Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | VISCOUNT has revolutionised the work of Lending Services , because it provides a greatly improved means of access to both bibliographical and library location information : the system currently details over 30 million library locations for more than 3 million titles ! |
| 2 | Hosts : Ruminants , horses , pigs , rabbits and fowl Site : Small intestine except T. axei and T. tenuis Species : Trichostrongylus axei abomasum of ruminants and stomach of horses and pigs T. colubriformis ruminants T. vitrinus } sheep and goats T. capricola } T. retortaeformis rabbits T. tenuis small intestine and caeca of game birds There are a number of other species of ruminants with more local distribution and importance such as T. rugatus , T. falculatus , T. probolurus and T. longispicularis Distribution : Worldwide Gross : The adults are small and hair-like , usually less than 7.0 mm long and difficult to see with the naked eye . |
| 3 | Both , what is more , were masters of a species of invective at once tough and suave . |
| 4 | Do n't miss this exclusive chance to view the works of art in blissfully uncrowded rooms . |
| 5 | She had a pair of batons with wickedly barbed ends . |
| 6 | Whilst the modules at all levels are designed to allow use in vocational contexts , Module 5 puts more emphasis on this area , but still within a series of skills of very general relevance . |
| 7 | But the diocese , seeking to realize maximum financial gain for the valuable site , has pursued a series of schemes for wholly unsuitable uses . |
| 8 | The major opposition party hesitates to launch too many full-scale attacks on the government if they are likely to result in a series of defeats by however small a majority , since this would tend to demoralize their supporters . |
| 9 | In the early stages of the inner-city study it was already evident that these rules were of historical and theoretical importance , as they lead to a regular series of alternations in derivationally related items . |
| 10 | EAP has been evaluated in a small series of patients with locally advanced unresectable tumours . |
| 11 | In the resonance technique a series of pulses of either compressional or torsional waves is transmitted down a long rod mechanically coupled to the specimen under investigation . |
| 12 | These recommendations would not preclude sensible attention to aspects of environmental safety particularly important to visually handicapped pupils , but rather they emphasise that the pupil should have the challenge of encountering ‘ a series of situations of just manageable difficulty ’ . |