Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun sg] [noun] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nucleotide sequence data of parthenogenesis bacteria will appear in Genbank under the following accession numbers ; M. uniraptor , L02882 ; T. cordubensis , L02883 ; T. deion TX , 102884 ; T. pretiosum , L02885 , T. deion Mo , 102886 ; T. deion Ba , L02887 ; T. Deion SD , L02888 . |
| 2 | About 80% of tax payers will pay 26% income tax plus the 9% from National Insurance ( a combined rate of 35% ) |
| 3 | Labtam says 100% of Sun software will run on its boxes , which will be around in beta versions by September — with volume ships 90 days thereafter . |
| 4 | A row of 43 found at Old Erringham ( Sussex ) was 1.5 m long ; experiments have shown that 0.5 m of warp thread would require 14 loom-weights ; 1.5 m would therefore require 42 . |
| 5 | Third , a new disability employment credit for people of working age will serve to recognise a partial capacity for employment . |
| 6 | Fewer and fewer people of working age will have to support more and more people no longer earning . |
| 7 | ‘ The choice for the people of East Hampshire will lie between the discredited policies of the Tory government and the positive programme put forward by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 8 | That other means of raising revenue will have to be looked for , I second . |
| 9 | FANS OF THE open-top jeep as a means of safari travel will have a wider choice in Zambia from next year , when the national airline 's subsidiary , Africa Bound , will start regular game drives through South Luangwa and Kafue national parks — £1,233 for a 10-day tour . |
| 10 | As many as 70% of winter visitors may have taken the discount . |
| 11 | Those in the top 30% of income earners will probably lose as a result of these changes in the method of taxation , and those in the bottom 70% of income earners will gain . |
| 12 | It is an interesting thought that Aldrich 's sales of laboratory equipment could grind to a halt as the UK 's cash-starved scientists descend on their nearest Woolworth 's looking for their highly desirable Tupperware apparatus ! |
| 13 | If he went to be the head gardener of another greenhouse and did another ten years teaching among the geraniums , what species of hothouse plant might result ? |
| 14 | Both in the wild and in captivity , a pair of barn owls can breed all year round if the weather is good and food plentiful . |
| 15 | Clearly , to yield contrary sentences , a pair of colour terms must refer to the same area of uniform colour ; but it is far from obvious how to devise linguistic contexts which will guarantee this . |
| 16 | A pair of kitchen scales will do that easily . |
| 17 | And now those with a sense of adventure and sometimes a good pair of sea legs can join in the fun on board the former lifeboat . |
| 18 | Every pair of training shoes should carry a government health warning : ‘ Danger jogging can damage your health ’ … |
| 19 | We hope that the present series of unit texts will make a useful contribution to such a library . |
| 20 | Its series of city stations would have concentrated on local news , films and music . |