Example sentences of "[n mass] had [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Colon cancer was found in 25% of patients with high grade dysplasia but another 25% had a negative colectomy specimen or colonoscopy on follow up . |
| 2 | The aircraft had a peculiar motion , rather like a small boat in a heavy ocean swell , or rather what I imagined that must feel like , never having been out on the open sea in a small boat . |
| 3 | C.C. had no visual-field loss , but consistent left-sided extinction on double simultaneous stimulation . |
| 4 | Of these , 65% were satisfied with the overall service they receive from the Revenue , around 20% had no strong feeling either way and one in 10 were dissatisfied with the service they received . |
| 5 | Cimetidine used at concentrations from 10 - 5 to 10 -10 M had no significant effect on the basal growth of MKN45 , MKN45G , C170 , and LoVo cells as assessed by both 7 5 [ Se ] selenomethionine uptake and direct cell counts ( data not shown ) . |
| 6 | Of those patients still alive at follow up between four and 12 years later , 89% had a normal haemoglobin concentration , and only 23% of these were still receiving iron treatment . |
| 7 | The initiative in the case came from Tim Crook , an Old Bailey reporter who ( with the support of his union , the NUJ ) challenged a secrecy order in the Divisional Court , in a case which established that the media had no effective remedy under British law . |
| 8 | Table 15 indicates that 45% of authorities experienced an increase in allocated money , while 31% had the same amount and 11% had less for 1984/5 . |
| 9 | It was understandable that most of the staff had no previous experience with Jewish children , but there seemed to be little effort to make contact . |
| 10 | Education Secretary John Patten warned that any school which failed to check whether staff had a criminal record would face immediate closure . |
| 11 | The staff had a hard time assuring him that is was all make-believe . |
| 12 | As a matter of fact , it was one of those cases where the nursing staff had an unreasonable wish for him to live for ever — he was a very charming man . |
| 13 | The Romanian section 's staff had an alarming tendency to die from cancer . |
| 14 | Given that people had no rational basis for choosing among candidates , it was scarcely surprising they used one they deemed natural . |
| 15 | A week or so ago I heard — others may have done so , too — Lord Cockfield assert that ’ the British people had no moral right and probably no legal right ’ to resist the demands of a federal Europe . |
| 16 | And so people had no other option but to go out to work . |
| 17 | Engaged as I was in the struggle with myself , the struggle between my self and my body , other people had no real existence for me . |
| 18 | It can be said in his favour that the Michael X set seemed very like a fraud and a circus , and that these people had no deep connection with the politics of Trinidad . |
| 19 | There was a lot of poverty and some people had no running water or electricity . |
| 20 | In both strikes , a great deal of confusion prevailed : most people had no clear idea when they would be entitled to supplementary benefit or how much they could claim . |
| 21 | Although many people had no clear idea of what level of employment was ‘ full ’ , none the less they felt it would not be the level of employment of the '20s or '30s . |
| 22 | They 'd like their mortgage paid off , people had a serious illness or acc erm heart attack or something , before actual maturity . |
| 23 | In the Old Testament the people had a God-given preview of the shed blood of Jesus , his substitutionary death on our behalf , for our sins , the just for the unjust , once and for all . |
| 24 | And erm you know I know that was one difficulty , that people had a long time to wait for repairs . |
| 25 | On Sunday three people had a narrow escape when flammable liquid was poured into a house at Grove Street at 11.15pm . |
| 26 | ’ It may be all right for those who choose happily , but think of the mistakes that could be avoided if people had a little help . |
| 27 | They also found themselves in opposition to certain local commercial interests as a fair number of shares in the mining company had been sold to people in the area , and thus certain local people had a vested interest in mining going ahead . |
| 28 | It was estimated in 1913 that as many as 1.5 million people had a vested interest , directly or indirectly , in defence spending . |
| 29 | People had a good time and Peter 's reputation grew . |
| 30 | Three people had a lucky escape from injury when a car crashed into the front of a house . |