Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So , put the spaghetti in the oven to keep warm , ’ suggested Sam , endeavouring to do as little as possible by bossing people about and yet maintaining an irresistible charm of manner : she wanted to sit by the boy from the bistro while someone else did what work remained to be done . |
| 2 | Since those early days it has continued to attract people from as away as North Africa , Australia and Canada . |
| 3 | Most types of glider are reluctant to enter a full spin unless they are being flown with the c.g. on or very close to the aft limit , that is by light pilots . |
| 4 | The extinction of many marine foraminiferal and ostracode species at or close to the Eocene-Oligocene boundary could be bound up with the establishment of the layer of cold , deep water in the oceans known as the psychrosphere . |
| 5 | The crater is about 1.280 km across and about 175 m deep . |
| 6 | A meeting had been called at one of the local schools , another in a series of as yet fruitless attempts to persuade businesses not to abandon the area to inner-city rot . |
| 7 | Inside , the rear seat squab can be slid 7in to and fro to give a choice of more rear leg room or extra boot space , and the back rest tilts through 30° . |