Example sentences of "[n mass] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where , say , tench are concerned , you can confidently expect tench in the early morning and know your chances are practically non-existent in the afternoon , which is the case on almost all tench waters . |
| 2 | In the three months August to October , the amount of new credit advanced to consumers totalled £11.77bn , compared with £11.99bn in the previous three months . |
| 3 | Spending of convertible currencies on imported cars had reached $200,000,000 in the first 11 months of 1989 and had caused a considerable drain on currency reserves . |
| 4 | This is not cheap : housing costs eat up 44% of a typical wage-earner 's income , as opposed to 14% in the 1950s . |
| 5 | See mail message : xxxxxx in the printed mail . |
| 6 | This will mean a proposed increase of £460m in the first year , followed by £770m in the second rising to £1.95 billion within five years . |
| 7 | ‘ We have already cut £6.5m in the last two years and lost 80 jobs last year , ’ said Coun Carr . |
| 8 | Net earnings per share amounted to $0.05 in the quarter , to $0.39 in the nine months . |
| 9 | Canadian Fisheries Minister John Crosbie blames the shortage on over-fishing by European vessels — notably Spanish and Portuguese — taking cod in the Grand Banks area outside Canada 's 200-mile limit . |
| 10 | Beach capable of bigger cod in the next few weeks . |
| 11 | Food flavourings maker Borthwicks jumped 2p to 30½p after serving up a 37% profits increase to £1.28m in the first half . |
| 12 | Net earnings per share amounted to $2.63 in the quarter , and to $2.84 in the nine months . |
| 13 | One other body deserves mention , though it is very small fry in the financial stakes . |
| 14 | The Shanghai stock exchange was reported by the Financial Times of Oct. 23 to have gained approval to offer for the first time to foreign investors shares worth $35,000,000-50,000,000 in the state-owned Shanghai Vacuum , the biggest quoted company on the exchange . |
| 15 | Some two to three minutes later , when halfway between the RAF Wittering airfield boundary and the main runway , with the aircraft in a right turn at only 100 feet above the ground , the engine ceased providing power . |
| 16 | All current applications relating to XH558 ( they closed on July 31 ) were treated as ‘ expressions of interest ’ and that the ‘ most suitable ’ of these would then be invited to tender for the aircraft in a two-stage operation . |
| 17 | If there is a problem up to that height , failing to lower the nose and abandon the launch promptly can leave the aircraft in a critical position , semi-stalled and with very little time or height to make a full recovery and a safe landing . |
| 18 | Some outlandish schemes did reach at least the experimental stage , such as catching a landing aircraft in a glorified tennis net , strung between two posts . |
| 19 | YASSER ARAFAT , the Palestine Liberation Organisation leader , emerged bruised but with his popularity enhanced yesterday from a crash landing of his aircraft in a Libyan desert sandstorm . |
| 20 | Substantial investment is required in order to maintain aircraft in an airworthy condition . |
| 21 | When asked if it was the Ministry 's intention to sell the aircraft in an airworthy condition , the spokesman explained that the aircraft was airworthy , but felt there was a good chance it may well go to a museum who would want to road the airframe away . |
| 22 | It does not take into account wrecked aircraft in the many Pacific Islands and the many more known to be in shallow waters — these must await salvage and/or more confirmable status . |
| 23 | But the use of aircraft in the First World War showed the potential of aerial reconnaissance for discovering and interpreting archaeological sites , and this technique was pioneered by OGS Crawford ( 1886–1957 ) . |
| 24 | All of this activity has meant that aircraft and artefact restoration has necessarily taken to the back-burner , but , to quote one of the volunteers : ‘ no building , no aircraft in the long term ’ . |
| 25 | Explaining that the Ministry was looking for a ‘ suitable ’ home for the aircraft the spokesman underlined that the MoD ‘ must dispose of the aircraft in the best interests of the taxpayer . ’ |
| 26 | They were to bring back a score of fighter aircraft in the same way that Deemy and his colleagues had done earlier that week . |
| 27 | He is likely to be put on an aircraft in the next few days . |
| 28 | The interest in Britain 's retention of bases and the deployment of troops , ships and aircraft in the Persian Gulf , at Aden and Singapore , and in the Indian Ocean deepened as the United States became ever more deeply and uncomfortably involved in war in South-East Asia from the mid-1960s . |
| 29 | I know that the hon. Lady would like to get rid of every aircraft in the Royal Air Force if she could . |
| 30 | Of 77 trips aboard specially commandeered aircraft in the past two years , Sununu had designated only four as unofficial . |