Example sentences of "of [noun] for a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government accused the LTTE of responsibility for a series of horrific massacres of Moslem civilians in the first half of August . |
| 2 | Opponents of plans for a £2m entertainment complex at Seaton Carew , near Hartlepool , have welcomed the news that Department of the Environment officials are taking a close look at the proposal . |
| 3 | His most spectacular fraud , in 1976 , was reportedly tricking a US paper out of £25,000 for a pair of shoes he claimed belonged to the murdered head of the Teamsters union , Jimmy Hoffa . |
| 4 | Couple of pears for a fruit compact , oh that look 's a beauty |
| 5 | It 's a lot of effort for a fish supper , but fly fishing is both peaceful and exhilarating . |
| 6 | This requirement in pike for example amounts to a mere 10lb of food for a 10lb pike . |
| 7 | Taking no chances , power packed Denbighshire amassed 243–6 after losing opening batsman Richard Buckley-Jones of Marchwiel for a duck with only three on the board . |
| 8 | There are no comparable figurers for hand washing , but the German manufacturer AEG claims that hand washing 12 place settings uses 40 ltr of water and 2.6 kWh of energy , compared to 20 ltr of water and 1.6 kWh of energy for a 65°C machine wash with cold fill . |