Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] of [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , I have not specified the Englishness or whiteness of people in this book , nor the blackness of others . |
| 2 | Then , if possible , talk to a friendly builder , architect , structural engineer , surveyor or clerk of works about your particular problems and show them drawings and photographs . |
| 3 | Similar to the Inland Recorded Delivery service , but for items of little or no monetary value , with compensation for loss or damage of £24. £1.90 plus postage . |
| 4 | For every £250 ( or part of £250 ) over £3,000 you will be assumed to have an extra £1.00 per week income . |
| 5 | Each £250 or part of £250 will be treated as if it were bringing in an income of £1 a week . |
| 6 | At the outset the church needs to identify the geographical area or kind of people it is seeking to reach with the gospel . |
| 7 | A potential gain or loss of DM 1m might occur . |
| 8 | Barcelona Tecnologia SA is targeting 13% growth for 1993 , or turnover of $2.6m , after announcing revenues of $2.1m for its 1992 fiscal year , and £180,000 pre-tax profits . |
| 9 | There have been reports of extrajudicial executions , killings and mutilations of civilians or captured members of armed forces and of the torture or ill-treatment of people detained by the various parties to the conflict . |
| 10 | The offering had to cost him something — one of his herd of cattle or flock of sheep and goats ( a bird was permitted for the poor ) , and it had to be of the best — a male without blemish . |
| 11 | Although a habitat may be manipulated particularly to encourage a bird species or group of species , this would involve the conservation of other forms of wildlife essential to that bird 's existence . |
| 12 | Cathy Massiter made it very clear in her television interview that MI5 and Special Branch alone decide who merits a dossier and which group they belong to and can open a file on any person or group of people or organisation they please , put into it anything they like , be it only gossip or hearsay , and once opened the file remains there indefinitely . |
| 13 | The theory behind the stock editor approach was that one person ( or group of people ) working full time on the bookstock could achieve a more penetrating and unified approach , and that the stock editor could pay more detailed attention to such matters as checks on withdrawals , coverage of specialist reviews , and the perusal of lists of secondhand books . |
| 14 | As we have seen , ethnographic studies aim to describe the way of life of a society or group of people . |
| 15 | The author , in the style of a scholar , defined ‘ prejudice ’ in his second paragraph : ‘ It is generally taken to mean forming an opinion , especially about an issue or person or group of people , without knowing , or without taking into account , ali the relevant facts . ’ |
| 16 | The idea stemmed from a brief given at a training course when they were asked to work on a project " which would help another person or group of people " . |
| 17 | However , for our purposes a takeover is a transaction whereby a person or group of people obtains sufficient voting rights in a public company to enable that person or group to control the company . |
| 18 | Now I 'm not saying in this that child sex abuse is specific to one particular class or group of people in society . |
| 19 | the take off or landing of aircraft and for moving aircraft on the surface or |
| 20 | the take off or landing of aircraft and for moving aircraft on the surface or |
| 21 | the take off or landing of aircraft and for moving aircraft on the surface or |
| 22 | the take off or landing of aircraft and for moving aircraft on the surface or |
| 23 | ‘ It is difficult to plan for 15% interest rates one year and 8% the next ; or inflation of 2% one year and 10% the next . |
| 24 | ‘ Coherent body of matter of indefinite shape or dense aggregation of objects , or assembly of people ’ |
| 25 | An accident was regarded as any unplanned event that resulted in injury or ill-health of people ; damage or loss to property , plant , materials , or the environment ; or a loss of a business opportunity . |
| 26 | According to Les Echos , union officials said that Pache would give no indication of the size or timing of staff losses . |
| 27 | Junior naval officers were nominally ratings , for a midshipman was a warrant officer in contrast to the army equivalents , the ensign of foot or cornet of cavalry , who enjoyed commissioned rank , but it was for that reason that the Admiralty did not monopolise first appointments in the fleet , only interesting themselves in appointments at the rank of lieutenant or above . |
| 28 | Bream that eat small fish are not a separate and distinct class of fish , or size of fish , set apart from other bream . |
| 29 | The graph provides an overall picture of the data which makes spotting trend or correlation of data in your spreadsheet . |
| 30 | Small birds such as wheatear and meadow pipits arrive as insects are stirred into motion by the growing heat of the sun , and most of the sea-birds make sure their arrival is synchronised to the hatching or arrival of fish or fish fry . |