Example sentences of "[coord] [vb pp] [prep] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elements of the design are developed or resolved in a series of local activities . |
| 2 | ‘ In the United Kingdom ’ shall include investment advertisements issued outside the UK if they are directed at persons in the UK otherwise than in a newspaper etc published and principally circulated outside the UK or broadcast on a media primarily aimed outside the UK . |
| 3 | In addition , because a computer-produced map can be redrawn quickly ( or viewed on a graphics terminal ) the cartographer can experiment with different contour intervals , or levels of shading , and can try different perspectives and projections with ease . |
| 4 | Both microscopic and telescopic aids can be hand-held , stand-mounted , or fitted into a pair of spectacles . |
| 5 | These teaching materials are techniques made manifest by the specific choice of language , designed and arranged as a series of tasks or exercises for immediate implementation . |
| 6 | Davout 's tent was a few paces distant , lit by an enormous watchfire and guarded by a pair of sentries . |
| 7 | Ignoring him , she pressed a tab on the console and keyed in a series of commands . |
| 8 | Chris Law of Internal Audit , Regent 's House and Susan Grieve of Leamington Spa Branch were taken on a tour of the department , given a slap-up lunch and presented with a £250 cheque by Bob McInnes , Branch Banking 's Deputy Managing Director . |
| 9 | Ralph made a friend of every pupil and on their birthday they were called to his desk and presented with a sixpence — quite a lot of money in the twenties . |
| 10 | Named after the famous battleships and secured by a £12 patent , the twenty Dreadnoughts which operated on Blackpool Promenade from the turn of the Century until 1934 , were certainly unique . |
| 11 | A TERRIFIED 12-year-old girl was attacked and robbed of a £5 Christmas present . |
| 12 | The radiolabelled DNA promoter fragments were incubated with various concentrations of reconstituted holoenzymes at 37°C for 30 min to reach equilibrium between the free species and open complexes ; preformed complexes were challenged with heparin and separated on a 4% native polyacrylamide gel ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 13 | Sets of related files are managed and organized by a Data Base Management System ( DBMS ) . |
| 14 | But put in matching frames and hung alongside a pair of brackets that cost a tenner the arrangement is pleasing . |
| 15 | Endill was taken to the main corridor and strapped into a pair of lead boots . |
| 16 | The tissue was thawed and dissected with a pair of scissors at room temperature . |
| 17 | A group of men leant on their gold-topped canes and talked to a pair of Ugly Sisters . |
| 18 | It was originally a swampy meadow belonging to the Hospital for Lepers , but the land was drained and enclosed as a deer park in the reign of Henry VIII , MC 14 ; NN 44 . |
| 19 | Despite this claim to fame the church has been subjected to several indignities , having been deconsecrated and used as a barracks and a chemical store before being reopened for worship in 1899 . |
| 20 | It has been burned down , blown up , divided and used as a barracks by Cromwell 's army . |
| 21 | The Hull delegate to the National Conference of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children , in Nottingham in October , was surprised to learn that China is less than half as densely populated as the UK , despite the forcible abortion and sterilisation carried out on women in China and used as a means of genocide in Chinese-occupied Tibet . |
| 22 | It was a two-seater , designated R-6H , and powered by a 675hp Hornet . |
| 23 | Tables in the Main and Copy Databases are periodically unloaded and compared as a means of : |
| 24 | The Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) has added its weight to the lobby for an environmentally friendly national transport policy and called for a series of measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 25 | This instrument was thoroughly constructed and standardized by a series of factor analyses . |
| 26 | Situated at the foot of a mountain and bordered by a trout stream , this is an easy place to feel completely relaxed in . |
| 27 | The SDA itself is now to be dismantled and replaced by a series of local agencies . |
| 28 | Such thoughts went with an idea of progress , at least in the past ; but such progress need not have been smooth , for the various faunas could easily have been destroyed and replaced in a series of catastrophes . |
| 29 | She claimed mortgage repossessions had added to the homeless spiral and contributed to a 40pc increase in Langbaurgh borough in the last 12 months . |
| 30 | Despite such inside knowledge , the opening passages were racked with nervousness and blighted by a series of up-and-unders . |