Example sentences of "[n mass] [unc] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much less well-known but equally exceptional is this fish 's ability to see longer wavelength radiation than we or most other animals can . |
| 2 | OK so people are grumbling at the moment about the players , some are doing well others are not , but having watch Deane miss goals and Hodge run around like a headless chicken every week is frustrating , but perhaps the media 's failure to provide good , unbiased coverage of Leeds results in people moaning to the mailing list . |
| 3 | Hertz 's order includes 1.6 , 1.8 and 2.0 litre four and five-door models , plus five-door estates . |
| 4 | This can affect people 's willingness to report certain crimes , which has contributed to recent increases in the official statistics for racial attacks , domestic violence , and child abuse . |
| 5 | To put it another way , reducing income tax will increase people 's capacity to afford more leisure . |
| 6 | Half thought sex and violence on television had caused young people 's behaviour to get worse . |
| 7 | Over the 11 months to mid-November 1989 more than 35 concession agreements for oil exploration in the Gulf of Suez , Sinai , the Western Desert , the Delta and the Mediterranean Sea , were signed making 1989 a record year for new agreements ; on June 13 the People 's Assembly ratified 14 concession agreements . |
| 8 | Under the 1971 Constitution , the unicameral 454-member People 's Assembly has 10 of its number appointed directly by the President , the rest being elected by universal suffrage for a five-year term . |
| 9 | For the next eighteen months the Party ran a campaign for a " People 's Government and a People 's Peace " , setting up a People 's Convention to popularize this slogan in the labour movement . |
| 10 | In sensual love , people 's judgement becomes distorted and the loved object ( Freud always uses ‘ loved object ’ , not ‘ loved person ’ ) is highly evaluated , and faults are not seen — the tendency termed ‘ idealization ’ . |
| 11 | Adil Carcani Chairman ( Prime Minister ) Pali Miska Deputy Chairman ; Minister of Agriculture Hekuran Isai Deputy Chairman ; Minister of Internal Affairs Reis Malile Foreign Affairs Kico Mustaqi People 's Defence Bujar Kolaneci Chairman of the State Planning Commission Simon Stefani Chairman of the State Control Commission Andrea Nako Finance Besnik Bekteshi Industry and Mining ; Energy ( acting ) Bashkim Sykaj Light Industry Ylli Bufi Foodstuff Industry Ismail Ahmeti Construction Hajredin Celiku Transport Pajtim Ajazi Domestic Trade Shane Korbeci Foreign Trade ( vacant ) Public Services Skenda Gjinushi Education Ahmet Kamberi Health Service Enver Halile Justice Farudin Hoxha Minister to the Presidium of the Council of Ministers Niko Gjyzari Minister , General Secretary of the Council of Ministers |
| 12 | ‘ I find people 's ability to have two standards — one for advertising and one for programming — quite absurd , ’ he says . |
| 13 | It limits people 's ability to pursue some conceptions of the good , but only in order to equalize the opportunity to do so overall . |
| 14 | Our own experiments with people 's ability to juggle credit-cost options give no reason to expect different results here . |
| 15 | This is where Mr Pozsgay 's training as the people 's spokesman became useful . |
| 16 | The National People 's Congress voted 1,767 to 177 in favour of building the dam , but 664 abstained , one of the highest levels of dissent ever recorded . |
| 17 | The report also notes evidence that secondary smoke from other people 's cigarette harms unborn children too . |
| 18 | Polls have disagreed on whether the Socialists or the conservative People 's Party enjoy more support . |
| 19 | Clearly the school was fortunate in having this quality of professional support , and in common with many other schools these facts throw a question mark over the staff 's ability to match informed and enthusiastic curriculum debate with commensurate knowledge of available books and learning resources . |
| 20 | It appears that underlying these and other instances of physical contact is the staff 's preparedness to inflict physical discomfort and to demonstrate quite openly the nature of their authority . |
| 21 | Although senior staff 's authority went unchallenged , social control — the hegemonic and manipulative control of users during the course of daily interaction — was not a significant feature of day-centre life . |
| 22 | Moreover , factionalism and misrepresentation by a vocal minority prevented its development in the Contact group and staff 's authority went unchallenged . |
| 23 | But the eccentric changes in the pattern of this species ' occurrence leave little doubt that the increases in winter and spring are genuine increases in numbers , rather than a reflection of increased observation . |
| 24 | For chunky knitting , a 90% Courtelle/10% Nylon Brushed Chunky has been introduced in five pale shades to retail at approximately £1.89 for a 100 gram ball . |