Example sentences of "and [verb] a [noun] of [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than likely the explanation for such results lay simply in the fact that the elderly , institutionalized patients who formed Cameron 's subjects were so pleased to be noticed and made a fuss of in experiments of this sort that their memories improved as a consequence . |
| 2 | successfully complete and gain a mark of at least 40% in the centre set , HCIMA approved , examination relating to the area of study . |
| 3 | By then several million years have elapsed since the birth of the star and its iron core contains several solar masses and has a density of about and a temperature of about 109 K. Further collapse is inhibited by the electron degeneracy pressure : this pressure is the direct consequence of the Pauli principle requirement that two electrons can not occupy the same quantum state . |
| 4 | British Manufacture employs 300 , mainly at Grantham , Lincs and has a turnover of between £20m and £30m a year . |
| 5 | In 1986 , the Dutch had the EC Presidency and proposed a cut of at least 50 per cent for West Germany and others , with 40 per cent for Italy and the UK . |
| 6 | The traffic moves at a fast pace and averaging a speed of over one hundred kilometres an hour is not difficult . |
| 7 | I had spent four hours catching nothing and he simply swooped down and lifted a trout of at least 2lb from under my nose . |
| 8 | The rooms , erm we 've tried to this has been a bit tied up since the broadcast , we 've tried to have it fairly cluttery so that kids for instance if they 're not used to sheep , can come and come and have a sniff of of of er you know . |
| 9 | The eggs were clear and had a diameter of between 0.6 and 0.9mm and mostly floated at the water surface . |
| 10 | Get a pair that you can afford , that are easy to handle , and have a magnification of from 7 to 10 ( resist the temptation to go for higher power ) . |