Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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1 | I am six years old and eat pickled herring with my father 's mother Miriam Leah , who has changed her name to Mary . |
2 | Updata is the sole product offering from GL Software , which is just three years old and has 25 staff . |
3 | The Centre was very popular and attracted many people with similar demographic characteristics , including marital and social difficulties , to those who attempt suicide . |
4 | The discussion among organised and informed disabled people has always focused on finding new ways to integrate into the mainstream community but on their own terms . |
5 | Warm and sieve 450 g ( 1 lb ) apricot jam . |
6 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
7 | Mujaheddin attacks on Kabul in October 1989 killed and injured many people including at least 30 when a surface-to-surface missile struck a bus shelter in a busy shopping district of old Kabul on Oct. 10 . |
8 | He says he 's delighted and hopes more people will come to see the window . |
9 | Over the past 12 years immigration policy developed by the Government has become more restrictive and hurts many people . |
10 | Three different circuits were used : The Outer Circuit ( the full course ) measured 4.45 km ( 2.77 miles ) ; the Short Course took in everything except the Home Banking , and was 4.21 km ( 2.62 miles ) long ; and the Mountain Course used only the Home Banking and Finishing Straight and measured 1.88 km ( 1.17 miles ) . |
11 | Yet the Profitboss is not so naive as to believe that people do not occasionally betray trust , do not occasionally fiddle their expenses , do not occasionally get sloppy and hire unnecessary staff . |
12 | Newmill-1 followed in 1971 and reached 6500 ft in the Lower Permian Sandstone , near the top of which it encountered traces of gas ; further traces were found in the Sherwood Sandstone . |
13 | So it 's really about keeping his spirit alive and making sure people get a chance to hear this album and see it performed live . |
14 | After induction of anaesthesia tracheal intubation proved difficult owing to an anteriorly placed larynx ( Mallampati grade II-III ) and the patient 's great size ( he was 201 cm tall and weighed 118 kg ) . |
15 | Owing to the fact that most of his time was spent working on a vast selection of crashed and captured German aircraft , he got to know ( and love ) them quite well . |
16 | The auction was conducted by Harry Phillips , auctioneer of New Bond Street , in July and August 1859 and raised some £95,000 in eighteen days : four pictures were bought by the National Gallery , and others by collectors of the calibre of William Douglas , eleventh Duke of Hamilton , Walter Scott , fifth Duke of Buccleuch [ qq.v. ] , the fourth Marquess of Hertford , and Baron James de Rothschild . |
17 | SCO reported $160m of business in the year-end to September 30th and has 1,110 staff . |
18 | AND FROM THE RACISM THAT SADLY AFFLICTS US ALL AND LEADS WHITE PEOPLE TO ASSOCIATE INFERIORITY AND DARKNESS , KURTEN 'S RECONSTRUCTION MAKES MORE SENSE , SINCE NEANDERTHALS LIVED IN GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND LIGHT SKIN MAY BE AN ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN MIDDLE TO HIGH LATITUDES . |
19 | The interaction of this model of health with stereotypes of old age , which are generally negative and treat older people as a homogeneous group , can have profound consequences . |
20 | It is 4,451 km long and crosses 150 km of perma-frost , 700km of swamp and over 500km of mountains . |
21 | The cruise missile , 6.4 m long and weighing 1207 kg at the start of its flight , steadily drones at 880 km/hr toward what is called the initial timing control point . |
22 | Now when they were busy and had important people in our dining room at Ipswich , there was one , there were two waiters . |
23 | I echo his remarks , supported by some impressive statistical evidence , about the way in which the national health service in Thurrock and Basildon is improving and treating more people . |
24 | IBM Corp yesterday replaced its PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 machines with new models that use the 80486DX2-50 and offer enhanced graphics support and ISO-compliant fonts — but as they cost $4,135 with 8Mb and 212Mb disk , $4,665 with 400Mb , they are not likely to find too many takers . |
25 | A minicomputer can often carry out many of the tasks of a mainframe computer but is smaller and needs less staff . |
26 | Point four the sums included with the paying increase , the one point five and negotiated seven staff and er on that or are we sort of governed by the financial cr criteria government and also are there other departments or staff within the Town Hall will receive a higher increase . |
27 | Around 1,500 competitors will take part in the festival , which will feature 20 sports for both disabled and ablebodied young people aged 11 to 18 . |
28 | If we 've got to close homes , let's close them but make sure the homes that 's left are warm welcoming and give these people the dignity and the independence to which they are entitled to which they 've earned and which they thoroughly deserve . |
29 | Alison says the National Health Service is woefully underfunded and thinks many people would be prepared to pay extra income tax if the money went to health care . |
30 | One twenty and put ten pence back in n it ? |