Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun] and [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year , for instance , it bought the remaining 50% of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland , a surety and fidelity business with annual gross premiums of about $130m , from Swiss Reinsurance , its Zurich neighbour . |
| 2 | If you fancy trying it yourself around harvest time in September , then gather together a few pounds of the bluey-black sloe berries , prick them all over with a fork , smother them in about 6oz of sugar and top up with a litre of gin . |
| 3 | Aldershot-based Magstore Ltd is badging Philips Electronics NV 's CDD521 write-once compact disk drives in the UK so that software vendors and others can do short-run production of disks : the drives are aimed for both audio and data applications — the 63 minute disks can store 680Mb of data and cost £22 while the 72 minute equivalent holds 750Mb and costs £24 — bit high if you simply want copies of your latest songs to sell as compact disks around the folk clubs ; the drives themselves are priced at £4,450 and the necessary software for MS-DOS , Windows or Macintosh costing around £1,500 . |
| 4 | Add just 3 tbsp of syrup and just 4 tbsp of treacle and blend well . |
| 5 | It says that based on the cost reduction it has achieved in transferring 75% of assembly and test to Bangkok , Thailand , it would transfer the rest of its production to Bangkok over the next six months , enabling further cost reductions and facility consolidations at its San Jose site . |
| 6 | The proposals remove the benefits which a large strategic authority brings to the people of Lothian and fail to take account of local loyalties . |
| 7 | The proposals remove the benefits which a large strategic authority brings to the people of Lothian and fail to take account of local loyalties . |
| 8 | Together , in partnership , we can reach out to the people of Brazil and share the Good News that Jesus is Lord and that only in Christ can men and women be reconciled to God . |
| 9 | Together , in partnership , we can reach out to the people of Brazil and share the Good News that Jesus is Lord and that only in Christ can men and women be reconciled to God . |
| 10 | John Fahey , PRO , said his role as ‘ spokesman ’ was over now that an independent medical expert had examined the situation but it was up to the people of Ovens and Ballincollig to decide whether the assurances resolved their worries . |
| 11 | The Pinzgauer was able to drive up 600m of hillside and bring down 27-year-old John Richards . |
| 12 | Quiz programmes , for instance , appealed to people as a means of excitement and escape from worries , an opportunity to rate oneself in comparison with other people and possibly to learn something . |
| 13 | The hindquarters are the means of support and act as a leverage for locomotion . |
| 14 | It provides a visible summary of the central affirmations of the Bible : that God indwells his people ( see 1 Corinthians 3:16 ; Ephesians 2:19–22 ) ; that he intends his people to worship him according to his will and not their own whim ( see Mark 7:6–13 ) ; and that only by means of sacrifice and shed blood can sinners ever come to live with the Holy One ( see Ephesians 2:11–18 ; Hebrews 10:19–25 ) . |
| 15 | The conditions which can be imposed by the LA to reflect environmental considerations are limited to the means of entry and exit for authorized vehicles , times for vehicular access , parking arrangements for vehicles , and the number , type and size of authorized vehicles parked or being maintained at the operating centre . |
| 16 | The wage labourers must sell their labour power in order to survive since they do not own a part of the means of production and lack the means to produce goods independently . |
| 17 | Add five drops to 145 ml of water and shake well before use . |
| 18 | Stir in 2 or 3 drops of essential oil to every 50 grams of cream or 1 or 2 drops to every 25 ml of lotion and shake well . |
| 19 | Add about 5 ml of fixative and allow the suspension to stand at room temperature for about 1 h . |
| 20 | Sales of books and chimp T-shirts afterwards raised almost £1,000 for the Institute and it 's hoped to start a Northern Ireland branch . |
| 21 | Abolitionists were also therefore demanding direct intervention by the imperial government to end a species of property and override the role of local assemblies with which they had earlier been prepared to collaborate . |
| 22 | The scheme will use up LWT 's £50m of cash and bring in £72.5m of borrowings . |
| 23 | Pour over 300ml of water and simmer with the lid on for 10 to 15 minutes . |
| 24 | Beside him , stuck in the snow , were a pair of skis and ski sticks surmounted by gloves of a colourful kind . |
| 25 | ‘ If you 've any sense you 'll grab a pair of skis and do the same . |
| 26 | If , if you buy a p a new pair of shoes and realize they 're faulty and you go back the next day and say I bought these shoes from you yesterday , I 've still got my receipt , I believe the shoes are faulty , can I have my money back ? |
| 27 | Subjects are given a particular word — let us say the word lead — and then they listen to a pair of sentences and press a button as soon as they hear the target word . |
| 28 | And they 'd buy a brand new pair of boots and take them straight round to the shoe repairer and have an extra sole put on , from brand new to make them last longer . |
| 29 | Rose went alternately red , then white , then red again like a hot little cinder when you get it between a pair of tongs and blow on it . |
| 30 | The temptation to go shopping with a pair of wirecutters and snip the leads to those hidden loudspeakers is immense . |