Example sentences of "[be] [n mass] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After the 1987 election , the parliamentary party had only eleven MPs who had served in the Guards , and a further eight who had been cavalry officers . |
| 2 | The ties are made by a company called Valenti and are 100pc silk . |
| 3 | We know that they are sheep dogs and very active , I mean what do they do for exercise ? |
| 4 | ‘ Today would have been sheep day in the old days , ’ the driver explained , as he hurried in to take over from his wife at the bar . |
| 5 | But the figures are disputed by the Atomic Energy Authority who say safety standards are rigorous.Nick Clark reports . |
| 6 | Erm well two of them are cod liver oil . |
| 7 | Charges are 3% initial and 0.5% annual ; minimum investment is $2,000 . |
| 8 | Charges are 3% initial and 1% annual . |
| 9 | He called it the Common Red Rose and described it as having ‘ flowers not very double , open wide ’ , indicating that this must have been Rosa gallica officinalis or the Apothecary 's Rose . |
| 10 | They are multi-media artists who use video imagery , written texts and a range of unexpected materials to create bizarre objects and unsettling environments . |
| 11 | There is a lot of work ahead to check with other forces on what 's been stolen.The police will contact people who 've reported antiques stolen to tell them if they 've been recovered . |
| 12 | Schemata , then , are data structures , representing stereotypical patterns , which we retrieve from memory and employ in our understanding of discourse . |
| 13 | Microsoft Corp 's MS-DOS 6 , which will be available on Wednesday , will be offered at $50 for the first 60 days , and $130 thereafter , the company said : the two most compelling new features , the company says , are data compression to double hard disk space , and improved memory management ; it also includes the capability to back up files , protect against viruses and reorganize files on the hard disk — the back-up technology was licensed from Symantec Corp 's Peter Norton group , and the anti-viral technology from Central Point Software Inc — but unlike Symantec 's Norton Back-Up , the back-up feature in MS-DOS 6 is n't automatic and does n't support tape drives , and is also slower — and about 300 new viruses have been discovered since Central Point 's virus detection technology was frozen in MS-DOS 6 code ; both companies hope to sell enhancements to the built-in products to users . |
| 14 | It was estimated that the average sum raised per branch member to finance the work of the Eastern District and its branches as a whole for the year had been £1 3s. 4d . |
| 15 | The terms are 225p cash a share — 20 times brokers ' 1992 earnings forecasts — but five of Worcester 's top managers , including chairman Cecil Duckworth , are exchanging most of their holdings for a 32 p.c. stake in the new Bosch subsidiary that will own the business . |
| 16 | Other species which may occur are Alchemilla alpina and Salix herbacea . |
| 17 | The sockets are 16mm diameter , and the eight outer ones are 8mm from the groove . |
| 18 | Any-way in September 1990 I decided to further my career in Horticulture and started a college course full time at Houghall College , County Durham , which meant having to live on a Educational-grant My expenses weekly are £29 rent , bus fares to college £25 , HP £10 , electric £5 total £69 weekly this is without food . |
| 19 | Founder members not already mentioned are 3M Co , Active Voice Corp , Advanced Technology Laboratories Inc , Banyan Systems Inc , BBN Software Products Inc , ComputerLand Corp , Compuware Inc , Digital Communications Associates Inc , Dun & Bradstreet Software Inc , Maxtor Corp , Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Silicon Graphics Inc , Sybase Inc and something called WSIPC . |
| 20 | I am 5′ 1″ tall and a size 10–12 , but only take size 2½–3 in shoes . |
| 21 | For parcels to Jersey , the maximum weight is 10kg whilst the maximum dimensions are 1.07m length and 2.0m length and girth combined . |
| 22 | There are folk singers , Morris Dancers , Live Theatre artistes and puppeteers . |
| 23 | So riddled with complexities has this question proved to be that one is tempted to follow the example of the legendary definition of folk song — ‘ all songs are folk songs ; I never heard horses sing 'em ’ — and suggest that all music is popular music : popular with someone . |
| 24 | Charges are 4% initial and 1% annual . |
| 25 | The best-fit values for parameters are given in Table 1 ; the uncertainties are 68% confidence , if all the other parameters are allowed to vary . |
| 26 | The National Association of Probation Officers went into Long Lartin in Worcestershire to interview and examine the personal files of men who insist they 're innocent.Anne Nankivell reports . |
| 27 | They will be different in terms of the sort of interaction they expect to have with computer depending on whether they 're data entry people or management users and maybe some of our users are people in the street , our customers er who who will increasingly become users of systems themselves . |
| 28 | I never used to worry about getting fat , I supposed that 's one reason I did so much over-eating and got to be 13 ½ stone , which is massive when you 're 5ft 2ins ! |
| 29 | Great , by the way , it 's seven passengers and they 're sales executives from Gross & Swettie . |
| 30 | Giving sweet drinks , even if they 're fruit juices , gives a taste for sugary foods which will lead to tooth decay problems later . |