Example sentences of "[n mass] and [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sinker is normally less than 2.70m and resembles a surfboard . |
| 2 | ‘ The FA has therefore fined Mr Jones £20,000 and imposed a suspension for a period of six months , suspended for three years . |
| 3 | The rule is , use the automatics and you 'll stay well ahead of the aircraft and keep a clear understanding of past , present and future situations . |
| 4 | As they finally drove away from the scene , Paddy Mayne was observed to jump out of his jeep , run across to a parked aircraft and place a bomb on the wing . |
| 5 | One thing I did not like about the aircraft was the flap lever which is mounted on the left side of the aircraft and needs a hefty pull to operate . |
| 6 | ‘ The next day you are on an aircraft and having a bumpy ride . |
| 7 | In 1988 , the Carrickfergus Gasworks Preservation Society was formed as a charitable trust to renovate the gasworks and establish a gas museum . |
| 8 | Café Quick costs £9,500 and has a three-product menu choice of chips , chicken and pizza . |
| 9 | Looking further ahead , Exmoor Dual 's zeros are 185p and have a projected redemption price of 489p at 31 August 2001 — equivalent to a yearly gross redemption yield of nearly 10.5 p.c . |
| 10 | The money-lender gave her £20 and took a further charge on her furniture — Bill of Sale no 1 . |
| 11 | During the night of December 5 , Pere Noel feeds the hay to his reindeer and leaves a present in its place . |
| 12 | One is 6in by 8in and shows a beached boat and three boats in sail ; another of the same size shows sailing boats entering Whitby harbour ; and the third is 8in by 10in and shows a beached sailing boat at the entrance to Whitby harbour . |
| 13 | One set has a length of 75mm and gives a medium cut , and the second a length of 100mm , and gives a coarse cut . |
| 14 | The Province-wide project employs both quantitative and qualitative methods to collect data and includes a proportion of male respondents within the sample , thereby allowing comparisons of political participation to be drawn on the basis of , among other things , sex and gender . |
| 15 | He now needed to learn his tables up to six times and also be able to do multiplication , addition , subtraction and division , tens and units , shillings and pence and have a basic knowledge of simple weights and lengths . |
| 16 | His highly successful Town planning which in the Pelican Books series cost 6d. and sold a quarter of a million copies , was a technician 's plea for the quality of urban townscape as a worthy setting for community . |
| 17 | Entrance is £3 and includes a tombola and raffle . |
| 18 | Entrance is £3 and includes a tombola and raffle . |
| 19 | More than 3,000 consultants are backing the legal challenge , each having contributed at least £10 and guaranteed a further £100 towards the cost . |
| 20 | She was fined £10 and caused a riot when crowds besieged the police for stopping her performance . |
| 21 | One of the four associate sponsors is the Paul Mitchell Luxury Haircare range and their aim is to raise £1,000,000 AND get a place in The Guinness Book of Records . |
| 22 | WE PAID £100,000 AND GOT A SANDCASTLE |
| 23 | Last year , their sales totalled £364million and showed a trading profit of £47million . |
| 24 | Overall length is 1,476ft and covers a half circle of approximately 72 acres . |
| 25 | He said that he and his partner , Frank Anderson , bought the empty property in Marine Park Mansions , Wellington Road , for £750,000 and spent a further £200,000 converting it from flats into a hotel . |
| 26 | Yorkshire Electricity , which also wanted to ‘ share the results of our good performance between our shareholders and our customers ' , reported first half profit before tax up 28% to £42.5m and announced a rebate for tariff customers of £5 each . |
| 27 | The highest possible discount , for which Sun Microsystems Inc qualifies , requires purchases of over $20m and fetches a discount of 70% on Solaris 1 . |
| 28 | In my practice we increased our practice nurse staffing by 50% and provided a range of responsible and relevant health promotion clinics , in the spirit of the 1990 charter , but now face the prospect of a substantial reduction in income or to make the nurses redundant . |
| 29 | One is 6in by 8in and shows a beached boat and three boats in sail ; another of the same size shows sailing boats entering Whitby harbour ; and the third is 8in by 10in and shows a beached sailing boat at the entrance to Whitby harbour . |
| 30 | The Smiths Wall Sensor Switch and Detector costs about £60 and comprises a switch until that replaces the existing internal wall switch , and an external PIR sensor detector . |