Example sentences of "[n mass] and [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the advent of low-cost , high-density-storage devices like CD-ROMs may well make substantial data sets available even to those with modest computing power : a CD-ROM , for instance , can hold about 600 megabytes ( i.e. 10&sup6 ; bytes ) , can be reproduced currently for about £1 and read on a device costing about £400 . |
| 2 | Typical was the hexagonal tile , painted by Picasso with a bull and inscribed to Cooper , estimated at $6–8,000 and sold to a phone bidder for $42,000 ( £23,300 ) , the lot of eight lithographed greeting cards by Braque , sold for $15,000 ( £8,300 ) ( est. $2,000–3,000 ) , a nine-item lot of small drawings and autographed and inscribed photographs by Picasso , Miró , Braque and Leger , sold for $8,000 ( £4,400 ) ( est. $500–700 ) and a lot of three delicate watercolours by Picasso 's mistress Dora Maar ( est. $600–800 ) bought by Paloma Picasso , the artist 's daughter by his subsequent mistress , Françoise Gilot , for $5,000 ( £2,800 ) . |
| 3 | A meeting in Hyde Park in 1926 was attended by 1,000 people and ended with a fight with communist demon-strators . |
| 4 | Four to follow in this year 's World Series RICK REUSCHEL ( Giants ) Age : 40 Position : Starting pitcher ( right-handed ) At 240lb and proportioned like a darts player , ‘ Big Daddy ’ is proof that you do n't need to be a super-athlete to succeed . |
| 5 | For her , the court case , where he was fined £500 and banned for a year , was her lowest point . |
| 6 | A raised wooden runway , carpeted with the pin-sharp points of six-inch nails hammered through from the bottom , ran out 50ft and ended in a bed of nails laid on the grass . |