Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Hawes there are shops , cafes , pubs , a rope works , the biggest sheep mart in the Dales and a cheese factory where the traditional Wensleydale cheeses with their distinctive mild flavour and crumbly flesh are made . |
| 2 | In Kuwait City itself the Iraqi forces met some opposition from elite troops guarding the Amir 's palace and from troops stationed in Army and Air Force barracks situated on the city 's outskirts . |
| 3 | Stephanie Middleton was yesterday voted one of the two runners-up in the 1992 Livewire UK Business Start Up Awards , winning herself £1,000 to invest in the business . |
| 4 | APEX for Windows 3.1 is priced from $1,200 to $12,000 depending upon the number of clients . |
| 5 | He says he has appreciated every word and gesture , from the plethora of ‘ well done banners ’ to the sheep painted in the team 's colours . |
| 6 | Prices range from about £40 to £60 depending on the dress . |
| 7 | Large trees grew from the interstices of the stone and sheep brouzed on the edge of every precipice . |
| 8 | Available now , Supra Server is priced from $2,000 to $150,000 depending upon the operating system . |
| 9 | Business property relief reduces the value of business assets for inheritance tax purposes by either 100% or 50% depending on the type of asset or the beneficial interest , and any tax payable can usually be paid by annual interest-free instalments over 10 years while the assets remain unsold . |
| 10 | Livestock stocking densities are substantially higher ( 40% in 1979/80 ) in Powys than in Cantal ( though sheep predominate in the former and cattle in the latter ) . |
| 11 | The sheep gazed through the bars at the departing train with a look of woolly innocence . |
| 12 | True , the £1,000 belongs to the husband at law — there is no denying it ; but Equity will compel him to apply it for the wife 's benefit . |
| 13 | As we walked , grouse rose from the heather , calling out in alarm , . |
| 14 | Then , after Earl Grey tea and cucumber sandwiches and no holding back on the cake and scones , the perfectly maintained Bassey chassis repaired to the Ritz 's dining room for a photo session . |
| 15 | Away from a purely stylistic assessment , the square has great merits , the presence of students locally ( there is another section of the University here ) having resulted in a range of fine restaurants , take-away delicatessens and sandwich bars which the visitor to the centre will find delightful for offering a real Milanese touch to the menu at an affordable price . |
| 16 | There was no one available at the Association Headquarters to comment on the refusal . |
| 17 | City of London Telecommunications Ltd , which is 90% owned by the US Fidelity Management & Research Corp , is only the second company to win a new public telephone operators licence since the creation of the British Telecommunications Plc-Mercury Communications Ltd duopoly . |
| 18 | He was bound in the sum of £40 to appear at the Michaelmas Quarter Sessions in Kendal , the banker Christopher Wilson standing surety for him , for £30 . |
| 19 | A surprising number of accidents and incidents happen because pilots are in some way not 100% fit on the day in question . |
| 20 | The area has been associated with cavalry exercises from the beginning of the 15th century . |
| 21 | ‘ If I remember correctly , that leads to the square beside the barracks occupied by the Kha-Khan 's night guard . ’ |
| 22 | The remaining 17% occurred over the 10 seconds preceding the onset of the common cavity episode , being evenly distributed through this time . |
| 23 | In 1493 a battle between the Croats under Ban Mirko Derenčin and a force of 8,000 Turkish cavalry occurred near the town of Udbina in the Lika region . |
| 24 | The auditors point out that ‘ the consolidated financial statements include £8.883m of net liabilities and a loss before taxation for the year of £13.069m relating to the subsidiaries subject to these proceedings . |
| 25 | Dell expects fiscal 1994 sales of between $3,400m and $3,700m and net profit of between $3.30 and $3.75 a share , compared with the $2.59 on sales of just over $2,000m reported for the year just ended . |
| 26 | Even the youngster 's goldfish perished in the blaze at his home in Saltaire , near Bradford . |
| 27 | The fry hatch on the fifth day and about 3mm long . |
| 28 | FLA–01 was one of three such aircraft flown from the Commonwealth of Independent States to the UK for the World Helicopter Championships , to be held at Wroughton during the week following GWAD . |
| 29 | Under option six , called ‘ other goodies ’ , you can analyse the data to report on the success rate at a particular fishing spot , or investigate any one angler 's record , plot water temperature versus the date , or find the full and new moon dates for a given year and month . |
| 30 | And what would happen if one of these aircraft crushed into the power station ? |