals that 80% of dads help with the bottle-feeding . |
| 5 | Warburgs , which acted for BAT , was ranked first in the table , with £23.6bn of deals done in the period . |
| 6 | Anderson 2 states that 42% of students supported by the Science and Engineering Research Council ( SERC ) on three-year studentships fail to submit a thesis within four years . |
| 7 | Anderson states that 42% of students supported by the Science and Engineering Research Council ( SERC ) on three-year studentships fail to submit a thesis within four years . |
| 8 | Sometimes Mr. Campbell can extend the licence for another nine months and about 40 to 50 percent of businesses started at the enterprise centre have gone on to greater success . |
| 9 | 95% of complaints are actually dealt with outside the courts ; 5% of cases get into the courts . |
| 10 | Religion : Christianity ( about 30% of whites belong to the Dutch Reformed Church , about 20% of African Christians belong to African Independent Churches , others belong to Methodist and Anglican Churches ) ; Hindu and Moslem minorities . |
| 11 | That , plus £250m of property writedowns — half in Britain and half in the United States — and another £100m of provisions account for the £450m fall in Heron 's value . |
| 12 | The access to seats is well arranged by means of staircases built between the walls and by passages between the seat ranges . |
| 13 | Both stressed their commitment in principle to promote settlements there by means of elections monitored by the UN . |
| 14 | Long before this time wooden huts were made in these areas , by primitive peoples , which had domed structures built over square forms supported by means of planks set across the angles of the square thus making it into an octagon . |
| 15 | Just under 70% of authorities participated in the survey and nearly 400 data sheets were completed ( see Appendix 1 for sample details ) . |
| 16 | Around 7% of babies born in the United Kingdom weigh less than 2,500 grams , and 1% less than 1,500 grams . |
| 17 | Working with trained helpers , he 's compiling data on a thousand different species of trees threatened by the forest 's destruction . |
| 18 | That is likely to be British-style first-past-the-post rules for both houses of parliament — the system that 82% of voters backed in the referendum , though their only alternative was the existing system . |
| 19 | If you have n't already chosen to pay an excess , worthwhile premium savings can be made if you choose to pay the first £100 of claims made under the Buildings or Contents sections of the Policy . |
| 20 | The use of Macassar oil ( derived from the fruit of trees found in the Macassar district of the Celebes Islands ) for dressing men 's hair was popularized by A. Rowland , of Hatton Garden , London , who advertised his product very extensively , and succeeded in driving bear's-grease preparations off the market . |
| 21 | A very similar hormone , adrenaline , can also be generated by a pair of glands known as the adrenals that sit above the kidneys . |
| 22 | What appears to be a pair of Zombies stand by the west wall , one in either corner , with a a cleaver in one hand and a filleting knife in the other . |
| 23 | I was too scared to speak to her because she was a bit on the large side and had a pair of glasses sitting on the tip of her nose and she struck me as a very bossy , short tempered teacher . |
| 24 | Dressed in tropical white , with a panama on his head and a pair of glasses perched on the end of his nose , he was reading . |
| 25 | When nookey is in the offing bosoms do not so much swell as burst over the lace like a pair of dumplings rising to the surface of a casserole pot . |
| 26 | It amazes me that a pair of shoes made in the north of England can cost more in common currency in London than that same pair of shoes shipped 3,000 miles to New York . |
| 27 | Neither the gun nor the money had ever been found , nor was there any forensic evidence linking Kearney to either a hat , a bag or a pair of shoes found at the scene . |
| 28 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 29 | Though I admit that Mala bought nothing during our slow trawl through the available outlets , while I picked up two reasonably priced shirts in a subdued canary-yellow-and-indigo , and an irresistible pair of boots made from the filmy hide of the Rexol'rian flutter-snake . |
| 30 | In all insects with normally developed antennae there is a pair of muscles arising in the scape and inserted on the base of the pedicel . |