Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [noun] [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 The prices of the FT-SE 100 index futures are March £60 000 , June £62 500 and September £63 000 .
2 Louisa 's parents were country folk and believed very much in herbal remedies .
3 A valor of Crown lands put the rents of Great Woolstone at £6. 13s. 4d. , or ten times what the survey states ; at North Crawley rents were £11. 12s. 9d. compared with 2s .
4 Oh come all ye faithful … to St. Werburgh 's Church … behind the stained glass there are no services these days … the only worshippers are mountain folk
5 The weapons were FA-MAS 5.56mm assault rifles , recently issued to the French Armed Forces to replace the old FSA ( Fusil Semi-Automatique ) which had been in service since Algeria .
6 It did machines are machines people do n't you think ?
7 For Tilberthwaite ore the figures are £2 3s. : 3d. and £1 15s 4d. respectively .
8 Yet again , however , in international terms Britain 's record is far less impressive — over the late 1960s and early 1970s the averages were Japan 39% , West Germany 28% , France 27% , Netherlands 27% , Belgium 25% , Italy 21% , USA 18% [ Caves and Krause , 1980 ] .
9 So the maximum length of a coach on six wheels was 34ft 0in over body .
10 For the nine months January to September 1991 , net profits were Dfl 451m , down 33 per cent on the previous year , while turnover fell 7 per cent to Dfl 7260m .
11 In the first nine months of the year , net profits were NKr 1041m ( against NKr 1897m in 1990 ) .
12 The two decisions are Reg. v Lawrence ( Alan ) [ 1972 ] A.C. 626 and Reg. v. Morris ( David ) [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 .
13 The first six-wheeled coaches were 30ft 6in long , 7ft 9in wide with a total wheel base of 18ft , the distance from centre to centre of the wheels being 9ft and the weight about 11. ¼ tons .
14 Good examples are angelfish species which browse on sponges in the wild and butterflyfish which feed on coral polyps .
15 As to ( a ) accident , the Chief Justice 's examples were A's fruit falling upon C's land , or A's tree falling upon it by decay or being blown upon it by the wind .
16 Although James Braid is correctly credited with the course design , the Sandwich Professional was also involved for both their names appear on the first year 's accounts published in July 1908 for ‘ laying out , and advising as to links ’ , their respective fees being £15 6s. 6d. and £5 .
17 On this basis , the minimum income necessary for a family consisting of father , mother and three children was 21s. 8d. per week .
18 In December 1979 a new set of twelve select committees was introduced into the House of Commons , one to cover each major government spending department , and all with a majority of government party members reflecting the position in the house overall , although some of the chairs are opposition MPs .
19 Many bacteria can also be isolated from insects and may be important in the natural control of insect populations , but the only bacteria which have been extensively studied and used as pest control agents are Bacillus spp .
20 Commercial blends of enriched isolates of aerobic bacteria are being used to clean-up petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and groundwater , with the predominant organisms being Pseudomonas species .
21 Mortality is random , but dependent on lifestyle ( for example mobility pattern ) ; instantaneous death rates for juveniles are d jm , d jf and for adults are ( for males and females , respectively ) .
22 The ladies raised money for the ‘ Prince of Wales Fund ’ and the Queen 's ‘ Work for Women Fund ’ , the cards being 2s. 0d. and 2s. 6d .
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