Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was with the South African team throughout their travels in Australia and New Zealand and found them an exceptionally nice group ; agonized with them on the eve of the referendum on reforms back in South Africa when there were last-minute scare reports of a major swing to the right wing ; rejoiced with them when the vote when 68% for sanity , a far greater margin than any of us had dared hope for ; and generally enjoyed with them their victories and their considerable achievement in reaching the semi-final stage . |
| 2 | The main final use of energy is in the industrial sector where 37% of all energy use occurs , while transport accounts for 33% and the domestic/commercial/agricultural sector 30% . |
| 3 | Central intervention was successful to a certain degree where means of communication were concerned , especially those between Moscow and the provinces . |
| 4 | Given constant fishing pressure , measures were needed to maintain stocks of fish ; and the association established a hatchery where trout of native stock are carefully reared to fingerling stage and then released into the loch . |
| 5 | ‘ I LEFT the place having helped to transport it from a snotty-nosed , public-school-type club to a place where people from all levels of society came to enjoy cricket . ’ |
| 6 | For example , it would be foolish to open a DIY hypermarket in a town where 90% of inhabitants were old-age pensioners and 75% of the population lived in rented accommodation ( older people in rented housing clearly do n't carry out as many home repairs or alterations as people , say , in their 30s and 40s who own their own homes ) . |
| 7 | It would be foolish to open a DIY store in a town where 90% of the … are old-age pensioners . |
| 8 | Bukharin was making clear the distinction between the period when means of production were gathered into the hands of certain groups , who then used them as capital and thereby began the process of the accumulation of capital , and reproduction o f capitalist relations of production . |
| 9 | I mention it here in order to signal that the existence of legal rules and sanctions makes it more difficult to uncover from historical evidence why people in the past gave financial assistance to their relatives , if they did , and in particular , to decide how far such assistance was based upon feelings of obligation or duty . |
| 10 | The deregulation of buses has led to a great diminution in the service , especially at weekends and at night when people in rural and city areas feel isolated . |
| 11 | Flounder caught at Gower and from the Loughor estuary where fish to over 2 lb taken . |
| 12 | A department store like Harrods , which sells more expensive products , would be inappropriate in an area where 75% of people are out of work , just as a cut-price ‘ saver ’ store would not really fit in Knightsbridge . |
| 13 | IT is obscene that TV Gladiator Hawk eats more than £120 worth of food every week when people in the Third World are dying of starvation . |
| 14 | Well I 'm not sure I mean it 's interest I mean the the Council erm with another the Council looked upon attendances of the things Council do and many people who use the facilities in Harlow will argue we do n't get anything like this where we live and we always find it like that you know it 's that sort of mentality where people in Harlow may or may not say well course you get it in Harlow we expect it it 's just there it just saves we know it 's getting them people to use it but I talk to people I 'm sure people who live in Harlow or the Council to people and Harlow people tend to think well yes yes it 's all with always it 's always there . |
| 15 | It is still necessary , of course , once you have decided your target consists of the ‘ Well Dressed but Not Obsessed ’ , or ‘ Fast-lane Free-stylers ’ , to take into account how people like that perceive your product or brand . |
| 16 | In her mind , she often saw herself striding towards it , through it , out into the sunshine beyond to be part of that bright , busy , civilized world where people like Simon smiled , listened , and were polite to each other . |
| 17 | One reason why people in our area consistently vote Labour is that they are told by the Opposition that the whole country owes them a living and that everything that has happened to them — the economic misfortunes of past years — has been inflicted purposely by a Conservative Government . |
| 18 | Upjohn was dealt another blow when sales of the high ( 0.25 mg ) dose form of Halcion were suspended in France at the end of last year , although the low dose ( 0.125 mg ) form is still available . |
| 19 | It can be argues , however , that Engels and Marx did not rule out such a possibility themselves , as is suggested by the discussion of the success of the Germanic tribes in overthrowing Rome , a case when people with a lower technology replaced a society based on a higher stage . |
| 20 | The needs of war taxation in the fourteenth century , and the contribution which the custom on wool made to this , had led to the growth of a system whereby sales of wool had to be made through a staple town , sometimes in England and sometimes abroad . |
| 21 | Something more than emergency rations are required in a country where 80% of children under the age of five suffer from malnutrition . |
| 22 | It is always a surprise why people like Tawell resort to the ultimate solution , when there are other courses open to them . |
| 23 | Such a change also has a benefit in our domestic market where sales to tourists , enjoying a more competitive pricing environment , have increased in recent months . |
| 24 | Farmers who choose to register voluntarily for VAT where sales from their non-farming activities do not exceed the registration threshold , will also lose their flat rate status . |