Example sentences of "[vb pp] [to-vb] the [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are also commercial preparations of bacteria which are intended to restore the normal flora of the gut . |
| 2 | For example , if 265 grains are scored overlying the chromosomes in 100 mitotic cells , and since chromosome 1 represents 7.20% of the genome , then approximately 19 grains ( 7.20% of 265 = 19.08 ) would be expected to overlie the homologous pair . |
| 3 | Last year , only two salmon climbed Idaho Lower Granite Dam compared with 4,500 in 1950. 100 sub-species have already disappeared from the two rivers and the Shoshone-Bannock native American tribe , the National Marine Fisheries Service and conservation groups have petitioned to have the remaining species listed . |
| 4 | FOR years we have claimed to have the best butchers in the United Kingdom . |
| 5 | How many , I wondered , who visited the show would realise just how much blood , sweat , and tears were shed to get the two aircraft on the ramp . |
| 6 | A systematic assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of each low-cost idea is made to establish the lowest-cost means of performing the function under discussion . |
| 7 | A systematic assessment of the advantages and disadvantages of each low-cost idea is made to establish the lowest-cost means of performing the function under discussion . |
| 8 | Appealing for faith and confidence , the parable invites the hearer to see in Jesus ’ followers the seed of the vast communion of the saved … out of this unprepossessing band of disciples is destined to come the restored people , not only the lost sheep of Israel 's house , but the nations , as well , ( Meyer 1979:164 ) . |
| 9 | To facilitate this the CAD part files are organized to provide the required data structure . |
| 10 | After a 43 year period of ownership , Terrt Brain has decided to sell the venerable aircraft . |
| 11 | Also during this year Captain H.M. Williams was selected to command the 1 st Bucks team of sixty men , to compete for a prize offered by Lord Wantage for field firing at the Home Counties Brigade Camp at Churn , and of this team ( which won the competition ) thirty-two were Wolverton men . |
| 12 | The shopper , so the refrain goes , does n't know how to cook fresh fish , ca n't cope with bones , wo n't pay a fair price and will only be persuaded to buy the traditional species . |
| 13 | They have got to let the Black people in South Africa have better conditions , but some of the Dutch people in the country are very determined . |
| 14 | Originally a high-intensity flash-lamp was used to generate the unstable species , while the spectrum was recorded using a second , weaker flash . |
| 15 | ‘ A special commission on Bulgaria 's ethnic conflicts is needed to expose the guilty people , ’ said the union president , Mr Zhelyu Zhelev . |
| 16 | It was largely due to his efforts , backed up by our management , Secretary and Principals at HQ that the Treasury was finally persuaded to sanction the necessary £4,500,000 to finance the expansion programme . |
| 17 | Clearly a man with a future in the politics of liberation , he concluded the interview with a flourish : ‘ Transkei will be used to liberate the black people of South Africa . ’ |
| 18 | Small e.p.s.ps were evoked by bipolar wire electrodes placed in the stratum radiatum , with the stimulus strength adjusted to give the smallest e.p.s.p. that seemed to be evoked reliably . |
| 19 | Since the closure announcement , an active job search programme has been mounted to help the 360 people made redundant . |
| 20 | Further TV support including ‘ Direct Response ’ advertising is scheduled to boost the growing sales . |
| 21 | Sadoon Hamadi , the new prime minister , said at a press conference : ‘ What is intended to starve the Iraqi people so that they revolt and change their leader Saddam Hussein . ’ |
| 22 | The new round is intended to save the firm $680m . |
| 23 | The elderly among the servants were asked to retrain the new staff to their old exacting standards ; they were then retired , with pensions of a size that made Edouard 's Parisian friends complain . |
| 24 | In 1994/5 the band will be widened to cover the first £3,000 . |
| 25 | The largest company employing disabled people in Britain is Remploy , which is run as a profit-making business , but equipped with machinery specially made for use by the disabled , and supervisors who are trained to help the disabled staff cope . |
| 26 | Because the Czechoslovakian team could not afford to take part in the British leg of the European Grand Slam event next June , a competition was arranged to raise the necessary £600 to cover their expenses . |
| 27 | Or put another way , for every £1 00 of your income that counts for income tax purposes up to £2,000 , you have to pay £20 to the Exchequer — and are allowed to keep the remaining £80 . |
| 28 | The time taken to prepare the two works is therefore , roughly speaking , 50 years for the OED and 28 years for the Supplement . |
| 29 | Postman Anthony Creed is determined to smash the 3 lb roach barrier and he 's already well on his way after landing a 2 lb 12 oz beauty from a private stretch of the Hampshire Avon . |
| 30 | The kids , aged , typically , eight and nine , are baffled to receive the complete works of Shakespeare , especially when he starts reciting Hamlet over the Christmas pud . |