Example sentences of "[noun] of [n mass] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 4-cylinder 16V DOHC 2259cc engine , mated to a four speed automatic gearbox , can push the 623GSi to a top speed of 134mph and takes 9.5 seconds to reach 60mph . |
| 2 | Consequently many managers are unwilling to take on an ‘ unemployed ’ worker , however tempting their offer of several days ' service per week , as they can not cope with the high turnover of staff that ensues . |
| 3 | Cater Allen 's High Interest Cheque Account , which currently pays a gross CAR of 7.76% , requires a minimum investment of £1,000 but pays interest down to £500 . |
| 4 | The M&G Treasury Fund requires a minimum investment of £5,000 and offers a cheque book facility . |
| 5 | The study then describes the underlying technologies of multimedia and goes on to evaluate the implications for such fields of use as education and training , business and professional applications and leisure and entertainment in the home . |
| 6 | You did not choose me , I chose you and appointed you to go and bear much fruit , the kind of fruit that endures and the Father will give you whatever you ask of him in my name . |
| 7 | Jack Stone seems to be the sort of fish that knows how to cut a net or two . ’ |
| 8 | It was a magnificent piece of destructive batting the sort of innings that lightens the heart . ’ |
| 9 | Intergraph Corp has wielded the axe half a dozen times since last August : 100 employees were laid off a couple of weeks ago — the company reported a $12.5m first quarter loss on revenues of $282m and has 7,000 staff worldwide . |
| 10 | no I think that it 's to get the vocabulary various classes of people and varies age group |
| 11 | The results of the interviews allied with a socio-historical examination of the background to the conflict will allow for the examination of ideologies in Northern Ireland , where an ideology is seen as a set of ideas held by a group of people that helps to structure their social world and guide their activity within that social world . |
| 12 | The Revenue has raised an assessment charging tax in excess of £20,000 and has refused retirement relief on the sale of the milk quota because no land was sold ; farming continued after the sale ( in the Revenue 's view the provisions of s 53(2)TA88 mean that when a farmer changes the nature of his farming there is a continuation of the old trade and that the old and the new are equally applicable for CGT purposes ) ; the sales of the herd and milk quota were not effected at the same time . |
| 13 | Scientists worldwide are facing the ever-increasing dilemma of how to handle vast quantities of data that advances in high technology have made it possible to generate . |
| 14 | The Japanese Wage Structure Survey is one of the most comprehensive sources of data and allows us to shed more light on the realities of the labour market . |
| 15 | Whisky has export earnings of £1.8bn and gives the Chancellor £1bn a year . |
| 16 | The third uses a significant volume of statistics but uses an online service and public libraries as much as possible to obtain these . |
| 17 | Since April last year , the company , which designs , manufactures and installs telecom equipment , has achieved sales of £27m and has 500 staff . |
| 18 | More than 3.5 million families will see their monthly bill plummet by an average of £30 as cuts in interest rates are passed on by building societies . |
| 19 | This obsession with changing its environment sometimes causes the Beaver to fall foul of local authorities , particularly when the end result obstructs the migratory routes of Salmon or leads to the flooding of woodlands and highways . |
| 20 | Featuring a wonderful border print of starfish and seahorses at the front . |
| 21 | One set has a length of 75mm and gives a medium cut , and the second a length of 100mm , and gives a coarse cut . |
| 22 | Their increased involvement in the electoral process has had as much or greater impact upon the mobilization of some small sections of people as has the more generalized appeal of the parties . |
| 23 | He expects profits this year of £135m and has pencilled in £150m for next year . |
| 24 | The first is the established Schwab One account , which can be opened with an initial minimum deposit of $5,000 and has no annual fee . |
| 25 | The very profusion of data that becomes available from a DFDR itself poses a problem in terms of the number of data points to be considered and even the many sheets of paper containing them that need to be handled . |
| 26 | The banker pays you the Temptation payoff of $500 and fines me , the Sucker , $100 . |
| 27 | Ospreys do not nest in the Galloway lochs , although they do ‘ prospect ’ the area regularly : it seems likely that it is the lack of fish that keeps them away . |
| 28 | Dr Horrobin , himself a former professor of medicine in Montreal , has built up a company with sales of £16m and profits of the order of £6.5m and has plans to bring Efamol to the stockmarket . |
| 29 | Howard Raybould , a wizard with wood , makes free-standing carved pieces of bowls of fruit and wreathes mirror frames with ribbons and garlands possessing the baroque virtuosity of a latter-day Grinling Gibbons , while Robert Jones , a Cornish painter , produces still lifes as nourishing to the spirit as the stomach . |
| 30 | Then the reader 's fingernail will be able to produce the scent of clematis that wafts in through my window , the foie gras that awaits me at lunch , the liquid inspiration that gets me through the final paragraph . |