Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Key to its framework are a series of virtual processors ’ that can be conditioned to handle communication , synchronous input-output and administration transactions separately . |
| 2 | Key to its framework are a series of ‘ virtual processors ’ that can be conditioned to handle communication , asynchronous I/O and administration transactions separately . |
| 3 | On either side were a series of editing suites , visible through small windows in the doors . |
| 4 | Some pits have been reprieved for the time being , but the closure programme may simply be delayed , the price of buying off political defeat being a £500 million subsidy over the next two years . |
| 5 | This entry is a 30° procedure turn . |
| 6 | In the XJS coupe , the result is a 10pc increase in power to 308bhp at 5350rpm , a 0–60mph time of 6.6 seconds rather than 7.8 with the old 5.3 and a spectacular top speed of 160mph with barely any loss in economy . |
| 7 | The result is a series of social and physical landscapes where capital invests . |
| 8 | The Mahaweli Programme is a £2000 million scheme to dam Sri Lanka 's 300 kilometre Mahaweli river . |
| 9 | What comes to mind is a series in the Seventies between South Africa and New Zealand , a couple of unhappy England versus Wales matches , the crowd emotion at the Grand Slam decider at Murrayfield and the World Cup quarter-final in Paris . |
| 10 | The subject matter for my demonstration is a pair for shoes belonging to my four-year-old daughter Sophie , who painted them to suit herself after she decided she did n't like them any more . |
| 11 | The overlap has two corners , one of which moves to the other under F and under R , so we find that the commutator is a pair of twisted 2-cycles , affecting only four out of the six corners involved in the moves F and R . |
| 12 | The Busselton population study is a series of cross sectional surveys conducted in a normal community population in Busselton , a small coastal town ( population 9000 ) in the south west of Western Australia , every three years from 1966 to 1981 . |
| 13 | Viewers nave enough to suppose that the interview is a means by which the electors might arrive at the truth would prefer the tried and trusted methods of the Brothers Dimbleby . |
| 14 | Transactional analysis offers help in identifying the specific case and objective setting is a means of moving the leader/follower relationship towards the adult-adult transaction while focussing discussion on contribution to the task for which they share responsibility . |
| 15 | Rather , the dogma is a means of expressing the more general principle which he brings to awareness in our religious consciousness . |
| 16 | The Profitboss also believes that every single company employee is a sales person , whether on the road calling on clients , or in Accounts processing invoices . |
| 17 | ( Our big fish man Andy Parkes tells me he prefers the name Oddballs for the fish he keeps — he feels a tank buster is a fish that ‘ has to be turned round several times a day ’ — which sums up how I feel ) . |
| 18 | Instrumentalists believe that law in essence is a means to serve certain goals . |
| 19 | Accounting is a means of communicating the financial impact of an organization 's activities . |
| 20 | Another big NatWest deal was a £225m leasing agreement with Teesside Power . |
| 21 | The result was a pair of lace-edged , calf-length black tights , very stretchy and very shiny , topped with a dramatic beaded blouse — the fabric was black silk and the beading multi-coloured and dangling — as well as the highest heels Belinda had ever worn . |
| 22 | The result was a $600,000 plan , announced on December 21st , to reduce the number of fatal shootings by a combination of extra training , electric stun-guns , rubber bullets and police dogs . |
| 23 | The result was a 150g ( 5.25oz ) kite of 110cm ( 43.3in ) span with 32dm2 ( 3.4 sq ft ) of sail area . |
| 24 | The result was a data matrix giving pixel counts for five land-cover types together with the recorded population for the 49 wards . |
| 25 | The result was a series of workshops at Buxton Opera House when professional teams brought the shows to life . |
| 26 | Martin Harrison , prosecuting , said : ‘ Mr Ross thought the car was a 1600cc . |
| 27 | For Schroder-Sonnenstern , who lived in psychiatric institutions from 1919 onwards , drawing was a means of communicating with the world . |
| 28 | Molloy was a £110,000 capture from Warrington two years ago . |
| 29 | On this view the non-specialist sole practitioner was a species of legal animal which market forces were in the process of rendering extinct . |
| 30 | The ‘ eyes ’ on the wings of the peacock butterfly are a means of defence . |