Example sentences of "[n mass] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company said fourth quarter orders were up 20% to a record $4,420m and highlighted excellent order growth for printers and mass-storage products . |
| 2 | A five course dinner menu as £23 and includes vegetarian choices . |
| 3 | It was a test that the Three-Ninetieth passed with flying colours destroying thirteen enemy aircraft and achieving excellent bombing results . |
| 4 | With the benefit of hindsight , these are now estimated at £4,900 , comprising expenses of £1,220 and lost chargeable time of £3,680 . |
| 5 | Dahl , 1954 , 1955 , 1987 ) ; however , the glacial survival of amphi-atlantic species such as Potamogeton epihydrus or Najas exilis ( as suggested by Harrison , 1948b ) or bryophytes such as Myurium hochstetteri , Leptodontium recurvifolium , or Campylopus shawii seems unlikely in view of reconstructed July mean temperatures during the last glacial maximum on St Kilda of 4°C and mean sea-surface temperatures around Rockall of 0–2°C ( Sutherland et al. , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | It uses a neural network to learn system behaviour based on system input-output data and generates fuzzy rules and membership functions based what it has learned . |
| 7 | Because Lysenko , a crackpot geneticist , was the modern pioneer of bending scientific data and bashing professional opponents to suit the reigning political preference — not unlike the EPA administrators who dealt with dioxin contamination by re-writing the reports and intimidating their various authors , Lysenko was so preeminent in this process that common English usage has accorded him an eponymous distinction : ‘ Lysenkoism ’ is now the accepted term for politically enforced manipulation of scientific truth . |
| 8 | For four years he hacked into data and ran rogue programmes . |
| 9 | Teaching staff have a number of needs for information , and for assistance with recording assessment data and keeping other course records . |
| 10 | The purpose of this project is to develop appropriate statistical procedures , to test them using psychological data and to make available techniques for use by social scientists . |
| 11 | Data analysis has become interactive , with the scientist interrogating the data and deciding new paths for investigation based on immediate feedback . |
| 12 | There are minor differences in the results which arise mainly because we use the latest IPCC temperature data and include stratospheric ozone depletion feedback in history 2 ( ref. 13 ) . |
| 13 | Many only record data and perform simple calculations such as adding up columns or working out averages . |
| 14 | Courses in economics therefore include the study of theoretical models of economic processes , of the statistical methods used to analyse economic data and to prepare economic forecasts , of markets and economic institutions such as the labour market or industrial firms or banks , and of economic policy and policy-making with respect to matters such as taxation , natural resources and the environment , financial markets and the international economy . |
| 15 | In the first flight it was taken to 240 mph and did four-point rolls . |
| 16 | Extra large tomatoes are reduced by 14p to 75p a lb and mixed sweet peppers are 95p a pack , down 23p . |
| 17 | In 1858 he took the London MB and became medical superintendent of the Earlswood Asylum for Idiots ; and in 1859 he took the MD and the MRCP and was appointed assistant physician to the London Hospital . |
| 18 | Code-named CAV100 , it is built around a rugged Land Rover Defender chassis and uses high performance non-metal armour for protection . |
| 19 | Their guests , Michael and Helen , took an hour and forty minutes to eat the repast , which began with pasta dressed in sour cream and lumpfish roe and incorporated mature Tilseter cheese ( before the pudding ) and a selection of hand-crafted miniature biscuits ( with the coffee ) bought from the Viennese coffee-house on the other side of the railway bridge . |
| 20 | They found that families in the heart of London , in Bethnal Green , lived near their kin and had frequent contact with them . |
| 21 | Those with assets exceeding £500,000 can also apply , as can businessmen willing to invest over £150,000 and create new employment . |
| 22 | Additions to the existing law which attacked the symptoms rather than the cause were useful : if the police were given the power to prohibit processions and meetings , to outlaw paramilitary defence corps and to ban political uniforms this would no doubt help , but suppression of fascist anti-semitism would be the best solution . |
| 23 | Their widespread use could soon bring about the collapse of entire stocks of oceanic fish and cause lasting damage to marine ecosystems covering vast areas . |
| 24 | ‘ In northern Europe , Canada and the northeast of the United States , the rain is turning rivers , lakes and ponds acidic , killing fish and decimating other water life . |
| 25 | Lively active fish , well but not overfed contrast strongly in their deportment with both overfed , fat and sluggish fish and emaciated starved fish . |
| 26 | But there is no finer place than Gol-Oya to see numbers of these great birds in action catching fish and performing aerial courtship displays in the breeding season . |
| 27 | CD-I Training packages cost £1,250–£3,450 and include generic programs on assertiveness and managerial skills . |
| 28 | Administrative control refers to the data that are gained by the presence of a wealth tax , enabling the cross-checking of statistics and facilitating good tax administration and reduced evasion . |
| 29 | By intensifying and controlling his livestock and introducing arable crops , the farmer must plan carefully to ensure that the natural cycle of return continues to operate evenly over the whole of his land . |
| 30 | Basically , what has happened is that progress in technology , allied with rising affluence , has transformed availability of media and made personal choice both possible and affordable . |