Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [n mass] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's one of a series of pieces ‘ featuring compositional surveying , whereby physical characteristics and statistics form the basis of a piece 's musical realisation … |
| 2 | The diet of a gorilla consists of nearly 90 per cent foliage , while chimpanzees eat mainly fruit ( Box 2 ) Dr John Eisenberg and Dr Don Wilson , working at the National Zoo at Washington DC have shown a similar relationship between diet and relative brain size in bats : fruit eaters such as flying foxes and fruit bats ) have larger brains relative to their body size than their insectivorous relatives ( such as horseshoe bats ) . |
| 3 | Only last night , at a meeting chaired by Ahmed Shazad at Brent town hall , depositors and staff reaffirmed their commitment to the campaign . |
| 4 | Four machines dispense a wide range of drinks and snacks and staff choose from a ready prepared selection of main and side dishes . |
| 5 | So , too , were new recruits and staff transferred from outside the area . |
| 6 | Moreover , the cross breeding of domestic animals and livestock had long since proved that such changes could be artificially induced . |
| 7 | 1 ) JOBS — The upper parts of the Himalayas are covered with snow throughout the year making it impossible for animals and people to live there . |
| 8 | Images and effigies of animals and people observed with bemused curiosity . |
| 9 | It 's set in an Afrikaaner village and is the true story of a widow who is inspired to sculpt hundreds of animals and people following the death of her husband . |
| 10 | He said the kit could also be used by pilots , public transport drivers and people operating dangerous machinery . |
| 11 | More than eight out of 10 consumers , out of a sample of about 1,500 , said their consumption of meat and fish was unaffected by health considerations and 60% did not care about calories , while more than half claimed not to worry about calories , while more than half claimed not to worry about salt , sugar or caffeine . |
| 12 | These relationships between politicians , parties and people form the basis of the chapter . |
| 13 | I am therefore appealing for funds and people prepared to help us raise them . |
| 14 | The new measures provided for ( i ) the lifting of the 150-mile exclusion zone around the Falkland Islands and its replacement on March 31 , 1990 , by mutually agreed security arrangements ( backed up by a direct radio " hotline " between the commander of the Falklands garrison and Argentina 's military high command ) giving each country advance warning of the military manoeuvres of the other , and allowing Argentinian warships and aircraft to come within 50 miles and 70 miles respectively of the Falklands without prior permission ; ( ii ) co-operation on air and sea rescue , safety procedures and air and maritime navigation ; ( iii ) an investment promotion and protection pact to encourage investment in the Falklands , and negotiations on possible Anglo-Argentinian investment promotion and protection agreements ; ( iv ) shared information on fishing in the South Atlantic , although a 150-mile conservation zone around the Falklands would be maintained , within which Argentinian vessels were denied the right to fish [ see p. 37001 ] ; ( v ) a working group on South Atlantic affairs and arrangements for further talks to improve contacts between the mainland and the Falklands ; ( vi ) visits by Argentinian relatives to Falkland war graves by arrangement with the International Red Cross ; ( vii ) co-operation on environmental protection ; and ( viii ) co-operation against drug trafficking . |
| 15 | A client is entitled to have his affairs treated with complete confidentiality ( save with his consent , or where the solicitor 's duty is overridden by his public duty to disclose matters tending to the commission of a crime or to disclose information in response to a sub poena or witness summons ) and the retained solicitor is under a duty to ensure that his co-partners and staff do nothing which might result in a breach of that rule . |
| 16 | Of workshop attendees questioned , only 46.5% had a procurement policy for tribological materials such as lubricants and 43% had no maintenance/lubrication strategy for plant and products . |
| 17 | In 877 , to pay a tribute to Vikings at the mouth of the Seine , Charles demanded cash contributions from " traders and people living in civitates according to their means , in proportion to their resources " . |
| 18 | A series of failed ventures based on his hobbies of collecting classic sports cars and aircraft led to his downfall . |
| 19 | A combination of cars and aircraft provided over 80 per cent of passenger transport in Western Europe and over 95 per cent in the United States . |
| 20 | He likes all that , the cars and people calling him Minister , but he wanted her to be the good politician 's wife , doing his entertaining . |
| 21 | That was great and started a whole year of being in America for me , which was seeing David as a major star and also for myself , experiencing life as it should be as a major star , with your cars and people looking after you and the record company being polite to you rather than treating you like shit and not working . |
| 22 | The market was in full swing as they made their way slowly round the piazza , the Brigadier leaning on the horn to make a path through the jumble of cars and people milling about in the bright but fitful sunshine . |
| 23 | Up ahead cars and people moved undisturbed on the bright street at the top of the alley ; Maxim had time to search the man 's pockets — and then suddenly he had n't . |
| 24 | Seated beside Miss Jarman on the faded red-leather seat , she could see houses and shops and people passing the window , and a certain pleasure added to her nervous apprehension . |
| 25 | I feel kind of cheated myself , and I stare at all the shops and people knowing this time I really wo n't be back . |
| 26 | Choice of teaching methods and media depends on the learning/ teaching situation , the subject material , the students and the teachers . |
| 27 | Choice of teaching methods and media depends on the learning-teaching situation , the subject material , the students , and the teachers . |
| 28 | Choice of teaching methods and media depends on the learning/teaching situation , the subject material , the students and the teachers . |
| 29 | The methods and media chosen for online education should preferably involve the student in active participation . |
| 30 | Paperwork and a fleet of secretaries and staff go with him wherever he goes , and Balmoral is no exception . |