Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [n mass] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , the clergyman who came to look after those who were C of E got to know about Grandma 's skill as a sewer and also knew that a little bit of extra money would be welcome in her household . |
| 2 | We are works of art , belonging to a world that is itself an aesthetic phenomenon ; and this is our highest claim to dignity , " for only as an aesthetic phenomenon can existence and the world be eternally justified " . |
| 3 | Lot forty two Lot forty two is the er large selection of auction catalogues and we 've got a sample showing , there we are works of art for you twenty pounds for them at twenty pounds anyone want them for twenty pounds sample showing for twenty pounds , anyone want them for twenty , thank you sir , twenty pounds I 've got in the centre and I shall sell at twenty if there 's no further bid at twenty pounds , any more ? |
| 4 | We are people of Minya . " |
| 5 | It might be argued that there are works of literature that deal with these themes , and deal with them in a more thorough manner . |
| 6 | There are works of interest culled from 115 acquisitions ( made between 1987 and 1992 ) , but the artworks until recently under the Prado 's jurisdiction supply the collections 's real highlights ( along with the Dalí and Miró bequests ) . |
| 7 | Ferns include the broad buckler , and there are species of fungi such as the stinkhorn . |
| 8 | ‘ There are means of support for women in your situation . ’ |
| 9 | In astronomy , this system worked well because there were series of observations which amateurs could make which really advanced the science ; of comets , meteors and red stars , for example . |
| 10 | There is 2,000kg of material B in stock , which cost £3/kg . |
| 11 | By 8.00am there was 16ft of water in the hold which the pumps could not reduce . |
| 12 | Distinguishing some children 's books as ‘ classics ’ does serve one valuable purpose : it is the recognition that they are works of merit in their own right . |
| 13 | If there has been little theoretical change , or if they are works of art in their own right — and especially if they are decorative — then illustrations can have a useful life much longer than the text which accompanied them . |
| 14 | They 're trout of control |
| 15 | It 's £55,000 of poll tax payers ’ money down the drain and , yet again , the bands and gig-goers have to suffer because of crazy council bureaucracy . |
| 16 | It casts a new light ( well — a farthing candle ) on Boswell 's recordings of Johnson 's aphorisms : ‘ Whn a mn is tired of Lndn he is trd of lfe . ’ |
| 17 | What is 25% of 500g ? |