Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun] the [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Set in the pretty Lanarkshire town of Biggar the gasworks were the last in Scotland , now preserved for future generations to show how this once thriving industry provided gas for both private homes and street lighting . |
| 2 | Buy both Apollo XI and Apollo XVII videos at a specially reduced price of £18 the pair , and you will receive a free Apollo slide set worth £8.50 . |
| 3 | Perhaps more than in any other specialist area of study the means to do so are readily available . |
| 4 | Indeed , despite their arguments that bile had little role in the pathogenesis of oesophagitis the data of Gotley et al show that 75% of patients with gastrooesophageal reflux disease do have bile in their reflux aspirates at concentrations >30 µmol/l and that higher concentrations of bile were more common at night , at which time our gastric pH profiles show greatest alkalinity . |
| 5 | Within a short space of time the data files are likely to be lost or become obsolete as the technology of the host institution changes . |
| 6 | It makes me incredibly angry to think what a brainless , totally impossible , ‘ perfect ’ image of womanhood the media present , and that so many of us , me included , are intelligent but ca n't seem to separate ourselves from wanting those ideals . |
| 7 | In one school towards the end of July the staff arrived to discover that the staff room was festooned with balloons and streamers , the wine glasses were dusted off ready for use later in the day but , most importantly on the display board was a very large notice in thick felt pen : |
| 8 | By the end of September the lira rate against the deutschmark was about 876 , representing a further devaluation of some 8.5 per cent compared with the central rate set on Sept. 13 . |
| 9 | ‘ To a certain extent there is already an answer to the question which form of power the people support , ’ he said , adding that opinion polls showed most Russians favoured a presidential system . |
| 10 | East of Brighton the species seems remarkably scarce in winter . |
| 11 | ‘ Got you my beauty , ’ he gasped His triumph was shortlived With a massive burst of energy the fish broke free of his grasp and leapt six feet in the air . |
| 12 | Despite the rapid increase in the number of large-scale excavations of settlements , only three have been published ( Bell 1977 ; Millett 1983 ; West 1985 ) ; a similar problem pertains with the number of cemeteries examined since the Second World War and which remain unpublished , denying a generation of researchers the data from modern excavations . |
| 13 | At the time of take-off the aircraft 's weight was close to the maximum authorised weight and the centre of gravity was within limits . |
| 14 | In the dying firelight he looked down on the sleeping face of Joe the Fish . |
| 15 | By means of a geodetic network of stations the dynamics of the ice sheet — its rates of forward motion , surface ablation , and upward push against the mountain barrier — has been extensively investigated . |