Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Primary sources provide data gathered at first hand ; that is to say , they are original sets of data produced by the people who collected them . |
| 2 | However , BWD Rensburg , the broker , is looking for pre-tax profits of about £1.2m in the year ending 31 March against £1.04m reported for last year . |
| 3 | They are contrasted with secondary sources , which are data got at second hand ; i.e. sets of data culled from other people 's original data . |
| 4 | Birchwood 's Derrick Cooper picked up over £8,000 to move to 55th place in the Volvo Order of Merit when he shot 68–70–68–73 for a share of 15th place in the Dunhill Masters . |
| 5 | Two and a half tons of fish taken in last year 's event . |
| 6 | But , according to documents revealed in court yesterday , four days later Lord Aldington 's V Corps wrote to Eighth Army requesting ‘ a free hand ’ to use force if necessary ‘ to honour our verbal agreement with Soviet forces ’ and return all Soviet nationals to Soviet forces . |
| 7 | Finally 5 Corps stated to Eighth Army : " it would appear that unless these formations are taken over by us as formed bodies and disarmed they will force their way across border as individual bandits plunder the country disorganise economic life our zone and threatened our security . |
| 8 | The engine ran in Japan last month in a development chassis based on last year 's turbocar . |
| 9 | In the first five months of the current year , sales fell 6% compared with last year at $2,750m . |
| 10 | Last month , sales increased by 30% compared to last year and workers are working flat out to meet impressive schedules of up to 48 cars per hour . |
| 11 | ‘ People tend at first to treat you as if you 're a journalist looking for Guinness connections . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The General Staff has at last discovered what fighters are for . |
| 13 | The Head of Humanities in a large comprehensive school commented in my hearing , in a staff meeting about 3rd year general discussion groups on controversial issues , that " in about half of such groups the question of God is brought in by some kid or other " and that he felt " put on the spot " . |
| 14 | Wholesalers reported an increase in sales compared with last year , reversing the previous trend , and they also expect strong growth in sales in February . |
| 15 | People moving in next door . |
| 16 | It is not known how many of the people arrested in last Saturday 's protests on the night of East Germany 's 40th anniversary have been freed . |
| 17 | In the event of a personal accident , immediate assistance should be sought from the member of staff trained in first aid responsible for your area . |
| 18 | Half the chapters are written by people involved at first hand with the initiatives that they discuss . |
| 19 | On the high street a sales rise at Next Retail of just 3.6 per cent compared with an increase in trading space of 17.6 per cent speaks volumes about Next 's unbalanced expansion . |
| 20 | The gradual perception of this has gone with the still more necessary shift by which people have at last gradually begun to realise that human welfare too converges very considerably with both these things . |
| 21 | Hatje 's partner edition cantz issues a number of appraisals and retrospective catalogues of works shown at last summer 's Documenta IX . |
| 22 | The Miscellaneous Grants Budget 1993/94 allows for support of £396 based on last year 's figure plus 2.5% inflation . |
| 23 | So often , a species appears at first glance to be a standard version of one of these ten categories . |
| 24 | Now that Philip van Wilder 's collected works have at last appeared in print , it is clear that this too is a distinctive body of music that Byrd absorbed without actually committing plagiarism ; only play van Wilder 's ‘ O dulks regard ’ beside Byrd 's ‘ Ne irascaris ’ and you will hear what I mean . |
| 25 | You will note that my Local Search reveals a repair grant of £704.48 registered on 3rd January 1984 but the period of three years requiring payment have now lapsed . |