Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [noun sg] [vb -s] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | At last Doctor Bery arrives at the ward.After discussing a patient 's blood test results , he checks the pedometer … it registers just over a mile.Then the bleep goes … and there 's another trek to another ward.Doctor Beri covers a quarter of a mile … just to fill in a form to authorize a patient 's attendance allowance.Cheltenham General Hospital is run by the East Gloucester NHS trust.It 's worried by the excessive distances doctors cover : |
| 2 | However , this seems to be a red herring , since the standard Buck topology uses a pair of inductors ( though not coupled ) and a single transistor switch just as the Cuk topology does , but need no other energy coupling device . |
| 3 | The 2,000 sq.ft space contains a chronological array of nearly 500 ancient objects from the region in the southern portion of modern-day Egypt . |
| 4 | Twisted pair cable uses a special plastic plug , called an RJ-45 , which looks like a US telephone plug . |
| 5 | This institute believes that some form of National Statistics Council has a role to play but with the following provisos : 1 . |
| 6 | Toshiba America Information Systems Inc , Irvine , California is now shipping the Dynapad T100X pen computer at $3,000 : the 3 lbs 5 oz machine uses a 4Mb Am386SXLV CPU and has a 9.5″ VGA-compatible black and white transreflective display with 16 gray scales , 40Mb disk , two PCMCIA 2.0 slots and user-installable credit card-sized memory slot . |
| 7 | In addition to this purely functional role of planning and buying , a good media person has a more creative role , too , of suggesting to the rest of the account group new ways of using a medium , and of bringing to their attention any special opportunities that may exist . |
| 8 | Sterling silver , containing one troy ounce , struck in proof finish with a 24-carat gold-covered oval cameo , each £20Can coin has a run of only 50,000 and come in presentation cases . |
| 9 | Welsh sheep farming needs a properly structured finished stock-marketing organisation , says Food from Britain . |
| 10 | In diurnal and nocturnal species melatonin reaches a peak just after the dark , so for starling and rat the injection mimics the onset of night . |
| 11 | THE reverse side of the new £10 note features a scene from one of the most famous of fictional cricket matches — the game between Dingley Dell and All Muffleton , as described in Charles Dickens 's Pickwick Papers . |
| 12 | Top speed is 94 mph with standstill to 60 mph available in 13.4 seconds — figures which are more than respectable at this end of the market , though owners may find that the 20 mpg thirst takes a lot of getting used to compared with the 30-plus of Japanese rivals . |