Example sentences of "[n mass] and [adj] [noun] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A 13 inch bear costs £39.95 and 15 inch costs £55 . |
| 2 | Losses in the fourth quarter were nearly two thirds higher in sterling terms at $49.4m ( 1991 : $30.6m loss ) following the impact of the New York snow storms in December which cost $8m and additional claims costs in connection with Hurricane ‘ Andrew ’ which amounted to just over $11m in the quarter , including assumed reinsurance and the cost of the reinstatement premium . |
| 3 | Mr Murrell , who has a £70,000 mortgage , has savings of about £10,000 and each month pays £340 into endowment policies which on maturity will help pay school fees . |
| 4 | The ten percent and thirteen percent figures which are very low indeed re relate to the A six six one which following the opening of the southern bypass and er the Sainsbury er I do n't know whether it 's a hypermarket or a supermarket on Wetherby Road , has very now has very high traffic flows which are comparable to flows on the A fifty nine . |
| 5 | Full private funding of the link would require a rate of return of between 12%percnt ; and 15% and British Rail has argued that the project can not even provide the 8% return demanded of public sector investment . |
| 6 | It is through the setting of objectives and the process of resource allocation that control can be exercised on branches of the media and that control remains with the proprietors . |
| 7 | The relationship of the media and public relations has slowly grown more professional over the years . |
| 8 | As more Disability Arts Forums emerge and the involvement of disabled people and non-disabled allies increases , this is the most rapidly shifting and most exciting time to be working towards this aim . |
| 9 | The Academy is available for corporate , club or society groups of up to 15 people and each participant receives an Academy of Golf A-Level certificate to help commemorate the day . |
| 10 | We owe it to these people and British Telecom owes it to these people just let them pay for what they use get rid of the standing charge . |
| 11 | The TA bring up the rear , dressed in their lightweight trousers , boots and shirts ; many a member of staff and Regular recruit wishes that they were dressed the same , as the sun is high in the sky and their No 2 dress is somewhat warm . |
| 12 | The debate aimed at winning more control over policy , staff and top appointments has been fuelled by the row over the party 's policy on water privatisation and the question-mark over the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke . |
| 13 | REGULAR CHECKING BY THE SALES AND TECHNICAL TEAMS ENSURES A CONSISTENT , HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCT |
| 14 | He remarked that the River Aire , even before it reached Leeds , had received the house drainage of a quarter of a million people , and the refuse from 1,341 cloth and woollen factories , 1 silk mill , 1 flax mill , 10 cotton factories , 7 paper mills , 26 tanneries , 13 chemical works , 8 grease works , 4 glue works and 35 dye works . |
| 15 | The accident and emergency department received £2,157 and other money has been given to the ambulance service . |
| 16 | You have three separate lots of fruit and each lot has seven pieces . |
| 17 | The overfishing of herring and other fish has caused problems for bird species dependent on these stocks , particularly in wintertime . |
| 18 | The expression herring and common gulls illustrates this point well , because it is normal if common is taken to identify a particular species of gull ( in which case it is not a semantic constituent ) , but odd if it is taken to mean ‘ not rare ’ . |