Example sentences of "[noun] [n mass] of [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a fact that in the first 12 months one in three firms will close and in the longer term 900pc of new companies will shut in their first five years . ’ |
| 2 | Auction sales of individual collections , perhaps brought about by the death of the owner , can be a marvellous way of acquiring mature fish of high quality at a bargain price . |
| 3 | Orlane 's winter beauty collection , Fête , includes two new Rouge Extraordinaire lipsticks : amber brown-red ( No 5 ) and a deeper , mauvey-red ( No 22 ) ; while Clinique 's brilliant new Gold Dusting for Eyes series of Soft-Pressed Eyeshadows presents a choice of four skin-flattering , earthy tones , including fresh , peachy Sun Ripe and a sparkling Gold Dust for dressing evening eyes . |
| 4 | In the present study 60% of incontinent subjects were concerned or worried about their incontinence and 34%-45% felt it affected their lifestyle considerably . |
| 5 | She spoke in a curiously musical , richly accented way with a certain pattern that could only be described as antique — as though the speech mannerisms of the local dales folk of two centuries ago had been preserved within Hannah . |
| 6 | ‘ No wonder MPs of all parties revile newspapers . |
| 7 | AN elite corps of transatlantic guardians of the English language has thrown in the towel . |
| 8 | Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition , said that the companies would have acquired a 50 per cent share of the world market for commuter aircraft of 20-70 seats and 67 per cent of the EC market . |
| 9 | Many historic buildings in the old city of Don Juan and Carmen will have been repaired and the Expo site , across the River Guadalquivir from the city centre and containing four million sq ft of new buildings , is scheduled to survive as a science park . |
| 10 | THE Spitalfields Development Group , the consortium planning the redevelopment of the fruit and flower market in the City of London ( above ) , has applied for planning permission for a radically revised 1.9 million sq ft scheme ( below ) , involving 900,000 sq ft of flexible office space , 200,000 sq ft of retail units , residential and lesiure elements . |
| 11 | Colonizing species of alien genera doing likewise had long been decisive for Darwin 's species origin theorizing , where the analogy with the European human conquests over Australasian natives was hardly less explicit . |
| 12 | Travel agents in England have already sold package deals for holidays that include tickets for the international matches — five-day games in Cape Town ( February 8-13 ) and Johannesburg ( February 16-21 ) and a six-game series of one-day matches ( February 23 to March 7 ) . |
| 13 | Alcohol abuse is associated with : 52% of deaths from fire 66% of attempted suicides 62% of serious head injuries in males 45% of fatal road accidents involving young people 36% of road traffic accidents involving pedestrians 33% of all domestic accidents 30% of drownings 30% of all accidents not involving road traffic . |
| 14 | 3 oz. plain flour ; 3 oz. unsalted butter ; 1 ½ oz. of caster sugar ; s oz. of ground almonds ; ½ to 1 oz. of rice flour or cornflour . |
| 15 | For example from the sample data of 658 words , there were 36 errors ( i.e. recognition rate following lexical look-up of 94.5% , taking up to ten allowable strings per word position ) . |
| 16 | Over the years a mix of tree species of varying ages has been established creating valuable wildlife habitats . |
| 17 | This has focussed their attention on just how little is still known about the knowledge transfer interface between universities and industry , the mechanisms by which science impacts on technology , and the development dynamics of emerging fields of exploitable science . |
| 18 | Instead , have fun with our great £25,000 series of slump-busting contests and laugh in the face of Lamont . |
| 19 | You can enjoy miles of smiles with our great £25,000 series of slump-busting contests to help you laugh in the face of Lamont . |
| 20 | This is the last in our great £25,000 series of slump-busting contests to help you laugh in the face of Lamont . |
| 21 | Tri-Lux II 's first 20 weeks on the market yielded Courtaulds Coatings ' Yacht Division sales of 48,000 units worth $1,350,000 ( £900,000 ) of a product that retails at $'39.95; ( £26 ) a pint . |
| 22 | Last season 59% of senior games were on synthetic but that will rise to 68% at least … and more if Civil Service can get their proposed pitch up and running before the end of the campaign . |
| 23 | The , the U K pension charge will er er er go up to the extent that pensionable salaries go up , there 's a standard surplus being amortized au fait gently rising pension , I mean there 's obviously there 's an X percent of pensionable salaries is what the will tell you will have to provide and er er not much more at the moment er therefore the charge will go up a little bit but not , not gradually and it 's not much . |
| 24 | As a black reader of nine years , I have seen within your magazine people of all colours and cultures , but with the same ideals . |
| 25 | THE only breeding pair of Golden Eagles in England have successfully reared a chick in Haweswater , Cumbria . |
| 26 | BLUNDERING birdwatchers may be to blame for the failure of England 's only breeding pair of Golden Eagles to produce chicks for the first time in four years . |
| 27 | Q. I would like to buy a breeding pair of Green Terrors but can not find any information on them . |
| 28 | Fontana et al showed that in the first three years of life 97% of helthy children had at least one vowel movement every other day and after the third year , 95% of the children had this pattern . |
| 29 | Ironically , bearing in mind the casualty statistics of rear gunners , ‘ Jacko ’ was the sole survivor of the crew — perhaps because the aircraft crashed while flying too low over enemy territory . |
| 30 | 17% of remand prisoners report having been homeless before their incarceration. 44% of unconvicted prisoners and 31% of convicted prisoners were unemployed . |