Example sentences of "[was/were] [n mass] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | World exports that year were 70m bags — of which Brazil 's quota was only 16.5m bags , according to the Economist Intelligence Unit , a sister company of The Economist . |
| 2 | The pattern of use of different drugs among all applicants in 1989–90 were 80% H 2 -receptor blocks , 7% omeprazole and 13% other drugs . |
| 3 | They were ghastly , the more discerning smokers vowed they were 50% weed , 50% elephant dung ! |
| 4 | The files on the floppy were data files which can not reveal their contents without the assistance of program files . |
| 5 | Until recently , word processors were stand.alone machines costing thousands of pounds . |
| 6 | The Army was more ambivalent : while welcoming the end of National Service and the return to ‘ real soldiering ’ with a regular army , the Army Council looked askance at the loss of 51 regiments , 17 of which were infantry battalions with battle honours stretching back over the centuries . |
| 7 | There were infantry Regiments in Djibouti , French Guyana and Mayotte , an island off the coast of Madagascar . |
| 8 | Hot on his heels were folk duo Tascam , whose rousing medley had the crowd roaring in appreciation . |
| 9 | He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ . |
| 10 | He said that ‘ Every player has their price , if the offer were 2M Id have rejected it , but as it nudged 3M I felt it was a good deal for Leeds ’ . |
| 11 | The professional 's charges in 1908 were 2s. 6d. ( 18 holes ) , 1s. 6d. ( nine holes ) and 2s. 0d. for a one-hour lesson , 3s. 0d. for two hours . |
| 12 | In 1718 the Chyrurgion fees were £40:0:0 Scots . |
| 13 | It spiralled to the ground and burst into flames , narrowly missing a building where forty people were working.Both members of the crew were able to eject safely . |
| 14 | They were 5ft diameter with 6in tire , manganese bronze nave , 12in pipe , with dust cap , two screws and locking wire , pipe box bolt and drag washer . |
| 15 | They were 65ft 6in long , 9ft wide , and 8ft 1in high , carried on 11ft 6in wheel-base bogies mounted at 43ft 6in centres . |
| 16 | One of those sentenced to death was sentenced in his absence and two were staff sergeants in the Algerian military . |
| 17 | There were staff rackets . |
| 18 | It is true that , on occasions last year , there were staff shortages in the intensive care unit at the hospital . |
| 19 | The two other methods included in the chapter were sales promotion activities and publicity . |
| 20 | And what k what kind of response did you have erm from from erm tenants of the flats , I mean how how did you were people people generally friendly . |
| 21 | A growing number were people Hong Kong could least afford to lose . |
| 22 | Seen in those terms , three main features of the period were media concentration , conglomeration and internationalization . |
| 23 | One of their employees , a store manager , failed properly to carry out the system with the result that Radiant washing powder was advertised in the window at 2s. 11d. when in fact the only packets available in the shop were 3s. 11d. ( section 11(d) the Trade Descriptions Act which made this an offence has since been repealed and replaced by Part III of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , see paragraph 16–28 below ) . |
| 24 | Among the best were 50lb hauls for Paul Jones from Birkenhead and Ted Stanley of Rock Ferry , both fishing in front of the car park at the Moreton lake . |
| 25 | and his were fivepence ha'penny |
| 26 | The other things which threw me were graphics accelerator particulars , caches , comms packages , architecture specifics ( SCSI ? |
| 27 | Also to be seen there in 1940 , were Works Cars 014 and 015 , together with Snow Brooms 031 , 032 and 034 , these latter still in the old L.C.C . |
| 28 | As with the Wolverton Companies , most of the members of the Stony Stratford Field Ambulance RAMC were Works men . |
| 29 | Deliveries were 52% US , 29% Europe and 19% Pacific Rim . |
| 30 | Room was also found in one act for men of £5 per annum plus yeomen , or servants , who were 40s. freeholders . |