Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They also reported other stolen goods which they found but left to be collected later : a stolen Fiat 500 , eight sheep and a donkey . |
| 2 | It will also be necessary to consider the extent to which the evidence involves technical data and the extent to which any particular parent is likely to find this kind of information helpful . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The major US aid programme to restore the Lebanese economy and to rebuild the armed forces disintegrated in January 1984 , with the collapse of the US military presence following suicide attacks on US Marine barracks and the collapse of the Phalangist government . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Data abstraction builds a wall between the user of some data and the representation of the data using the operations on the data as the interface . |
| 7 | In straight and level flight , 2,250 rpm gives 115 mph and a fuel burn under five gallons an hour . |
| 8 | At the time of the Spanish contact , there was about 90% forest cover and the population was about half a million ; by 1945 , the forest cover was some 75% and the population 19 million ; by 1976 , the cover was down to 38% and by 1980 27% and that partly disturbed . |
| 9 | Demolishing the massive existing bakery would cost a further £1m and the site costs would be inordinate because of the underlying swamp lands caused by previous uses . |
| 10 | However , the longevity of the Republic , the material rewards it had provided to the German people and the fact that Eastern Europeans hoped to emulate West German success in future , suggested that Bonn would act to promote , not threaten , democracy across Europe in the 1990s . |
| 11 | We count on the wisdom of the German people and the friendship of the people of Spain . |
| 12 | Unlike in the Reich , where the Nazis had sealed off the German people and the NSDAP membership from foreign scrutiny , and where investigative journalism , hostile comment and moral concern were all about to disappear into the camps , leaving the party accountable to no-one , Danzig was never able fully to apply these principles simply because the city remained a ward of the League of Nations . |
| 13 | Now they have a few quid and the rent money goes to Leeds council anyway , they want to ‘ get shut ’ |
| 14 | Secondly , they recommend ‘ inquisitorial ’ procedures , in which the complaint is investigated by designated people and the outcome is based on those facts which are established by the investigation . |
| 15 | As a result , the loss of trained people and the expense in recruiting and training new people at a new location would be considerable . |
| 16 | This means that the higher rents are being imposed on some of the poorest members of the community , including a high proportion of elderly and unemployed people and a preponderance of semi-skilled and unskilled manual workers . |
| 17 | This year the flat bottom was extended to 12 ft and the ramp completely resurfaced . |
| 18 | So what are the Somali people and the relief agencies to do for this country which seems past the point of no return ? |
| 19 | Environmental groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature had argued that it should focus on issues such as the development and use of selective fishing gear , reduction of waste , the protection and restoration of endangered species and the preservation of marine habitats . |
| 20 | The peregrine is listed as an endangered species and the penalty for injuring or killing one of these birds is a fine of up to £2,000 . |
| 21 | In Dischidia ( Asclepiadaceae ) , there is a range of form associated with increasing involvement between the different species and the ant , Iridomyrex cordatus . |
| 22 | The real issues concern the number of common features that are likely to be shared by different species and the impact of features unique to a species on the functioning of structures or systems that they share in common with others . |
| 23 | Its thickness is about 2 mm and the CBD lumen remains largely patent inside the stent ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 24 | The treated tissue is marketed as Fortress T which has a base weighing 0.05 kg/sq.m and a coating of 0.05 or 0.1 kg/sq.m . |
| 25 | But the thieves had eccentric tastes — they stole two goldfish , her cascading waterfall , a stone ornamental duck and a stone toadstool — plus a bucket to take away the fish . |
| 26 | I eventually got off the motorway and decided to drive straight to the hospital to see Toby , and paused only to buy him some fruit and a bottle of his favourite Bollinger . |
| 27 | For the main course there was pato con peras , duck with pears , and , later , fresh fruit and a caramel cream flan . |
| 28 | 8oz ( 200g ) tin of baked beans , eaten cold , plus 2 pieces of fresh fruit and a diet yogurt OR 2 oz ( 50g ) bread roll spread with reduced-oil salad dressing and filled with salad , 1 oz ( 25g ) ham or chicken , plus a banana |
| 29 | Slides 2 cm x 2 cm and the slide projector . |
| 30 | The barrier was entered at 115 kts and the barrier cables broke . |