Example sentences of "[n mass] and [verb] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | We eventually sold it in 1972 for £35 and bought an ancient wood-trimmed Morris Traveller , but no car as been as dear to us as Curtis . |
| 2 | He looked at Yuan and raised an eyebrow . |
| 3 | Bulls stand at about 153cm and weigh an average of 1,200kg , cows 138cm and 700kg . |
| 4 | The new Converse leather hi top basketball shoes cost £69.95 and have an ankle support that pulls back to let the foot in . |
| 5 | The SCS package costs £699 and features an Ambra 386SX and bundled software . |
| 6 | Wolves yesterday signed Newcastle striker David Kelly for £750,000 and have an estimated £3 million available for new players . |
| 7 | They demanded that the military government in Burma free all political prisoners , order troops back to barracks and lift an overnight curfew across the country . |
| 8 | Rumen boluses designed for the slow release of anthelmintics over a prolonged period are under development for sheep and seem an ideal way of minimising worm egg output . |
| 9 | Although unfit for military service , he joined the Artists ' Rifles Officers ' Training Corps and began an active social career . |
| 10 | The first of France 's war pilots flew in Blériots that cruised at fifty m.p.h. and took an hour and a half to climb to 6,000 feet . |
| 11 | There is no treatment for tumours , but it is best , if possible , to isolate the fish and keep an eye on them . |
| 12 | Isolate the fish and use an antibacterial treatment . |
| 13 | The species will take the usual foods but bear in mind it is a robust fish and needs an appropriate diet — earthworms , beef heart , mussels , prawns and bits of chicken are ideal . |
| 14 | This perspective avoids both general statements and general conclusions about the mass media and favours an approach which highlights the richness of the relationship between the mass media and politics . |
| 15 | Our 16th April demo , for example , was attended by 7,000 people and attracted an incredibly positive response from passers-by . |
| 16 | Heads need to find time to wander into classrooms , parents and toddlers groups , dining halls and playgroups to chat to people and take an interest in what 's going on . |
| 17 | Walesa claimed that this threatened to confuse people and to produce an indecisive parliament of many small parties , and apparently preferred a system where voters would choose a party first and then candidates from a party list . |
| 18 | The fact that such an ‘ Expressive Revolution ’ is not unrelated to other , much more obviously parricidal ones , and that all of these insurrections against cultural restraint can be traced to childhood failures in the acquisition of the superego is nicely illustrated by an Italian terrorist who , having put his revolutionary ideology into practice by murdering seventeen people and kidnapping an American general , justified his activities at his trial by proudly explaining that ‘ My challenge began from the school benches of Centocelle [ his home town ] . |
| 19 | Because it was organised by local people rather than a government agency it ensured a wide attendance of local people and created an atmosphere in which serious debate could take place . |
| 20 | The organisation employs 1700 people and has an annual turnover of dkk 2.6 billion . |
| 21 | New NHS Trust application South Tees Community and Mental Health Care , which employs more than 1,500 people and has an annual budget of £33m. , this week launched its bid to become a self-governing trust . |
| 22 | People are very understanding and really if you talk to people and have an interesting time , it takes your mind off yourself . |
| 23 | Oki Electric Industry Co Ltd warns that it will likely make an unconsolidated or parent company current loss of $335m for the year to March 31 ; it had previously seen a loss of $215m and reported an $11m profit last year ; it expects a group current loss of $344m for the year . |
| 24 | The FIDH report said that the nature of military equipment used in the attack indicated the " complicity " of the armed forces general staff and named an officer in a commando regiment based close to the scene of the attack , as a probable accomplice . |
| 25 | Will she tell some of her hon. Friends that a recent independent study has shown that if the basis of representation in Scotland were equated with that in England , the Conservative party in Scotland would cease to be an endangered species and become an extinct species ? |
| 26 | McCaw Cellular Communication Inc reported that it sold about 14.5m newly issued shares of Class A common stock to AT&T Co for $400m as part of AT&T 's negotiated attempt to win a 33% stake for $3,730m and acquire an option for voting control of wireless phone company . |
| 27 | This rustic breed of ancient origin is quite small : bulls stand about 120cm and weigh an average 750kg , and cows 115cm and 450kg . |
| 28 | Newman Scott 's Dave Cockerill , drawn on the deeps near the island , landed six specimens to 3lb and recorded an impressive winning net of 14lb 14oz . |
| 29 | It supports multi-user and multi-modem connectivity on local and wide area networks , Hewlett-Packard Co PostScript laser printers , VGA graphics and has an X-viewer to view faxes on X-Windows screens . |
| 30 | Today the Danish Red is a large breed : the bulls stand at 155cm and weigh an average of 1,050kg , and the cows 137cm and 675kg . |