Example sentences of "[n mass] [noun sg] [vb -s] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An exchange data interface provides a bridge between the tool and the information model to do this . |
| 2 | An aircraft movement involves a landing and a take-off . |
| 3 | Data abstraction builds a wall between the user of some data and the representation of the data using the operations on the data as the interface . |
| 4 | The customer accounting department receives 2.25m customer contacts a year , which are handled on a workflow system provided by IBM . |
| 5 | My fry tank holds a gallon of mature water from the parents ' tank . |
| 6 | Toshiba America Information Systems Inc , Irvine , California is now shipping the Dynapad T100X pen computer at $3,000 : the 3 lbs 5 oz machine uses a 4Mb Am386SXLV CPU and has a 9.5″ VGA-compatible black and white transreflective display with 16 gray scales , 40Mb disk , two PCMCIA 2.0 slots and user-installable credit card-sized memory slot . |
| 7 | Any model struck by a cannon ball takes a strength 10 hit resolved in the normal manner . |
| 8 | Any model struck by a cannon ball takes a strength 10 hit resolved in the normal manner . |
| 9 | Damyl Tectan 3.1 ‘ lb line has a 0.12mm diameter and excellent knot-strength . |
| 10 | THE reverse side of the new £10 note features a scene from one of the most famous of fictional cricket matches — the game between Dingley Dell and All Muffleton , as described in Charles Dickens 's Pickwick Papers . |
| 11 | The data produced by Timaeus suggest that kin support has a potential to increase rather than to decline . |
| 12 | My fish stock includes a mixture of tetras , barbs , rasboras and recently two Pictus catfish . |
| 13 | A Bosnian baby with just three months to live has arrived in Britain and been rushed straight to hospital.Adisa Blagiyach has a tumour on her heart and has been brought to this country for life-saving surgery . |
| 14 | If a 2D line represents a pass along an NC tool path , using 2 ½ can show how material is cut away . |
| 15 | This institute believes that some form of National Statistics Council has a role to play but with the following provisos : 1 . |
| 16 | For instance , a sales representative needs a car , but if he is able to buy a BMW , Mercedes , Jaguar or Rover then he may gain a bonus in the form of status or prestige enhancements . |
| 17 | In diurnal and nocturnal species melatonin reaches a peak just after the dark , so for starling and rat the injection mimics the onset of night . |
| 18 | Moreover , NT 's graphics performance takes a hit . |
| 19 | At this distance , a 0·07 m length of Mg ribbon produces a coating of about 20 µm thickness . |
| 20 | Top speed is 94 mph with standstill to 60 mph available in 13.4 seconds — figures which are more than respectable at this end of the market , though owners may find that the 20 mpg thirst takes a lot of getting used to compared with the 30-plus of Japanese rivals . |
| 21 | However , this seems to be a red herring , since the standard Buck topology uses a pair of inductors ( though not coupled ) and a single transistor switch just as the Cuk topology does , but need no other energy coupling device . |
| 22 | Sterling silver , containing one troy ounce , struck in proof finish with a 24-carat gold-covered oval cameo , each £20Can coin has a run of only 50,000 and come in presentation cases . |
| 23 | The trp gene encodes a plasma membrane channel with close homology to the dihydropyridine receptor . |
| 24 | Bomb in a charity shop.Live shell closes a town centre . |
| 25 | At last Doctor Bery arrives at the ward.After discussing a patient 's blood test results , he checks the pedometer … it registers just over a mile.Then the bleep goes … and there 's another trek to another ward.Doctor Beri covers a quarter of a mile … just to fill in a form to authorize a patient 's attendance allowance.Cheltenham General Hospital is run by the East Gloucester NHS trust.It 's worried by the excessive distances doctors cover : |
| 26 | A cylindrical column of mercury 10mm diameter carries a current of 100 A uniformly distributed over the cross-section . |