Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An oil , ‘ Beach scene ’ , by Gladys Macabe went for £250 while a watercolour , ‘ village scene ’ , by Olive Henry made £100 . |
| 2 | We talked to lots of people before a friend at Royal Bank introduced me to Sid Proctor , then the bank 's chief executive . |
| 3 | Because , look at , I 'm not , you know , I 'm not er gon na even talk about the disaster at airport things , you know , the taking off and landing , if you 've got a stadium nearby with a lot of people in it , and one of these disasters happened to happen , I know we 're not looking for that , but if it does , you 're gon na have a stadium full of people if a plane comes down , well , you know . |
| 4 | Bunty 's death — lively , stupefyingly alluring Bunty who had stretched out her bare leg to him and put her fingertips on his lips — annulled by a group of people because a performance must go on ? |
| 5 | Because of this , Figure 4 looks more like a pedigree of species than a pedigree of individuals , but the principle is the same . |
| 6 | By section 5 of the 1987 Act , the liability covered by Part I of the Act extends to : a ) death or personal injury , b ) damage to or destruction of any item of property ( including land ) other than the defective product itself ( there is a lower threshold of £275 before a claim can be made ) provided that the property ; i ) is the type normally intended for private use and consumption , and ii ) it is used mainly for the private use or consumption of the person claiming . |
| 7 | The Staff Guide offers advice on this matter and recommends to staff when a module should need to be double marked . |
| 8 | Previously , families could lose out on compensation of up to £30,000 if a sufferer died before the case was settled . |
| 9 | What is the point of sacking a young lad on £100 when a boss can take a cut ? ’ |
| 10 | To help you convalesce you will be paid an additional tax free lump sum of up to £800 if an accident results in a stay in hospital for ten days or more . |
| 11 | Four people will appear in court today charged with smuggling 1.6 tonnes of cannabis resin valued at £4.8m after a yacht was boarded off Falmouth , Cornwall . |
| 12 | In Morgan 's a small collection of silver items including teaspoons , salts and vesta case sold at £600 while a Grandmother clock in mahogany case made £450 . |
| 13 | These figures may be compared with both the average District Registry taxed bill at £3,083 where a solicitor was involved and £326 where there was a litigant in person and the average county court taxed bill at £1,261 where a solicitor was involved and £1,082 where there was a litigant in person . |
| 14 | A grandfather clock had to be a bargain at £175 while a delph clock set made £170 . |
| 15 | These figures may be compared with both the average District Registry taxed bill at £3,083 where a solicitor was involved and £326 where there was a litigant in person and the average county court taxed bill at £1,261 where a solicitor was involved and £1,082 where there was a litigant in person . |
| 16 | The probability of smoking cessation increased by 40% if a person smoked less than 10 cigarettes per day . |