Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] a [n mass] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , the operations are a series of overlays , designed to remove infeasible areas from the base coverage . |
| 2 | The defences are a series of trenches with high stone and turf earthworks in between . |
| 3 | The defences are a series of trenches with high stone and turf earthworks in between . |
| 4 | The effective pollinators are a pair of Epicharis spp. but there are glandular trichomes inside the corolla , secreting oils that are deposited on the anthers , but this is collected only by Trigona pallens , an ineffective pollinator . |
| 5 | Dexy 's songs were a series of manifestos and clarion calls for a new , pure music , always about to be born . |
| 6 | She says a pair of sunnies is a pair of sunglasses . |
| 7 | Framed in the grimy windows is a series of pictures rather like a personal film show : fleeting dramas of everyday life , and sometimes the astonishing beauty of an untouched landscape . |
| 8 | For the people condemned to live in shanty towns , drugs are a means of survival , a way of facing another day . |
| 9 | These papers were a series of articles published in 1787 and 1788 to persuade the citizens of New York to ratify the U.S. Constitution ; most of the papers were known to have been written by Hamilton or by Madison , but the authorship of twelve of them was disputed . |