Example sentences of "[n mass] were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the yolk sac will still be evident , there will not be a great deal of nutritious value left in it , as they will have been used up while the fry were in the pit developing . |
| 2 | About 85pc of SIDs happened to babies aged less than six months , of which 60pc were between one month and four months . |
| 3 | Only 10% were for advanced material , and another 12% for a category defined as ‘ standard ’ works . |
| 4 | Of the sales in 1975 , 10% were to dispensing chemists ( primarily outpatients ) and 90% to hospitals . |
| 5 | Thus , it can be calculated from the figures that in 1951–52 over 72% of all WEA ‘ centres ’ in the Eastern District were in places with populations of less than 5,000 ; only 10% were in places with over 20,000 people . |
| 6 | Winds of 110mph were on the way . |
| 7 | Pilot David Moore from Gloucestershire was at the controls of the forty seven year old Spitfire as it took part in an air display near Manchester on Saturday.The fighter plane looped the loop but as it neared the ground it plummeted down , bursting into flames.Firefighters were on the scene immediately , and confirmed that the pilot was dead.David Moore , who was 47 , flew with the Royal Navy for ten years before joining Rolls Royce as a pilot in the mid 1970s.He flew the company 's executives around Europe … but in his spare time he enjoyed piloting vintage planes like the Spitfire , which was owned by Rolls Royce.Today at the family 's home near Stroud , David Moore 's widow was coming to terms with the tragedy : |
| 8 | The data were off loaded to a computer ( Amstrad PC1640 , IBM-compatible ) and processed using the Esophagram software ( Gastrosoft Ltd , USA ) . |
| 9 | ( iii ) Data were to be input by Payroll/Personnel Administration Departments at each site using VDU 's . |
| 10 | ( iv ) The data were to be taken from source documents , thus avoiding transcription and the possible errors associated with that task . |
| 11 | ( vi ) Permanent data were to be validated against the employee record at time of input and either rejected or a warning issued if the data were either invalid or dubious . |
| 12 | to the extent that such adjustments could be made if the data were to be used in an accountants ' short form report , the guidance in the CFM on the procedures to adopt for short form reporting should be followed . |
| 13 | The main data were on computer . |
| 14 | Whilst Iraq made no attempt to contest allied air superiority — the only recorded flights by Iraqi aircraft were of those fleeing to Iranian airfields — the firing of Scud missiles against Israel and Saudi Arabia continued throughout February . |
| 15 | The problems that Sterling faced in recovering the aircraft were at some times almost insurmountable . |
| 16 | The following day , Iranian aircraft were over Baghdad . |
| 17 | Major giants in the Ulster economy like Shorts Aircraft were in difficulties , while the Harland and Woolf shipyards were making heavy losses . |
| 18 | Large pieces of timber take some considerable time to come to equilibrium with the surrounding humidity and , because the English weather changes so often , there was generally no time to build up dangerous differences in swelling strains so that we had comparatively little trouble from this cause , so long as the aircraft were in this country . |
| 19 | The aircraft were in two flights of three aircraft . |
| 20 | By noon all the squadron 's reserve aircraft were in use , and the mechanics were sucking blood from cut fingers and grazed knuckles as they worked too fast on battered planes which had just creaked home with streaming canvas and smashed spars , or labouring engines , or cracked fuel lines , or crippled controls , or lopsided under-carriage . |
| 21 | The first five aircraft were from the military flying school and the remainder from the local aero club . |
| 22 | If £20 were to be the standard fee , which I support , then OAPs and the unemployed could get a £10 discount . |
| 23 | Nearly a million people ( a tenth of Greece 's population ) demonstrated in Salonika ; an opinion poll said that 72% were against any compromise on the name , and 20% were ready to fight about it ; and up to a quarter of New Democracy 's members of parliament threatened rebellion . |
| 24 | Soon the Jacobite infantry were in full flight , with William himself leading the pursuit across seven miles [ 11 km ] of countryside , where many stragglers died amid the dykes and hedges , though quarter was , on his order , given to all who asked for it . |
| 25 | Once his infantry were in position , Springfield had turned his attention to his motorised troops . |
| 26 | Protected by their icy environment , northern folk were for long virtually isolated from southern influences . |
| 27 | They were offered the three alternative thresholds taken from the Institute 's recent consultative document and only 18% opted for the VAT registration limit ( turnover £36,600 ) ; 47% were in favour of the VAT cash accounting limit , and 35% opted for the EC small companies definition . |
| 28 | Some 47% were in the category of Mystified Manunsure about their role in feeding and about their role as a father . |
| 29 | It was hard to see what calibre the cannon were for the air was already hot enough to shimmer and blur the details of the far guns . |
| 30 | On April 27th only 20% opposed it and 39% were for signing . |