Example sentences of "of [n mass] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was n't the ordinary panic of sheep ordinarily disturbed . |
| 2 | Curiously enough , the same MPs who opposed the building of barracks never objected to the press-gang nor to the occasional use of conscription to keep the army up to strength . |
| 3 | But the fact that the crusaders — and western monarchs in the twelfth century — did not abandon their style of cavalry strongly suggests that the mounted knight was still a very effective weapon , as well as being increasingly the symbol of social status . |
| 4 | ‘ A bid of 185p clearly undervalues Armstrong and Dr Paul knows it , ’ he said . |
| 5 | But would you envisage that the numbers er of aircraft actually kitted out with these things have been reduced or are you talking about having spares in case they get lost or damaged ? |
| 6 | Vehicles are loaded on to special platforms and dropped out of aircraft specifically designated to carry out this task on to adjacent or parallel drop zones . |
| 7 | The conclusions drawn from the wealth of data generously provided by the DNs in EHA , and the recommendations that followed will form the basis of the concluding article in this series , to be published in the July issue . |
| 8 | These two sets of data effectively determine the density fluctuation spectrum in the present Universe on scales from 10 to 1,000Mpc . |
| 9 | As far as possible it will not collect original data , but make use of data already collected either by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory , which is monitoring deregulation comprehensively , or by local authorities . |
| 10 | Clearly , given the large amount of data already impounded in share prices , and that few well-informed investors will be induced to trade index futures who did not already trade shares , the increase in information reflected in share prices is likely to be small . |
| 11 | The world-wide flow of data now underlies the phenomenon of multinational companies and allows rapid and comprehensive factual updating for all the players in the world economic game . |
| 12 | Incremental transfers of data therefore do not reflect module name deletion . |
| 13 | Some of the reasons for this — the difficulty of deciding on appropriate proxy variables and on economical yet non-biasing temporal and spatial sampling frameworks , taking account of the relative importance of aperiodic and rare events as compared to near-continuous processes , processing the vast volumes of data usually involved and organizing the multidisciplinary and ( often ) multinational researchers involved — are discussed briefly later . |
| 14 | The problem was then , as it is today : many only pay lip service to what the love of Cod actually means . |
| 15 | Even so , as Nigel admits , the trip was financially unworthwhile , costing in the region of £10,000 all told but he does n't regret it . |
| 16 | Even so , as Nigel admits , the trip was financially unworthwhile , costing in the region of £10,000 all told but he does n't regret it . |
| 17 | With a total of £26.5m still remaining as potentially collectable , the local authority sent out a further 15,000 reminders last month . |
| 18 | This tends to increase the number of offspring successfully reared by the beaver . |
| 19 | According to the author of the report , Tony Vernon Harcourt , a director on base pay of £100,000 typically enjoys a package close to £200,000 after adding in a £17,000 bonus , £20,000 company pension contribution , car and other benefits worth £10,000 and an annual profit on share options worth about £50,000 . |
| 20 | A further two cheques of £160 also bounced . |
| 21 | Only three kinds of fish now exist in the lake , compared to 38 in the 1970s . |
| 22 | The months rolled by and despite everything I did all my two pairs of fish ever produced were eggs which fungused . |
| 23 | Trout are also sensitive to the photoperiod , and farmers of trout sometimes induce young fish to breed early by artificially lengthening the days . |
| 24 | The huge interest generated in the share issue meant that on the first day of trading , the partially paid price of 50p immediately increased to 93p , which emphasised the extent of the undervaluation of the company ; the share price subsequently increased by even more . |
| 25 | It would be much appreciated if Mr John Devaney , managing director of Eastern Electricity explained in detail what the figure of 50p really relates to . |
| 26 | As Table 12 , above , shows , a number of chronological groups contained a markedly higher proportion of items in need of repair than the overall figure of 6% already calculated . |
| 27 | As Table 17 shows , although the number of items falling into each group varied considerably — with items in their publishers ' hardback ( cloth ) bindings making up the largest single group — most of the groups contained a percentage of defective items which was broad comparable to the figure of 6% already recorded ( above , 3.3.2 ) as the overall percentage for all monographs . |
| 28 | Therefore at 31 December there were 77 days of sales not paid for , or in other words your DSO was 77 . |
| 29 | In the former the outcome will depend on the level of sales actually achieved . |
| 30 | In the former the outcome will depend on the level of sales actually achieved . |