Example sentences of "[n mass] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a cat with its prey , Microsoft has been toying with its competition , threatening to hang a predatory $99 introductory price on the stuff ( UX No 413 ) . |
| 2 | The Institute has become the first professional institution to be registered for its headquarters administrative operations under BS 5750 . |
| 3 | If there are four candidates in a constituency — Conservative , Labour , Liberal Democrat and Scottish Nationalist Party — and if thanks to the AV the Labour candidate is elected , first votes given to him will get 100% political representation in the constituency and first votes given to the other three candidates will get none at all : a strange sort of PARR , just like the sort our present system provides ! |
| 4 | A member of the Stores Platoon is engrossed with the fax machine in another corner of the tent , passing demands for urgently required spare parts , not available in theatre , to the Logistic Operations Centre at SHAPE ( Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers in Europe ) at Mons in Belgium . |
| 5 | The client would usually be looking secretly for guidance , and would be likely not just to sell out of his Rolls Royce shares , but to reinvest his original £500 with any profit , plus say £1,000 further capital in the stock proposed . |
| 6 | Few kite flyers have a 50metre or 150ft clear run in their home yards , so this operation has to be completed in public , hence the need for speed and precision . |
| 7 | A South Wales company claims the Creditcall Bill Buster allows 100pc free dialling to any destination in the world . |
| 8 | The most recent sheep premium payment under this regime is £2.80 per breeding ewe plus £0.68 LFA supplement for the ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ zone . |
| 9 | Mrs Cass , of Wakefield , said she spent half her £92 weekly pension on food for the dogs , and had run up a huge gas bill to heat their individual home-made hutches . |
| 10 | In Academy Headquarters another type of presentation is under way : ‘ All male and female officers are now trained at Sandhurst , the majority following either a forty-four-week course for male non-graduates , or a twenty-eight-week course for graduates and women officer cadets . ’ |
| 11 | The most comprehensive collection in Britain of historical woodwind , brass and percussion instruments ; over a dozen historical keyboard instruments ; a complete bow-maker 's workshop and a collection of bows ; the oldest playable Javanese Gamelan orchestra in Britain . |
| 12 | This was found to produce approximately 50% linear DNA after 30 min . |
| 13 | He is stationed with the Household Cavalry Mounted Division at Hyde Park Barracks in Knightsbridge . |
| 14 | During a visit to Iran in late May 1989 , the then Foreign Trade Minister of Bulgaria , Kristo Kristov , signed a $200,000,000 economic contract with Iran . |
| 15 | The Bank sets itself exceptionally high standards that , inter alia , call for projects to deliver at least a 10% economic rate of return . |
| 16 | Second to fly was Z1827 on June 4 , 1942 , this aircraft suffering collapse of the tail unit while being tested on June 26 . |
| 17 | Like a cat with its prey , Microsoft has been toying with its competition , threatening to hang a predatory $100 introductory price on the stuff . |
| 18 | In all there are 61 independent 4000m alpine peaks with a further 89 neighbouring peaks ( peaklets ) which are considered subsidiary summits . |
| 19 | The 220,000 is made up of 60,000–80,000 for replacement of ‘ demolitions. geographic shift of industry ’ , and other factors ; plus 145,000+ for new household formation . |
| 20 | ( b ) What can you do to deduce from the fact that at s.t.p. 22.4 dm of carbon dioxide contain rather more than ( c ) ( i ) State Graham 's law of diffusion. ( ii ) The ratio of the rate of diffusion of a gas Y to that of nitrogen was to be 0.366 . |
| 21 | Top each pizza with grated Parmesan and drizzle 2 x 15ml/tbsp olive oil over each one before baking . |
| 22 | Once the gales have blown themselves out and the depressions have ‘ filled ’ or moved away , we usually get a spell of settled weather when things return to normal.The few days of settled weather allow me to spend some hours fishing offshore for ling and tusk which , as well as providing me with relaxation and sport , is satisfyingly justified in my own mind because it is providing food for the family during the winter to come . |
| 23 | The draft order for an increase in PLR funding , from £4.74m this year to £5m in 1993–94 , was welcomed generally by the Commons and approved — but not before the two Tory MPs once again expressed their antagonism to the scheme . |
| 24 | Despite the lack of comparative data marked decline in numbers since 1938 is assumed and likely , as Walpole-Bond described the species as ‘ quite common ’ . |
| 25 | You should fix the smoke alarm on the ceiling in the centre if possible , but at least 30cm 12 inches from any wall or light fitting . |
| 26 | Tomorrow he takes in a further round of 125cc British championship at Donington Park and after his ninth spot in the Supercup at a wet Oulton last weekend he 'll be one of the leading contenders . |
| 27 | current account at current(3). – safe , safe in the strongroom of a bank , rented for the custody of valuables. 2 layer of matter deposited(4) : A thick – of mud covered the fields after the floods went down . |
| 28 | Only a 3% absolute fall in the number of papers with seven authors was seen in the NEJM during 1985–9 , when the modal author number was 5 . |
| 29 | Unix International , which , like OSF , says it can no longer afford the $1m annual cost of membership ( UX No 404 ) will also be looking for a new role within the organisation come the end of 1992 . |
| 30 | Construction began on Feb. 6 of Vietnam 's first free-trade zone , a $90,000,000 joint venture with two Taiwan partners in the southern outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City . |