Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As data begin to accumulate on daily food requirements of different species , we can test more fine-grained hypotheses .
2 Again the data seem reassuring in that in 1979 , 27% of residents in public sector beds were defined as high dependency patients compared with 22% in the private sector ; in 1990 the proportions were 26% and 29% respectively .
3 That provided a large data set based on face-to-face interviews , self-completion questionnaires and physical surveys .
4 These data have led to increasing use ( about 450,000 patients treated worldwide in 1992 ) and widening indications ( mainly myocardial infarction but also pulmonary embolism and peripheral arterial occlusion ) for thrombolytic agents .
5 A number of vintage aircraft have crashed in recent years … so are old planes unsafe :
6 The world war one aircraft have starred in dozens of films like Indiana Jones and Aces High .
7 Near hurricane force winds and free-roaming sheep put paid to early attempts at planting flowers and shrubs .
8 Infantry tend to march in deep blocks with as many ranks as possible .
9 Attempts to delay stent clogging by prescribing long term antibiotics or by the mucolytic action of aspirin have met with little success , though recent studies suggest that silver impregnation of the stent and omitting side holes may be helpful .
10 It is for this reason we currently have the ludicrous situation of two record fish lists , one run by the National Anglers Council , which is a record of fish that were claimed in accordance with a set of inflexible rules , and one that is run by the National Association of Specialist Anglers , whose record fish appear according to individual merit , this merit being judged by highly experienced specialist anglers who know a ‘ con ’ when they see one and who would reject a claim if there were any doubt as to its truth .
11 Fish fry fed with some white worm definitely grow faster than those fed commercial food alone .
12 So long as the fish enjoy feeding on this natural food , it is worth continuing the practice .
13 Today , five hundred million years after those jawless armour-laden creatures began to wag their tails and blunder over the muddy bottoms of the ancient seas , the fish have evolved into some 30,000 different species .
14 Health statistics tend to relate to large psychiatric hospitals which include younger patients and often it is not possible to distinguish costs for acute or assessment beds or for outpatient or day hospital attendances .
15 Because it also happens , it happens to be the case that in local elections people tend to vote on national issues or perceptions .
16 If you are a well-known personality , attractive looking and charming , you will find your task much easier : people tend to respond to such individuals rather than reacting to the content of their message .
17 People tend to sympathise with those who can not talk rather than those who can not hear .
18 er full courses and I think too people tend to say about that level for something like the accountancy
19 COLONIAL Mutual has just opened its range of Rainbow personal pensions to money people want to transfer from occupational schemes as they change jobs .
20 erm I also think that people will use the fact that people are staying away , or have stayed away , because of the Gulf as a sort of excuse for people not coming and not really get down to the roots of maybe , you know , why are n't people , why do n't people want to stay in British hotels , why do n't people want to stay in London Hotels ?
21 Okay any other points that people want to raise about this ?
22 Well unless there are any other issues that people want to rai any other items people want to raise on this issue , I propose we close now , resume at ten o'clock in the morning , and we will go straight into matters , well matter two C , to look at the di criteria .
23 People want to read about real struggles in the sort of books written by people like Joanna Trollope and Mary Wesley . ’
24 Television writer Thomas Ellice who adapts screenplays for television says : ‘ The Darling Buds of May was first shown during the Gulf War , and in times of trouble , people want to retreat to happier times . ’
25 You 're preaching individuality , intactness , but people let go of these things when they love .
26 I expect people stop demonstrating for all sorts of reasons : age , infirmity , clashing responsibilities , or sheer apathy .
27 Some people manage to live in this virtuous way for a short time ; the very rare person for years .
28 Indeed , people begin to talk about under-developed Britain , or under-developing Britain , so that we now do n't see this sharp division between British problems as a developed country , and developing countries ' problems in Zambia , or Chile , or wherever , or India .
29 At some point , if the side-effects can not be contained , and bad feeling continues to mount , people begin to resort to another mechanism of self-defence .
30 Many people seem to concentrate on particular components of moral behaviour .
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