Example sentences of "[n mass] and [vb -s] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From here the route climbs steeply to the summit of Craiggowrie at 2,240ft and follows the undulating ridge south east to Creagan Gorm at 2,403ft . |
| 2 | The box costs £8,000 and runs the same multiprotocol routing software as its big brothers . |
| 3 | On average , a 10% increase in the unemployment benefits in the first three months increases reservation wages by 2.3% , reduces the conditional probability of leaving unemployment by about 12% and increases the expected duration of the spell by about 1.2% . |
| 4 | Despite a piddling little incident in Aberdeen in 1989 when he was reported to the Procurator Fiscal for what the law delicately describes as ‘ a public nuisance offence ’ , Nicholas began to re-build his reputation at Aberdeen , a city whose heritage was built on fish and has the highest concentration of chip shops in Scotland . |
| 5 | He argues for the coordination of agencies involved in supporting young people and considers the major issues these agencies need to address . |
| 6 | The headteacher has a major role to play in encouraging governors to adopt a response to the staffing responsibilities of LMS which values people and ensures the successful development of the school . |
| 7 | They need to be assured that the options for flood relief have been fully explored and that this is the most effective means and produces the minimum amount of damage to the environment . |
| 8 | An entry-level configuration for the model 660 costs $70,000 and includes the 62.5-MHz CPU , 64Mb memory , SCSI controller , two 1Gb disk drives , a 525Mb tape drive and the BOS/X operating system . |
| 9 | NIS+ servers are also available and cost $250 and includes the first to replicate once . |