Example sentences of "[noun] [n mass] [am/are] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The department staff are engaged in a series of major field research projects which generate varied research opportunities for postgraduate students . |
| 2 | Pemmatites species are known from a number of localities in the Permian and Carboniferous of Europe . |
| 3 | Given that stock logistics can not be an exact science and only provides an indication of use , McClellan 's system of analysing loans and shelf stock statistics is simpler ( particularly if issue statistics are analysed on a computer ) and probably no less useful . |
| 4 | The attribute data are held in a separate database . |
| 5 | Despite the differences in conception of the job , field staff are linked in a strong ‘ web of solidarity ’ ( Manning , 1977:144 ) which reaches across boundaries of age , background , or experience . |
| 6 | In some cases people are invited into a laboratory and may be given tasks to carry out which may or may not be quite what they seem to be . |
| 7 | So our fossil species are defined in a rather practical way , as showing some consistent difference or differences from all other related species . |
| 8 | Since Landsat TM data are supplied on a 256-level scale it would seem sensible to have a memory bank comprising eight data planes , since 2 8 equals 256 . |
| 9 | One means of controlling the way data are typed into a record is by a so-called ‘ authority list ’ . |