Example sentences of "[n mass] for some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Government unpopularity resulting from the state of the economy in general and high interest and mortgage rates in particular had provided Labour with an opinion poll lead of about 10% for some months . |
| 2 | This highlights the challenges for research in a field categorized by a lack of data for some countries , varying definitions and standards in use , and unreasonably high user expectations . |
| 3 | Another study by Luoma ( 1988 ) reports data for some details of the environment other than road signs , in particular houses , roadside advertisements and pedestrian crossing lines on the road . |
| 4 | High levels of mercury have been reported from Faroese for some years , and the Health Department there has advised islanders to cut down on the amount of whalemeat they eat . |
| 5 | Minneapolis-based Network Systems Corp cut the price on its 6600 single-board router products by as much as 38% for some models : prices will now range from $5,000 to $17,000 , and the cuts are in response to a price cut by a competing company and due to ‘ tremendous improvements in manufacturing efficiency ; ’ 3Com Corp has recently slashed the prices for its routers . |
| 6 | Here at the Chiltern Hospital in Buckinghamshire the laser centre has been perfecting a similar technique for short-sighted people for some time . |
| 7 | Here at the Chiltern Hospital in Buckinghamshire the laser centre has been perfecting a similar technique for short-sighted people for some time . |
| 8 | The use of temporary staff for some functions such as secretarial duties and drafting can facilitate the balance between peaks and troughs and , in some cases , subcontracting of the instruction ( or part of it ) may be possible , although this latter approach needs careful consideration and responsibility control . |
| 9 | The proposals and planning for community care have preoccupied staff for some time . |
| 10 | Soil mixtures provide the means for some types of adhesion : an inorganic soil may form a matrix with another or it may form a discreet layer to which another soil might adhere if it can not adhere to the base substrate . |
| 11 | Mr Sharp is refusing to proceed , not least because the fees would amount to more than £80,000 for some clients . |
| 12 | In fact , most industrial countries passed this figure over twenty-five years ago , with tax ratios of over 40% for some countries in the 1970s , yet they experienced low inflation and rapid growth of real incomes . |