Example sentences of "[n mass] [coord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand they can not be expected to do their job efficiently unless they have a substantial background of experience in commanding large public transport aircraft or their military equivalents . |
| 2 | Estimates , or if possible measurements , of fuel on board at the time of impact contribute to knowledge of the probable weight of the aircraft and its expected performance in terms of rate of climb or speed . |
| 3 | The longest determinate prison sentence ever upheld by English courts was the sentence of forty-five years ' imprisonment in the case of Hindawi ( 1988 ) , a man who sent his pregnant girlfriend on a flight with a bag which contained a bomb timed to destroy the aircraft and its 350 passengers in mid-flight . |
| 4 | In particular , this project seeks to develop a single data model in which attribute and topographic geometry are stored under the same relational architecture — so avoiding many of the shortcomings of systems utilising independent structures for attribute data and their spatial references . |
| 5 | Although Durkheim had made use of official statistics and standardised arithmetic procedures , such as averages and percentages , for theoretical purposes , the connections he made between the data and his theoretical conclusions were largely impressionistic if , from his point of view , effective enough . |
| 6 | Figure 2.4 , for 1986 , provides an intricate pattern of data but its outstanding characteristic is a distinction between ‘ core ’ and ‘ periphery ’ in the EC area . |
| 7 | At the very least this theory about post-natal depressions shows it 's not that simple , the mother has a self-interest as well as the offspring and our modern insight into parental investment theory shows us that we have to take every individual 's self-interest seriously we 're not committing th the , the crude errors of group selectionism and saying you know mothers exist for the benefit of society to have children , they should put up with it . |
| 8 | The camera caught the six men squarely in its lens : Wang Sau-leyan to the left , Hung Mien-lo just behind him , Gesell , Mach and their two companions to the right . |
| 9 | His first feeling was pity for those gentle sheep and their unborn lambs . |
| 10 | A huge bird of prey has been captured after terrorising a flock of sheep and their newborn lambs The Eagle Owl with a wingspan of six feet also attacked two farm dogs before quietly surrendering to wild animals experts . |
| 11 | That 's one of the reasons why I 'm , why I 'm also interested in er in Freud because I think Freud provides that , I happen to think that Freud 's studies of , of crowd group psychology actually explain that , although it takes time to you know , certainly not at five minutes to four , it takes time to explain , but I think there is an explanation there and I think you c y y you can claim that there are certain emotions to do with identification and idealization , th that our genes have a programmer which things like erm nationalistic erm , erm er kind of jingoism can exploit in a modern culture which in primal cultures would have primal cultures people identify with their , with their local kin and their local culture and that 's that might ultimately promote their reproductive success , but that in modern cultures , this identification occurs with erm on a completely different level and with lots of people will not merely because you need so many more people modern cultures you have much more erm much bigger groups and you just meet many more people that , than you were ever th there is some interesting research , research recently published for instance which shows erm organizations seem to have a critical size and that people are not really able to track more than about two hundred and fifty other people , in other words you can have face-to-face relationships with up to about two hundred and fifty others , but once it gets beyond two hundred and fifty it 's too much and you start forgetting somebody as if the brain was primed to an optimum group size and once you get above that you just ca n't keep . |
| 12 | ‘ If we do not see him again — for we must take that possibility into account — you are his next of kin and his sole heiress . |
| 13 | While the bureaucracy was highly centralized , with control being exerted from Madrid ( at least until the devolution of functions to the new autonomous regions in recent years ) , fragmentation and lack of co-ordination resulted from the fiercely protected interests of the corps and their hermetic structure which allowed virtually no mobility between them . |
| 14 | However , it is sufficient to produce an electric field surrounding the fish and its immediate neighbourhood . |
| 15 | Held back as he was by the fish and his clumsy waders , he finally reached his original crossing point . |
| 16 | From that day on , every evening to the end of his life , the fisherman ate his fish and his wild herbs in contentment ; never again did he wish to visit the sea-king 's palace . |
| 17 | Six months before her husband died in April 1803 , she had a letter from Coutts her bankers to say she had outstanding bills for £700 but her current account balance stood at 12s 11d . |
| 18 | This means that in the event of your death under the age of 65 , the outstanding balance on your CheckOver is repaid up to a maximum of £3,000 or your agreed limit whichever is the lower . |
| 19 | Friends said last night that Cleese and his new bride had decided Barbados was the perfect place for the wedding after holidaying there . |
| 20 | As a result of the short half-life of Tc-99m and its biliary excretion , meaningful faecal excretion studies using this isotope are not possible . |
| 21 | OPCS , of course , is a major data repository for medical statistics and their various Monitor Series are of use , though only at the scale of district health authority and above ( see Gatrell and Lovett 1988 for an example ) . |
| 22 | Just your vital statistics and your alternative ID . |
| 23 | Not only did we try to influence the views of those in positions of power through detailed submissions and meetings , we also sought to mobilise public opinion through the news media and our own publications . |
| 24 | The new funding represents nearly 15 per cent of the enlarged share capital of the Lanarkshire-based private engineering group , which employs 3,000 people and whose 1991 accounts showed pre-tax profits of £6.05 million on a turnover of £137 million . |
| 25 | I am more concerned about employers who employ only a few people and whose main criterion is the flexibility of being able to take on staff , to change their hours from time to time and , on occasions , to get them to work 60 or 70 hours a week when they are busy . |
| 26 | She mocks the snobbish , hypocritical and materialistic views of many people and their narrow views . |
| 27 | Conflict between the Islamic people and their Confucian hosts is not exactly new . |
| 28 | Although the phrase ‘ care workers ’ is not in general use , the term has been chosen to describe a wide range of people who may be employed in the voluntary or statutory sectors and who have responsibility for the services made available in the community to support old people and their caring relatives . |
| 29 | From the first he closely identified himself with the city , its people , and their aspirations in ways which helped to break down many of the prejudices of his people and their Presbyterian neighbours . |
| 30 | There is a widely held view in Leicestershire , Derbyshire , Nottinghamshire and the east midlands in general that British Rail is riding rough shod over many thousands of people and their elected representatives merely by failing to take the opportunities available . |