Example sentences of "[n mass] [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pandolfi has called for a supplement of 136 million ecu to enable a number of projects to be revived . |
| 2 | In the project , a number of data sources are being utilised ; in particular , recently available data from the 1981 Census of Population and the 1981 British Rail Origin-Destination Survey are being compared with earlier data to obtain a picture of recent trends . |
| 3 | Thermal conductivity was estimated from compaction data to derive a temperature profile which was constrained by known present-day geothermal gradients ( see Oxburgh and Andrews-Speed 1981 ) . |
| 4 | Use of data to derive a prescribing index adjusting for age and sex . |
| 5 | It is estimated to cost in excess of £20,000 to run a car like McHale 's Celica GT4 or the Subarus of Fisher and McKinstry on a rally as long and demanding as this year 's 1,200 mile Circuit — and that 's before the cars are put back together again after a five-day pounding on some of the toughest roads in Ireland . |
| 6 | SATISFACTION WITH the all-metal hull of their Iris II flying-boat had led Blackburn Aircraft to propose a monoplane development of the Iris in accordance with Air Ministry Specification R5/27 . |
| 7 | She gave Oliver sixpence to take a letter to Dickie . |
| 8 | Holiday-makers struggle into an aircraft to take a joy-ride above Canvey Island , England , May 1923 . |
| 9 | Japan Computer Corp is to build an X-terminal plant in Niigata Prefecture , investing about $3.9m to construct a plant of 22,500 square feet , which is expected to have a production capacity of 2,000 terminals per month . |
| 10 | If in doubt as to the possible use of this technique , the user should collect enough data to plot a curve of this type . |
| 11 | The damages were awarded to an electrical engineer who paid £1 to become a member of the National House Owners Association and £6 for a survey , which stated that there were no serious defects . |
| 12 | At 11 he won a seat on the school council by putting up his best friend to split the opposition vote ( ‘ I always was a devious bugger ’ ) , at 14 he joined Greenpeace and at 16 paid thirty bob to become a Liberal . |
| 13 | The size of the experimental groups was calculated to yield a power of 90% to detect a change of biological importance ( 40% ) , allowing for some experimental failures and given the SD of data calculated from preliminary studies . |
| 14 | NCR Corp plans a $12.1m remodelling of its Dayton , Ohio headquarters complex : $9.1m will go to turn its former financial terminals plant into office and support services space , $1.4m to tart up US Marketing Group headquarters , $1.6m to demolish a building . |
| 15 | Each district to be balloted to produce its squad for the six thousand , and if the ballot brings up your name , ’ he paused again and saw the hundreds of eyes fixed on his , ‘ then you must go off to the Army , or else pay £10 to hire a substitute . |
| 16 | It involved using a cannon to fire a harpoon carrying an explosive grenade . |
| 17 | Just how does the European Commission come up with that ludicrous figure of $15,000m to build a network to link national administrations ( CI No 2,128 ) ? |
| 18 | Some may think it foolish to restart playing at Park Avenue when fixtures are in such short supply , but a group of people dedicated to keeping first-class cricket on the famous ground have guaranteed Yorkshire £10,000 to stage a match there . |
| 19 | In 1978 it cost about $2.50 to have a ton of hazardous waste dropped in a safe hole in the ground ; in 1987 the cost ranged from $200 upwards . |
| 20 | Exercise is not a short-term cure like taking an aspirin to cure a headache . |
| 21 | The Philippines government criticised a ruling by an American jury that cleared Westinghouse Electric and Burns & Roe , an engineering firm , of charges that they bribed Ferdinand Marcos with $16m to win a contract to build a power plant . |
| 22 | People spend anything from $1,000 to $150,000 to buy a hot-rod and join this reborn cult . |
| 23 | The rough calculation of £200,000 to support a Wallaby squad on such retainers is not yet to be found in the coffers of the Australian Rugby Football Union . |
| 24 | Go down the steps , cross the stile and walk ahead , veering left after 400yds to reach a gate in the corner of the field . |
| 25 | The first goddamn pilot I see sitting on his ass , I 'll send him to Corps to shoot a general . ’ |
| 26 | When , two years ago , law-makers were caught accepting bribes to bring in legalised gambling , the outcry was huge ; but some outsiders thought the smallness of the bribes ( $1,000–5,000 to buy a vote ) suggested innocence rather than corruption . |
| 27 | Heavy cost of checking pollution It would cost Darlington £200,000 to keep a gas pollution detector working all year round , councillors heard . |
| 28 | PagePlus makes no pretension of addressing this market nor , I suspect , are its users vaguely interested in paying upwards of £600 to produce a church flyer , instruction manual , letterhead or newssheet . |
| 29 | It costs less than £2 to press a CD-Rom . |
| 30 | Since signing the deal Engineering is negotiating an add-on contract at the Widnes site worth between £400,000 and £500,000 to build a tank farm for chemicals storage . |