Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did the manner of its interpretation mirror the existing grammar school education of 20% of twelve-year-olds rather than the needs of the rest , the majority ? |
| 2 | A pathologist 's report showed Paul Adrian Hughes had 275mcg of alcohol in 100ml of blood more than three times the limit for driving . |
| 3 | Since the Government have supported independence in Russia , Lithuania and other parts of the world , when the people of Scotland democratically and peacefully vote for independence , what will the Government say to them ? |
| 4 | Could my right hon. Friend find time today to think again about the significance of an historic referendum which took place in the Ukraine on 1 December , in which the people of Ukraine freely and democratically voted for their sovereignty and independence ? |
| 5 | Groups such as Families Against Intimidation and Terror , the Newry hostage support group , Enough is Enough , the Peace Train Movement and New Consensus in Northern Ireland are standing up against the people of violence so as to ensure that there is another approach and a different tactic . |
| 6 | A pacifist , co-operator , Third World volunteer , borough councillor , heartfelt socialist , he served the people of Brent warmly and well for 28 years . |
| 7 | ‘ By expanding Eastham Country Park we will at least be making use of the land for the benefit of the people of Wirral rather than just have it lying there . ’ |
| 8 | In The Act of Reading , Wolfgang Iser argues that the literary work should be understood as a means of communication rather than as a representation of the world : ‘ It is a vital feature of literary texts that they do not lose their ability to communicate ; indeed , many of them can still speak even when their message has long since passed into history and their meaning no longer seems to be of importance ’ ( 1978:13 ) . |
| 9 | It is now used extensively by members from a range of courses as a means of contact both whilst at the College and subsequently on their return to their organisations . |
| 10 | The remainder have in many cases , however , devoted more resources to traditional means of advertising rather than adopted new media . |
| 11 | This recalls the habitual remark of youngsters admitting to some misdemeanor performed under the influence of another : He made me do it ! , which would be significantly different from He forced me to do it which implies an action one was pushed into by means of force rather than one performed under coercion . |
| 12 | As well as bleeping , they can be programmed with the silent option , alerting the user by means of vibration rather than sound . |
| 13 | ‘ It shall be the duty of each person who has , to any extent , control of premises to which this Article applies or of the means of access thereto or egress therefrom or of any plant or substance in such premises to take such measures as it is reasonable for a person in his position to take to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the premises , all means of access thereto or egress therefrom available for use by persons using the premises , and any plant or substance in the premises or , as the case may be , provided for use there , is or are safe and without risks to health . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ It shall be the duty of each person who has , to any extent , control of premises to which this Article applies or of the means of access thereto or egress therefrom or of any plant or substance in such premises to take such measures as it is reasonable for a person in his position to take to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that the premises , all means of access thereto or egress therefrom available for use by persons using the premises , and any plant or substance in the premises or , as the case may be , provided for use there , is or are safe and without risks to health . ’ |
| 15 | Every worm removed about 0.1 ml of blood daily and in heavy infections of several hundred worms , pups quickly become profoundly anaemic . |
| 16 | You get a staff of women together and then they either get married or they leave you " . |
| 17 | J.D. , Mr O'Connor , has invited me to join his permanent staff of reporters now that I think that my work in the East End is … over . |
| 18 | The Government was deeply unhappy about criticism from the press , so it introduced a new tax on newspapers which forced many to close and cut the sales of others so that circulation was restricted to the better-off . |
| 19 | In addition to certain species of cuckoo , there are about 30 species of birds worldwide that are also brood parasites . |
| 20 | Wordsworth 's earliest reading is remarkably similar to that of Charles Dickens ; it consisted of folk-stories and eighteenth-century novelists , works of imagination rather than of fact . |
| 21 | I likes a nice pair of shoes on if , if I go out . |
| 22 | And give me a pair of tongs so that I can take one out of the water at a time . ’ |
| 23 | And I have a pair of goggles here but there is another safety device built into this which is this window . |
| 24 | Apparently Chéron hid Modi 's clothes to keep him in , for Brancusi claimed to have rescued the stranded painter by buying him a jersey and a pair of trousers so that he could go out into the street . |
| 25 | Erm so we walked in and out of carriages as he sought a pair of seats together and erm squashed down , he had me like penned into the window , like I 've got my bag and my umbrella in between ha , and I 'd already told him I was going out with someone . |
| 26 | NOISE from aircraft using a proposed new flightpath over Tatton Park may drive up to 80pc of visitors away and leave it financially crippled , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 27 | Thus to obtain 1 kg of metal more than 2 tonnes of rock must be mined . |
| 28 | Lab-Plant has introduced a computer-controlled , electronic stirrer which can be programmed to perform a series of functions automatically and for long periods . |
| 29 | A useful guide as to its readiness is to place a shovel into the mixture , withdrawing it in a series of jerks so that the ridges that are formed retain their character . |
| 30 | The 1975–6 fighting may have been the beginning of the final struggle over the Covenant between Arabism and the West , although in physical terms , it involved a series of horrors rather than battles ; Black Saturday on the Ring motorway , the Palestinian massacre of Christians in Damour , the Christian massacres of Palestinians at Karantina and Tel al-Za'atar . |