Example sentences of "[n mass] [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Game and Games — you might get the impression that this is a shop where you could buy either a brace of grouse or a set of Monopoly . |
| 2 | Somehow the words ‘ dietary fibre ’ do tend to conjure up an image of being put out to graze on food that has all the comfort and flavour of that consumed by a sheep or a cow . |
| 3 | The money from the sale of the products is put into a trust fund , so that when the youngsters leave at the age of sixteen to make their own way in the world they have the means to purchase a flock of sheep or a horse and cart , giving them a vital start in whatever activity they take up . |
| 4 | We no longer hang a man because , in despair for his family , he steals a sheep or a loaf of bread . |
| 5 | If the Jämtland pack kills a sheep or a dog , as normal wolves may do , will they too be bustled into captivity because no one in authority has the courage or commitment to withstand ill-informed local pressure ? |
| 6 | Like an animal 's , if you like , a sheep or a goat 's cloven hooves . |
| 7 | In words , the EQ of a given species such as a rhino or a cat , is a measure of how much bigger ( or smaller ) the animal 's brain is than we should expect it to be , given the animal 's body size . |
| 8 | In a communications system , the source of infra-red radiation may be an infra-red l.e.d. or a laser . |
| 9 | Perfectly placed for the man from the city whose idea of a good time was to get a Roe or a Red in his telescopic sights and blast it with a soft-nosed slug . |
| 10 | And since most visitors have time only for one visit to Milford , you again will probably have to be make this trip as a passenger , either in an aircraft or a coach . |
| 11 | Alright , well let's suppose it 's some something small like a vole or a squirrel . |
| 12 | A little owl called " Kee-wik , kee-wik " and something — a vole or a shrew — gave a sudden squeal . |
| 13 | the amount of memory a computer needs to describe one character of text , data or a program . |
| 14 | Compared with Freud 's , Frazer 's work was ‘ of perhaps greater permanence , , because for Eliot it was neither a collection of data nor a theory . |
| 15 | Despite being thrown from water with a temperature of 19°C and a pH of 7 into water of 24°C and a pH of 7.9 the previous evening and then virtually desiccated , they were all feeding later that day . |
| 16 | The raiders escaped with £850 and a quantity of cigarettes . |
| 17 | Unofficial payments made by Swindon included signing-on fees of up to £20,000 and a goalkeeper 's £50 bonus for keeping a clean sheet . |
| 18 | As a value for money sire he has a PIN index ranking of £54 and a semen cost of £15 a straw . |
| 19 | A distinction has since been drawn between aircraft and a structure which overhangs land . |
| 20 | Attention is also drawn to the fact that since late 1984 a Soviet air unit composed of BADGER and BEAR aircraft and a squadron of FLOGGER aircraft have been deployed at Cam Ranh airfield . |
| 21 | According to an Army communiqué Salvadorean " subversives " ( i.e. guerrillas of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front — Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional — FMLN ) had on May 27 , 1989 , entered a small Honduran town in the border area but had been forced back to El Salvador by a patrol ; Salvadorean aircraft and a helicopter gunship had fired into Honduran territory in pursuit of the rebels ; and a Salvadorean aircraft had flown over Honduran territory on May 29 . |
| 22 | Yet he was such a skilful flyer that to an American of the Lafayette Squadron it seemed as if a plane obeyed his thoughts rather than the controls , and at Verdun alone he shot down six German aircraft and a balloon . |
| 23 | Belgium on Sept. 26 offered four military transport aircraft and a frigate . |
| 24 | The week 's events , organised by the Royal Navy also included a fly-past by modern and historic maritime aircraft and a march by veterans and sailors through the centre of the city of Liverpool . |
| 25 | The commission structure is a significant improvement on pre-Big Bang charges at a minimum of £16 and a rate of 1.25 per cent on the first £2,500 of a transaction , falling to 0.75 per cent for the next £2,500 and 0.2 per cent thereafter . |
| 26 | 8 An envelope has an area of 75cm and a width of 5cm . |
| 27 | Sterling ended more than half a cent lower at $1.4890 and a fraction stronger at Dm2.4365 , though the increase in the UK 's current account deficit with the world outside Europe from £1,060 million in January to £1,334 million in February was a little worse than expected . |
| 28 | Two a half crown and a sixpence and a threepenny and three pennies and sometimes he forgot to take it back but however I did n't remind him . |
| 29 | Each show day will have various qualifiers for all grades of horses and ponies , including amateurs , with the finals being held on Sunday including a Grand Prix for Grade A horses with a prize fund of £1,500 and a speed class worth £600 . |
| 30 | In Essex recently a main contractor was fined £1,500 and a roofing contractor £3,000 after an incident in which roof edge protection had not been provided . |