Example sentences of "[coord] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asthma was defined as discrete episodes of wheezing and either a previous diagnosis of asthma or documented reversible airway obstruction as determined by a 20% improvement in forced expiratory volume in one second ( FEV 1 ) after bronchodilator administration or a 20% decrease in FEV 1 after methacholine bronchoprovocation , performed in accordance with the American Thoracic Society guidelines . |
| 2 | From an animal welfare point of view the chasing of a fox or a deer round the countryside with dogs and followed by men either on foot or mounted on horses is a cruel practice which can not be justified . |
| 3 | Sometimes the associated qualities clearly relate to attributes which the animals undoubtedly possess — an elephant is an obvious symbol of strength and power in any culture — but it is by no means obvious why a bat should be associated with happiness or a deer with affluence . |
| 4 | He afterwards told a journalist that on his visits to the cinema he was impressed by the audience 's reaction to the newsreels ( invariably concerned with Franco officiating at the launching of a battleship , the opening of an airfield or a barracks ) . |
| 5 | Hunting dogs in Africa and wolves in North America also hunt in teams , snapping at the heels of an antelope or a moose , one taking over from the other until their victim is so exhausted that they can get a grip on it with their teeth and pull it down . |
| 6 | Their data can not exclude a 20% lower glucose threshold for adrenaline or a 24% lower threshold for noradrenaline with human insulin . |
| 7 | Old school is a back-to-basics reaction to the sportswear industry 's increasing reliance on pink and pastel , splash and spray , an apparent brainstorm which has forced people who have no desire to look like an explosion in a paint factory to search in discount stores and back-of-beyond sports shops for the design classics of the recent past — nylon Adidas track tops with the simple three-stripe design on each arm , or a pair of shell-toed trainers . |
| 8 | With compression fittings you need a pair of spanners — either open-ended ones to match each size of fitting you 're using , or a pair of adjustable ones otherwise . |
| 9 | If you sent me a single orchid , or a pair of |
| 10 | If we can find a process that affects only one piece in a face , then the commutator of that process with that face gives a 3-cycle of a piece , or a pair of flips or a pair of corner twists , depending on whether the process moves , flips , or twists the piece . |
| 11 | If we can find a process that affects only one piece in a face , then the commutator of that process with that face gives a 3-cycle of a piece , or a pair of flips or a pair of corner twists , depending on whether the process moves , flips , or twists the piece . |
| 12 | For a suggested minimum of £35 to Will Aid , they will draw up a simple will — or a pair of similar wills for couples , for £50 . |
| 13 | one expect to be comfortable if he is wearing a belt two inches too tight or a pair of shoes two sizes too small ? |
| 14 | If he drew a chair or a pair of boots he managed to convey the effort of production that went into them , as if he had shaped them and fitted them together himself . |
| 15 | Slippery seaweeds abound on most shores , and the choice of footwear is either gumboots , or plimsolls or a pair of old strong shoes . |
| 16 | WHEN shoppers buy a bottle of shampoo or a pair of shoes , they spare few thoughts for the environmental consequences . |
| 17 | Neither the gun nor the money had ever been found , nor was there any forensic evidence linking Kearney to either a hat , a bag or a pair of shoes found at the scene . |
| 18 | The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’ |
| 19 | This dividend register will be the register which holds the product in multiplication , made up of the accumulator extended on the right by an MQ register ( on a computer with a single accumulator ) or a pair of adjacent accumulators ( on a computer with an array of accumulators ) . |
| 20 | For this reason , some computers have further instructions to deal with such operands , held either in a " double-length " accumulator ( the combined accumulator and MQ register , or a pair of adjacent accumulators ) or in two consecutive store locations . |
| 21 | The gift presented should be one of value and usefulness for setting up home ( so that she is not disappointed ) , perhaps with a memento of her bachelor days , such as a cassette by her favourite pop singers , but inside a container gift which is a joke , e.g. a silver cake slice , or selection of kitchen implements , or telephone address book , plus cassettes in the bottom of a pair of large man 's football socks ( the correct size to fit her husband to be ) , or a pair of pillowcases embroidered ‘ his ’ and ‘ hers ’ . |
| 22 | Or a pair of full-length curtains could be hung from a pole across the wall in front of the bow , framing the windows by day and closing off the alcove at . |
| 23 | A much more satisfactory method is to reduce the bushy foliage by about a third with a sharp knife or a pair of scissors . |
| 24 | The three eldest girls , Agnes , Sarah , and Nancy only worked infrequently at pressing , as if perhaps to get some cash for a new dress , or a pair of shoes , but possibly to assist the family in times of particular money shortage . |
| 25 | It was a zip-up pocket intended for golf balls and perhaps a pipe or a pair of gloves . |
| 26 | If , therefore , an elephant slips or stumbles or a sheep transmits a virulent disease to another 's flock , strict liability will apply . |
| 27 | Great , but it works just as well for BOSS radio systems , Nady radio systems or a 150ft lead . |
| 28 | The task for a green turtle ( Figure 4.3 ) to find a tiny island in the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean , or a salmon to find the exact river tributary in which it was born appear to us exceedingly difficult . |
| 29 | Nothing heavy — just a light gateau , like the Spanish style almond sponge , or a fruit confection . |
| 30 | Jolly frosty snowmen and frozen fir trees will add a touch of cold comfort to a gin and tonic or a fruit cup . |