Example sentences of "[n mass] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At Hawes there are shops , cafes , pubs , a rope works , the biggest sheep mart in the Dales and a cheese factory where the traditional Wensleydale cheeses with their distinctive mild flavour and crumbly flesh are made . |
| 2 | Like the system of militia service it pressed heavily upon the poorer sections of the groups it affected and fell comparatively lightly on the middle classes of the French seaports . |
| 3 | A goldfish lay low in the water , coloured like a slice of tinned peach . |
| 4 | What real difference would £250 make to us ? |
| 5 | ‘ Sheep make a noise . |
| 6 | Cancelling fractions is when somebody ha gives you somebody says erm you say , How much pizza did you get ? three twelfths. three twelfths make it a bit more simple oh well it 's just the same as three three twelfths is |
| 7 | Likewise Guinness has established a substantial operation in Edinburgh to manage its distilled products , even though its headquarters remain in London . |
| 8 | As they age goldfish tend to become paler . |
| 9 | At least sheep trot about doing their own unpleasant things well out of sight of the farmhouse kitchen window , and can be brought home by a couple of mad , slavering collies and a man with a whistle . |
| 10 | World No 50 Roe upset the form book by beating top 16 candidate Darren Morgan of Wales 5–2 to reach his second ranking quarter-final of the season . |
| 11 | Deer ruin their chances of being awesome beasts , providing a rare and special experience to those who spot them , by standing in massive herds all along the verge of the A9 looking glum , and grouse lose points for frightening you half to death by crashing out of the heather from under your feet screeching like banshees . |
| 12 | The band realised such novelties would help Red Rhino sell more records , so agreed to the slight compromise . |
| 13 | On the other hand the EEC Nine produces only 64% of its consumption of sheep meat and it is generally assumed that the UK with approximately 25% of the EEC sheep flock and as the leading producer of 50% of Community production is well placed to reap some advantage which could be of benefit to the hills and upland areas . |
| 14 | At the time , we had also been commissioned by a Hess sheep owner to take a party of shepherds and dogs to North Rona , where we hoped to cull the resident sheep flock , selecting a number for sale in Stornoway . |
| 15 | Sir Hector claimed that the £120,000 loss seemed to have been arrived at by applying the £2.25 HLCA reduction to most of the sheep flock . |
| 16 | The sheep flock continued to fall , by 194,000 ( three per cent ) to 6.5 million . |
| 17 | Ragu Bolognese p84 Raisins p61 Raspberry & Hazelnut Vinaigrette p28 Rice p56 Rice , Arborio p57/ Italian round grain rice , used for risotto , also called risotto rice Rice , Basmati p57/ A fine , long-grain rice grown in the Himalayas Rice , Brown p56/ Unpolished rice still containing bran but with the husk removed Rice , wild p57/ A brown grain grown in North America and having a nutty flavour Risotto Milanese p58/ A rich rice dish containing butter and Parmesan cheeses Risotto , Suppertime p13 |
| 18 | Sheep graze within view of the house and also a herd of Aberdeen Angus , and a number of horses , some with foals . |
| 19 | Sheep graze up to its walls , mellow with yellow lichen , and the reedy dykes which surround it are famous for their marsh frogs , whose operatic baritone can be heard a mile away on May nights . |
| 20 | I have had complaints from farmers of accumulations of litter in places where sheep graze , of the fouling of streams that provide the drinking water for farms , of the erosion of footpaths caused by parties walking abreast on paths intended for single-file walking , and of the crossing of private farmland without permission being sought . |
| 21 | Only if sheep graze a combination of rough grassland and heather moor will the grassland slowly extend at the expense of moorland . |
| 22 | Head towards Gennargentu and look down over the vast , untamed terrain where sheep graze among herbs and shrubs . |
| 23 | Enjoy a leisurely ramble watching the cows and sheep graze , and inspect the pigs and chickens in their cosy battery units . |
| 24 | ( iii ) Most sheep graze throughout their lives so that pasture contamination with nematode eggs and the intake of infective larvae is almost continuous and modified only by climatic restrictions . |
| 25 | A traditional rural scene ; as sheep graze a Gloucestershire pasture , but this is the new face of farming . |
| 26 | The other , the Left Bank , is open rolling country where sheep graze prosperously on the broad grassy slopes ; valleys are wide , hills less crowded , the cover sparse , and views extensive . |
| 27 | Grazing cattle and sheep eat contaminated grass and plants , while fish eat plankton that has already consumed dioxin-covered microscopic particles . |
| 28 | Forty-eight per cent of men in our survey say they definitely would not have sex with a new partner without using a condom , and 23% tend to agree . |
| 29 | It was also agreed that the much-criticised programme to capture Sumatran rhinos for captive-breeding in American and Indonesian zoos will stop in November 1992 , when the present contract between the Sumatran Rhino Trust and PHPA expires . |
| 30 | Before any cash was received from the sheep tax it was repealed and a fourth year of the property tax substituted in its place . |