Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun] ['s] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The headquarters for Russia 's fur trade in the 1800s was once called the Paris of the Pacific because of its grace and charm . |
| 2 | When Lugard arrived in October 1912 on a state visit to Zungeru , Temple not only failed to vacate his headquarters for Lugard 's use , as Lugardian protocol apparently demanded , but left the Governor-General to remain on his official train and bake in the African sun . |
| 3 | Hodgkinson senior says Rees faces possible bankruptcy and raised more than £1,000 during Nottingham 's match against Northampton . |
| 4 | Shadow designer David Cook 's company CFM-Metalfax is building the aircraft for Trevor 's flight . |
| 5 | In 1983 oil production rose by 24% to almost 26 million tonnes , thus meeting 65% of India 's oil requirements with consequent benefit to the trade balance . |
| 6 | What 's more , Pinnacle says it will deliver its S-10 clone at around 65% of Sun 's list price , which would peg an entry-level machine with a 36MHz CPU doing 86 MIPS , 44 SPECint92 and 53 SPECfp92 at around $12,000 — £9,600 . |
| 7 | It will also receive a four-year option to buy at an undisclosed price 65% of GPA 's equity , with the possibility of extending that to 80% . |
| 8 | M paratuberculosis was detected in 65% of Crohn 's disease tissues , 4% of ulcerative colitis tissues , and 12% of non-inflammatory bowel disease control tissues , but in a tissue abundance 10 5 to 10 7 fold lower than commonly seen in Johne 's disease tissue in animals . |
| 9 | A review of the training content of junior doctors ' work is long overdue : a recent survey found that only 3% of juniors ' working time was spent on training . |
| 10 | There was no opposition to the completion of the merger from Havas , the French media group with a controlling stake in the Groupe de la Cité , which has held over 3% of Hachette 's share since it launched a ‘ mini-raid ’ on the Paris Bourse last October . |
| 11 | AT&T said it should realise a gain in excess of $100m in net income and will hold 3% of Novell 's stock . |
| 12 | They propose an ambitious profit target : 10% of members ' underwriting limits . |
| 13 | But such projects and a successful geothermal programme which now accounts for more than 10% of Kenya 's electricity will do little to reduce the oil dependence which helps keep Kenya and many other African countries caught in an energy trap . |
| 14 | A case of forcing one set of data into mother 's mould to make them look alike ? |
| 15 | The importance of being able to reciprocate gifts in kind is also illustrated by case study data from Pahl 's study on household work strategies on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent , in which one man who was long-term unemployed had been helping an uncle to decorate his house , and how the uncle then gave him a large piece of meat . |
| 16 | Recent data from King 's College Hospital have shown an unacceptable incidence of unrecognised maternal morbidity associated with caesarean section and this may be compounded by the need for repeated operative delivery in subsequent pregnancies . |
| 17 | Another £20 in Phil 's bin ! |
| 18 | There are also econometric studies using panel data on individuals ' labour supply , wages and personal circumstances . |
| 19 | Thus , in some of my own research into theatre audiences , at a time when virtually nothing was known about who goes to the theatre , some of the first surveys I carried out were concerned with eliciting data on people 's age , education , social class , who they went with , how they heard about the play , and so on . |
| 20 | JAH WOBBLE 'S INVADERS OF THE HEART support legendary jazz-soul figure Gil Scott Heron at Brighton 's Event on October 16 . |
| 21 | This must be equal to the integral over the surface were v is the velocity and — the density ; n is the outward normal to the surface S which enclosed V. By Gauss 's theorem we may write and hence Since this must be true for any volume element we have the equation of continuity The conservation of momentum in continuum mechanics relates the rate of change of the momentum integrated over a volume V to the resultant of the forces on that volume . |
| 22 | Between them , the two account for almost 90% of Italy 's television audience . |
| 23 | Three years ago , 90% of BBC 's business was on MS-DOS platforms , 10% on Unix : that 's all changed now and the company says MS-DOS now accounts for just 20% of its revenues . |
| 24 | Likely beneficiaries of a boom in personal computer sales include Lotus Development Corp , Microsoft and Borland International Inc , which together account for 90% of Japan 's spreadsheet market . |
| 25 | At the first reports of possible contamination , Japanese haemophilia associations demanded that MHW halt imports of US blood products , which accounted for 90% of Japan 's supply . |
| 26 | And it is even becoming reliable : 90% of BR 's commuter trains arrive within five minutes of schedule , against only 65% in Germany . |
| 27 | The Jesuit College is unmistakenly the barracks of God 's army . |
| 28 | Mr Aimetti estimates that 80% of Iveco 's information is already handled centrally in Turin , from the receipt of the customer 's order , to the control of the production process , to invoicing and final payment . |
| 29 | The Australians won their first VC of the campaign in a tank battle outside a village called Marjayoun in the south of the country which is now the headquarters of Israel 's proxy South Lebanon Army militia . |
| 30 | Appealing for faith and confidence , the parable invites the hearer to see in Jesus ’ followers the seed of the vast communion of the saved … out of this unprepossessing band of disciples is destined to come the restored people , not only the lost sheep of Israel 's house , but the nations , as well , ( Meyer 1979:164 ) . |