Example sentences of "[n mass] in [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So that was the journey waybill and that was handed in at the end of the day and from that and a visual check of the tickets that were returned by him to the ticket office , they could tell which tickets were missing and therefore they were sold to him and er there be , there was the odd shortages but in those days if anybody was short in his takings by , I think it was about sixpence in those days , he was the subject of a another warning by letter and if he persisted , well then he was brought in to see the Traffic Superintendent who erm , could suspend him for two or three days , so he lost pay for two or three days . |
| 2 | In three of the six subjects ( responders ) methane excretion showed a pronounced fall a few days after SO 4 was added to the diet , so that by 10 days with added sulphate methane concentration was less than 2 ppm in all samples measured in these three subjects . |
| 3 | If pre-marital conceptions are eliminated from the calculation , the social class gradient in the duration of time from marriage to first birth is only half as steep as before , from forty-five months in social class I to twenty-four months in class V. In these respects , as in many others , there seems to be a sharp difference between the behaviour of social class V and the rest of the population . |
| 4 | Losses to follow-up were less than 10% in both trials ( figure 2 ) and similar in the treatment groups . |
| 5 | However , the most important point to note is that the B II conformations lead to a poorer correlation with the NMR data in all cases . |
| 6 | The capacity of modern computers to organize huge masses of data in many ways very speedily is , if used with care , as valuable to the sociolinguist as to anyone else . |
| 7 | Borland has obviously found a way around the problem of maintaining data integrity , performing operations on the data in those fields without causing logical conflicts within the databases . |
| 8 | But the fact is , the data in these studies can not be turned into generalizations , for they relate only to industries with high levels of vertical integration and economic concentration , involving an oligopolistic control over product supply frequently accompanied by a franchise relationship between manufacturer and seller . |
| 9 | It must be recognized that there are many good reasons for wishing to combine data in these ways , but a major problem arises because GIS packages fail to offer any means of keeping track of the effects of error propagation and how it affects the results . |
| 10 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 11 | Their views may have been coloured by the fact that they found evidence of significant misreporting of publication data in some areas , to the extent that they suggest automatically lowering research ratings as a penalty for discovered deliberate misreporting . |
| 12 | Hot spots appear to be rather irregularly distributed over the Earth 's surface ( Fig. 4.4 ) but the real pattern is difficult to establish because of the problems of identifying specific hot spots and incomplete data in some regions . |
| 13 | , Scientists at the Dutch Central Veterinary Institute claim to have isolated the cause of the Mystery Reproductive Syndrome ( MRS ) disease which has been sweeping pig herds across much of western Europe over the past few months , leading to the loss of up to 10 per cent of offspring in some herds . |
| 14 | This fish is similar to M. argenteus in many respects but it is a much deeper fish with more elongated dorsal and anal fins complimenting its extraordinary-deep body . |
| 15 | Moreover , they are suitable only for residential roads where the traffic flow is light ( a peak flow of under 250v/hr in both directions ) and are not therefore applicable to larger city districts which would normally contain a hierarchy of road types . |
| 16 | ‘ The folk in these parts have a funny sense of humour , ’ he told strangers to the parts of which he spoke . |
| 17 | Despite the clinical impression that balanitis is common in young boys , the only detailed study of this condition reported an incidence of 4% in all boys aged up to 14 . |
| 18 | This was in excess of 10% for the first few months and was over 20% in some parts of Wales . |
| 19 | The interesting study by Brannen and Collard ( 1982 ) on the process of seeking help when marriages are failing , suggests that kin in some ways are less important than earlier studies had suggested . |
| 20 | They may be hampered in the efficient winding up of your affairs by the limited powers Parliament gives to the next of kin in these circumstances . |
| 21 | They move around the tank , scattering the smaller fish in all directions , although they do n't attack or harm them in any way . |
| 22 | There are fish in such numbers you might think you are dreaming , until you start catching . |
| 23 | Anglers are blaming pollution for a fall in the numbers of fish in some sections of the Rivers Severn and Avon . |
| 24 | Tecnazene , a fungicide used to prevent potatoes from sprouting whilst in storage , was found at up to 13 times the level considered safe for fish in some factories . |
| 25 | As I tend to use a float for zander I am convinced that I am not actively feeding fish in these situations as the float shows me that the zander has no intention of leaving the swim . |
| 26 | Arrows come as slender as 4mm and as stout as 8.5mm in many makes . |
| 27 | The loss of efficiency can be as much as 30% in some cases . |
| 28 | Criminal statistics in all countries have consistently shown that more males than females appear before the courts and are convicted for criminal activities . |
| 29 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |
| 30 | Microsoft Corp is spraying statistics in all directions to try and convince the industry of NT 's success : 60,000 software development kits have been sent out , it says , 25,000 dealers and the like should be trained before the launch , and it has commitments from developers that over 500 applications will be ready by the autumn — however it absolutely refuses to comment on how many copies it expects to sell . |