Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] [vb pp] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | But these muddy-water fish have developed banks of modified muscle tissue that generate electrical charges on a much greater scale . |
| 2 | Probably most people have seen displays of Prestel , even in television rental shops , which is a system running through the Post Office network accessing large amounts of mainly factual information — things like telephone directories , like timetables , like oh a lot of business information . |
| 3 | Probably most people have seen displays of Prestel , even in television rental shops , which is a system running through the Post Office network , accessing large amounts of mainly factual information — things like telephone directories , like timetables , like oh a lot of business information . |
| 4 | Many people have had experiences of déjà vu , when they have come across a place which they are able to describe in precise detail even though they know they have never been there before . |
| 5 | But , even when people have had spells of very bad illness , they may still live for many years and there will be time for them to make good plans for their children . |
| 6 | People have paid deposits of $500 … they 've been paying weekly payments of $125 so it could be quite considerable but it could run to thousands of pounds |
| 7 | In the past , people have used models of particular institutions carrying out legislative , executive and judicial functions , that is law-making , law-implementation and law-adjudication . |
| 8 | Miss J. has pretty well run him and now he 's doing a roaring trade and has just married a daughter of Lord Lytton , he 's evidently right in with the right lot of people … and what a God 's mercy that for once in a way these people have got hold of the right man and what a thing for England . ’ |
| 9 | In recent years M.P.s have made use of this privilege to make defamatory allegations . |
| 10 | Some deer have managed bursts of 40 miles an hour and antelopes have reliably reached over 50 miles an hour . |
| 11 | The results of this study show that : ( 1 ) excessive faecal bile acid losses in cystic fibrosis occurs almost exclusively in patients without liver disease of whom almost 50% have reduced retention of SeHCAT consistent with the presence of a terminal ileal bile acid active transport defect ; ( 2 ) faecal bile acid loss is unrelated to the presence of intraluminal fat ; and ( 3 ) bacterial overgrowth in these patients plays a minor part in excessive faecal bile acid excretion . |