Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because lianes often tie together several trees , felling of one tree may lead to considerable damage to others , while logging tracks ( Figure 9.2 ) may take up to 10% or even 30% of the forest area . |
| 2 | The air stank with the odour from the stalls , now freshly stocked with herring , cod , tench and even pike as the fishing fleets took advantage of a break in the weather . |
| 3 | During that time it is anticipated they will account for initially 3% and ultimately 18% of aggregates provision . |
| 4 | During that time it is anticipated they will account for initially 3% and ultimately 18% of aggregates provision . |
| 5 | The Maori children comprised 43% of those without full data but only 23% of those with full data . |
| 6 | The mutant form of the endonuclease R· Eco K ts-1 produced only 20% linear DNA at 30°C and about 10% at 42°C . |
| 7 | It may even come as a surprise to some to learn that fish and chips is opaque at all ; but one needs only to consider that not any kind of fish , nor any method of cooking and presentation , will qualify for the description , and that this is not true of , say , chips and fish or even fish with chips , both of which are transparent . |
| 8 | I use a ¾oz bomb more often than any other , but have ¼oz , ½oz , and 1oz and even 1½oz for when they are needed . |
| 9 | BellSouth Corp , Atlanta warns that first quarter profits will be reduced by about $20m to $25m or about $0.05 per share because of costs associated with the severe winter weather that scoured the south : among the extraordinary costs are labour and material costs to maintain and restore telephone service . |
| 10 | In terms of relieving over-crowding and dealing with the decay of older prisons , new and refurbished buildings clearly have something to offer but the sheer scale and cost of the proposals ( an average capital cost per place of £69,000 and thereafter £13,000 per prisoner per year to run ) has drawn much critical comment . |
| 11 | A further 20% has been consigned by private Chinese people and about 15% from the storehouses of state-owned antique stores . |
| 12 | Their understanding of racism was that it was about Afro-Caribbean people and maybe people from the Indian sub-continent . |
| 13 | When the Association was founded in 1957 , it had no paid staff and only £10 in its bank account . |
| 14 | René Magritte 's work , which averaged £14,000 in 1975 , is now up 360% at £65,000 but down 38% on 1990 . |