Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The company said fourth quarter orders were up 20% to a record $4,420m and highlighted excellent order growth for printers and mass-storage products . |
2 | Anti-aircraft artillery shot down one of the Iranian aircraft and captured two crewmen . |
3 | With the benefit of hindsight , these are now estimated at £4,900 , comprising expenses of £1,220 and lost chargeable time of £3,680 . |
4 | Tissue specimens were then fixed with periodate-lysine-2% paraformaldehyde for six hours at 4°C and washed three times with increasing concentrations of sucrose ( 10 , 15 , and 20% ) . |
5 | For four years he hacked into data and ran rogue programmes . |
6 | In the first flight it was taken to 240 mph and did four-point rolls . |
7 | Extra large tomatoes are reduced by 14p to 75p a lb and mixed sweet peppers are 95p a pack , down 23p . |
8 | In 1858 he took the London MB and became medical superintendent of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots ; and in 1859 he took the MD and the MRCP and was appointed assistant physician to the London Hospital . |
9 | K acetate 8M ( unc vol. ) was then added and mixture was incubated for 45 min. at 0–5°C and centrifuged at 10Kg for 15 min. 1 volume of 2-propanol was added to the supernatant which was left at room temperature for 30 min. and centrifuged 10 Kg , for 10 min . |
10 | They found that families in the heart of London , in Bethnal Green , lived near their kin and had frequent contact with them . |
11 | About a month later the buyer had the clutch repaired at a cost of £45 and claimed this sum from the seller , alleging that the car was not of merchantable quality and not reasonably fit for the purpose of being driven on the road . |
12 | Lively active fish , well but not overfed contrast strongly in their deportment with both overfed , fat and sluggish fish and emaciated starved fish . |
13 | The shares made their debut in October at 210p and closed last night at 227p , up a penny . |
14 | among the few people that saw that happening . |
15 | Now I was one of those people that represented this city at Florence . |
16 | And he had , kept getting bad , and he 'd had bad heads oh for years but he just thought that was , he was one of them people that got bad heads . |
17 | Basically , what has happened is that progress in technology , allied with rising affluence , has transformed availability of media and made personal choice both possible and affordable . |
18 | In 1987 an unpublished report , known as SHARPEN ( Scottish Health Authorities Review of Priorities for the Eighties and Nineties ) , pointed out the deficiency of local authority provision for mentally ill people and noted local authorities ' particular responsibilities under the Mental Health ( Scotland ) Act 1984 . |
19 | Flooding in 1987-88 killed thousands of people and caused great damage to agriculture and to the infrastructure ( see pp. 35570-71 ; 36288 ) . |
20 | Three earthquakes struck Peru on April 5-6 , the severest of them ( measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale ) killing 35 people and injured 750 others in the northern jungle province of San Martín . |
21 | An example was ‘ Bloody Friday ’ , 21st July 1972 , when the Provisional IRA exploded twenty-two bombs in Belfast with slight or no warnings and killed 16 people and injured 120 others . |
22 | Identical circuitry was used in the 1982 Hyde Park bomb which killed eight people and injured fifty-three others . |
23 | US narcotics agents have arrested 14 people and seized 2.5 tons of cocaine and $2.75million ( £1.83million ) in drug profits during raids in California . |
24 | In 1855 the partners ' output of manufactured iron exceeded 120,000 tons ; they employed 4,000 people and consumed 600,000 tons of coal . |
25 | The Government 's Thompson Report makes specific reference to the need for advice and information work with young people and recommended local authority funding for such projects . |
26 | As well as dedication to movement , Beryl had great concern for people and spent much time helping with problems large or small . |
27 | An Israeli air strike on March 9 on Palestinian bases of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command , in northern Lebanon , killed four people and wounded eight others . |
28 | Undaunted , he spoke for seven minutes to an audience of 5,000 people and won considerable respect from some hard-bitten nationalists , including Gwynfor Evans MP , president of Plaid Cymru . |
29 | The film was made at Stobart House , a residential home for old people and included some shots of a class given by Margaret Charlwood . |
30 | She told me that perhaps her agnosticism was a help in this respect , because , while she respected the faith of religious people and found religious ideas fascinating , she was not tempted to be dogmatic about what she believed . |