Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem for companies like ICI is that while the transitional arrangements last , the power suppliers frequently can not bid for their custom because the suppliers are limited to a 15% slice of the REC 's business , rising to 25% in 1994 . |
| 2 | The process is so effective that by the time the molecules reach the top of the outer tube , they are arranged in a series of concentric rings , each representing one type of molecule or cell . |
| 3 | Most of these homelands are not even single stretches of territory , but are formed from a series of pockets of land interspersed among white areas . |
| 4 | The foreground hills are formed from a series of small intrusions that were precursors of the main granite , which forms the higher ground of Lochnagar . |
| 5 | The sample movements are traced as a series of oscillations whose frequency is a function of the physical state of the sample . |
| 6 | We are caught in a series of mimeses which push Burbank into the focus of ritual , his actions sliding imperceptibly into reactions to and reenactments of a past rite whose origins we can never witness . |
| 7 | Thesaurus terms are grouped under a series of category headings which correspond to the main subfields within the area covered by the thesaurus . |
| 8 | The atmosphere , oceans and landsurfaces are considered as a series of cascading systems connected by flows of mass or energy . |
| 9 | BASIC DATA Relations between the European Communities ( EC ) and 68 developing countries from Africa , the Caribbean and the Pacific ( the ACP countries ) are regulated by a series of agreements on economic assistance and trade . |
| 10 | In the ancient romance , the initial event ( boy meets girl ) and the final event ( boy marries girl ) are separated by a series of Events which have no causal relationship and no natural location , and which , though they impede the relationship between the boy and girl , do not change it . |
| 11 | This is distributed in sections which are fed by a series of six rectifiers along the line . |
| 12 | The results are presented as a series of measures : ‘ page traffic ’ ( the percentage of people looking at that page ) , ‘ noting ’ ( percentage seeing the ad ) , ‘ reading ’ , etc . |
| 13 | Concerning Housman 's lyric style , Andrew Motion has very shrewdly observed : " Housman 's poems are built on a series of complex binary structures . |
| 14 | Banks can create money because their deposits are accepted as a means of payment , as noted above . |
| 15 | The same accounting methods are applied over a series of reporting periods so that trends can be identified and comparisons made . |
| 16 | The Horseshoe Falls are aptly named as they are shaped in a series of semi-circular ledges . |
| 17 | Under the old paradigm , companies are organized into a series of hierarchical tiers so that supervisors at each level can make sure that subordinates act according to plan . |
| 18 | Like those of arthropods , the molluscan nervous systems are organized in a series of ganglia , mainly distributed around the animal 's gut . |
| 19 | These trousers are made from a 50% cotton , 50% polyester mix , which is slightly heavier than that used for the shirt . |
| 20 | Like them , they are made from a 50% cotton , 50% polyester mix , though the result is a thicker and slightly stiffer material — undoubtedly more hardwearing , but not as comfortable in texture . |
| 21 | All streets going from Valga ( Estonia ) to Valka ( Latvia ) are closed by a 6ft fence and inhabitants have to show a pass at the three border posts in the city centre . |
| 22 | They are advanced as a means to adjudicate curricular entitlements . |
| 23 | The hallmarks seem to be conditions which are not drafted with any particular parties or transaction in mind , that are used for a series of contracts , and in respect of which the person who puts them forward does not expect much , if any , negotiation to take place . |
| 24 | The first is that where dictionaries are used as a data source often little is known about , for example , how formal the sign is , whether there are other social or regional variants , how well the translation represents the meaning of the sign . |
| 25 | Guppy , 28 , of Ladbroke Grove , London , and Benedict Marsh , a fellow director of Inca Gemstones , 28 , of Bermondsey , London , are accused of a £1.8 million fraud on Lloyd 's of London . |
| 26 | Hypnagogic experiences , as they are called , are characterized by a series of relatively disconnected but vivid images . |
| 27 | POLICE have advised people to make sure their garages and sheds are locked following a series of break-ins this week . |
| 28 | The initial results are summarised in a series of chapters and conference papers available authors , and a book Representation in Britain : Class , Race and Gender in the British will be forthcoming in 1994 . |
| 29 | Equally important , it must always be emphasised that all approaches , here as elsewhere , are underpinned by a series of ideological assumptions and arguments . |
| 30 | The biological assumptions involved in such statements are based on a series of half-truths about the ageing process , extended so that they appear to support explanations about the nature of life and health in old age that are not justified by the facts . |