Example sentences of "[n mass] and a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tunnel is designed as far as possible to stay within the chalk marl but the alignment is constrained by the geometric requirements of a high speed railway including a minimum horizontal curvature of 4,200m and a maximum gradient of just under 1% . |
| 2 | A pair of fake fur Katharine Hamnett jeans costs £120 in Earth , a Duffer St. George sweat shirt costs £35 and a Junior Gaultier jacket costs £110 … |
| 3 | An Edwardian telescopic dining table , one extra leaf , made £575 ; a Victorian ebonised and marquetry three door display cabinet , £550 and a three-piece walnut framed two-seater suite , £510 . |
| 4 | At T H O'Kane 's auction rooms in Glenarm a Victorian oak extending table realised £1,425 ; an Edwardian mahogany three door wardrobe £550 and a seven-piece parlour suite £480 . |
| 5 | Burnham boat anglers enjoyed good sport with cod and a few dogfish and rays . |
| 6 | The new funds will be used to improve transport , including the purchase of two more aircraft and a small trawler and building a hard runway at the British Rothera base on the Graham Land Peninsula . |
| 7 | With damaged aircraft and a wounded crewman , Ramsay had to navigate back avoiding any possible danger spot . |
| 8 | In addition , the USA has a very much larger market in used aircraft and a constant supply of new ones , both of which act to depress prices . |
| 9 | The house ( right ) at 61 Wendron Street in Helston , Cornwall , has a guide price of £55,000-£70,000 and a blue plaque in honour of Fitzsimmons . |
| 10 | Benefits of this system include an improvement in urban fuel economy of between 8 and 14 per cent , remarkably stable idling with a reduction from 900 rpm to 825 rpm and a consequent gain in comfort and also a reduction in pollution brought about by the lower fuel consumption . |
| 11 | From April 1 a single hackney carriage licence will go up from £150 to £220 and a private hire will go up from £150 to £200 . |
| 12 | The bar sells ¼ gill with mixer for £1 and a half pint soft drink will remain at 50p . |
| 13 | In January 1629 the king knighted Vermuyden at Whitehall , and a month later he sold him his royal manor of Hatfield for £10,000 cash down and an annual interest of £195. 3s. 5d. and a red rose . |
| 14 | You can get Gift Wrap Duets , a useful booklet of ideas which contains all the materials stocked by V V Rouleaux , by sending a cheque for £4.25 and a large sae ( the booklet measures 21 mm by 20 mm ) to the address mentioned above . |
| 15 | It will allow those with health visitor and district nurse qualifications to prescribe laxatives , stoma care products , analgesics such as aspirin and a wide range of appliances and dressings . |
| 16 | A windsurfing week costs £240 and a single day 's activities costs £16 . |
| 17 | Genetics deals with how genes are passed on from parents to their offspring and a great deal is known about the mechanisms governing this process . |
| 18 | If you would like a mylar sheet template of this design , please send £1.75 and a large SAE to . |
| 19 | Cambois North Hole for cod to 6 lb and a few coalfish on frozen crab . |
| 20 | There 's a fairly simple table d'hote for £9.75 and a Frenchified carte that included chicken breast in a Pernod sauce , glazed like most of the customers . |
| 21 | Such a ‘ note ’ would have a frequency of about 400 GHz and a corresponding wavelength of 0.7 mm , that is to say it is a microwave of about the same order of size as the ones used in microwave ovens Now the law relating to microwave transmission is very strict , and microwave ovens are suitably shielded to prevent the unwanted escape of potentially lethal radiation . |
| 22 | Gate receipts brought in a further £750,000 and a similar figure was produced through merchandising . |
| 23 | Furniture items were strong at Hillhall Auctions , where a Victorian mahogany bed made £640 ; a pine grandfather clock , £290 ; a pine dresser £245 ; an Edwardian bed , £135 and a Victorian mahogany chest , £100 . |
| 24 | As a result of these two trends , the importance of house ownership in overall wealth holding has grown to almost 50% and a growing number of individuals are inheriting valuable house property . |
| 25 | As I say , it needs cleaning up of graffiti and a little bit of adjustment and |
| 26 | Single user pricing for Informix-OnLine under Solaris 2.1 is from $3,300 and a single user Informix-4GL licence costs $2,150 . |
| 27 | Single user pricing for Informix-OnLine under Solaris 2.1 is from $3,300 and a single user Informix-4GL licence costs $2,150 . |
| 28 | Despite this claim to fame the church has been subjected to several indignities , having been deconsecrated and used as a barracks and a chemical store before being reopened for worship in 1899 . |
| 29 | For this the Getty Oil Company , which paid the bill , got a headquarters and a great deal of publicity , on the whole favourable , since Mr Getty was bowing to the style which England expects . |
| 30 | Such a gritty attitude is typical of the veteran Redruth prop , who looks after a flock of 530 sheep and a small herd of beef cattle on his holding close to Padstow on Cornwall 's windswept Atlantic coast . |