Example sentences of "[n mass] ['s] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er we was on the beach , you know sea front , he 'd er gathered some er brands of seaweed for making what they call Irish moss , Caragium And that would give you a good think emulsion , you see then in the , what was the cod season , cod fishing , you 'd go down to the harbour where the er fishing boat came in and where they were cleaning , and you 'd get the boss would have arranged that you get the cod 's livers . |
| 2 | At the trading level Heron 's activities , ranging from Suzuki dealerships , petrol stations to housebuilding , broke even . |
| 3 | Suffice it to say that I have n't had a single problem since on either machine , and would n't be surprised if David Heron 's problems can be solved by the same process . |
| 4 | He motioned to the chairs around the low table , standing and positioning Taheb 's himself , as servants approached with wine jars and food : honey cakes , figs and heron 's eggs . |
| 5 | The lead managers of all Heron 's bonds are to meet at the offices of Credit Suisse in Zurich on Monday to plan a concerted response after hearing outline proposals from the company in London last Friday . |
| 6 | Swiss-owned stockbrokers Phillips & Drew are trying to soothe the Swiss bond managers , but the betting must be that this group of investors will be far more successful than Heron 's bankers in demanding sweeteners for accepting late payment . |
| 7 | Heron 's properties are worth £1.3 billion and Mr Ronson warned that it will take until 1999 to sell a sufficient stake to repay debt . |
| 8 | HERON 'S bondholders told the company what they think of its refinancing requirements yesterday : they demanded repayment and knocked down the price . |
| 9 | The two decided Heron 's losses in America and the impact of recession on housing and property closer to home would mean it would run out of money in late 1993 . |
| 10 | I know of no fencing of the type you describe — and even if there were , you would be spending a lot of cash to install a feature that you plainly would not want , were it not for the heron 's attentions . |
| 11 | He laughed , then frowned at the aircraft 's controls as if he was not entirely certain what most of them did . |
| 12 | The pilot maintained the aircraft in the clime attitude and the commander , who was checking the aircraft 's instruments , noticed the RPM on both engines running down very fast , he also observed the engined pressure ratio ( EPR ) , and exhaust gas temperature ( EGT ) instrument readings dropping . |
| 13 | The first is that the author , a lifeboat supporter , is donating a substantial amount of the cover price to RNLI funds , and the second is that there are links in the text with the lifeboat service , more particularly in the section dealing with the aircraft 's crashes in the sea . |
| 14 | During night missions inside Iraq , the laser shines from the belly of the bomber , and is kept on target by the pilot or the weapons officer , with the help of electronics that compensate for the aircraft 's movements . |
| 15 | In the same conversational turn , he changes the topic to a lengthy , rhapsodic utterance on the flexing motion of the aircraft 's wings : Anderson 's sudden topic-change and subsequent change of register in the very lyrical statement about McKendrick 's cigarette smoke , is partly explained by the fear of flying which he admits to here , and which is indicated just before the topic-change in Stoppard 's stage directions — " … |
| 16 | Other than for the first flight of the day , engine run-ups are not deemed necessary because the aircraft 's engines are almost always warm , so off-chock to take-off times are often three minutes or less . |
| 17 | Vologsky made no move to close the hood , or warm up the aircraft 's engines . |
| 18 | Now , as the throbbing drone of the aircraft 's engines broke through her dark memories , and she wearily attempted to make herself more comfortable in her seat , Laura almost groaned aloud when she looked back at the total innocence and naïveté of her much younger self . |
| 19 | His parachute opened instantly and tangled in the aircraft 's wheels . |
| 20 | The presence of a minor American film star among the hostages had prompted more than usually exhaustive coverage of the event , and several columns were devoted to a blow-by-blow account of the aircraft 's comings and goings . |
| 21 | At 2:15pm they landed at Wright Patterson AFB and handed the aircraft 's logbooks over . |
| 22 | Standard aircraft come equipped with a magnificent array of these , and the engineering and flight test people at Tarbes have achieved a happy marriage between the aircraft 's capabilities and its navcom/autopilot systems . |
| 23 | The split , which will be effected by issuing one share of Control Data Systems for every four Control Data held , is contingent on the agreement of Control Data 's bankers . |
| 24 | Something that , in insisting she see it , would spoil Yuan 's plans ? |
| 25 | Yuan 's eyes flickered at the vocative title ‘ sei-sen ’ — ‘ sword bearer ’ . |
| 26 | He put the thought aside and met Yuan 's eyes steadily . |
| 27 | She studied the Arab a moment longer , then turned back , meeting Li Yuan 's eyes again . |
| 28 | Li Yuan 's words were bitter , angry , but at a look from his father he lowered his head , holding his tongue . |
| 29 | Before he had entered Yuan 's quarters , he had known exactly what he was going to say . |
| 30 | ‘ Concentrate on just one of them , ’ he said , meeting Mach 's eyes . |