Example sentences of "[prep] thousands of [noun pl] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give but one example , it allows us to search a database of tens of thousands of objects looking for ‘ wooden bowls from Ghana which are greater than 12cm wide ’ , and to get an answer within seconds of posing the question . |
| 2 | Champagne 's high sugar-acid ratio — a quality which would seem horrendously out of balance for a still wine — is essential in order to carry the flavour of the wine on to the palate through the sensation of thousands of bubbles bursting in the mouth . |
| 3 | The European Community has approved emergency food aid for the tens of thousands of refugees arriving in Jordan from Iraq and Kuwait . |
| 4 | Three years ago she had just recently left college , one of thousands of graduates looking for a job . |
| 5 | Glaziers and contract cleaners were also working over the weekend to limit the disruption to tens of thousands of workers returning to their offices today . |
| 6 | Now the truth was emerging ; the British , though pushing forward with undiminished tenacity and courage , were suffering a disaster of gruesome proportions , with hundreds of thousands of men perishing for little territorial , and no strategic , gain . |
| 7 | The acidic bedrock and associated soils and extensive podsolisation and bog development , in conjunction with increasing storm frequency and human impact since about 4000 B.P. have lead to progressive impoverishment of the flora and vegetation over thousands of years resulting in the poor botanical diversity of the Outer Hebrides today . |