Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [n mass] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was found that Staphylococcus aureus protein A had a pronounced inhibition on ADCC ( mean of 71% with a range of 51% to 92% inhibition ) . |
| 2 | The architecture shows the influence of the Italian colonisation ; the modern harbour harks back to the healthy export of livestock to the Gulf States ; and the large scale agricultural activity in the adjacent fertile valley now lies dormant with equipment and crops stolen and even the electricity pylons stripped of their cables . |
| 3 | The change did not mean that the new recruits to Parliament were any less committed to socialism : indeed , many of them probably understood its teachings even better than had the bulk of MPs of the pre-war era . |
| 4 | Marx described the consciousness of people in a situation of class conflict as ideological , meaning that although they might represent and believe their ideas to be objective and of universal validity , in reality these ideas express and serve class interests . |
| 5 | Now they were seeping into the consciousness of people within a milieu which , rejecting straight left politics , was searching for a route out of a hippy enclave at a time when the political temperature was rising . |
| 6 | The photograph shows conditions equivalent to an engine speed of 6000rpm for a n eight-cylinder engine . |
| 7 | Dunlop also ended up with the fastest lap with a speed of 110.64mph on the last lap . |
| 8 | Faster still was the air-speed record of 1666mph set by Col Mosolov of the USSR in 1962 , the rocket-powered X-15 's speed of 4104mph in the same year , and Jacqueline Cochran 's 1964 women 's air speed record of 1429mph in a Lockhead Starfighter . |
| 9 | The car once achieved a speed of 62mph on a straight stretch of moorland road . |
| 10 | Cash warning : Police warned people not to keep large amounts of cash in their homes after the theft of £740 from an 84-year-old man kicked by burglars at his Bromborough Road , Bebington , home . |
| 11 | George Walker , former chief executive of Brent Walker , was arrested and charged with the theft of £12.5m from the company . |
| 12 | However in R. v. Samuel ( C.A. 1988 ) , the theft of £300 from a Building Society was considered a serious arrestable offence , both because of the use of a sawn-off shot gun in the raid and also because of the accused 's intention to cause serious financial loss to the Building Society . |
| 13 | Libra Bank , the London-based consortium bank which trades in third world debts , plunged to a pre-tax loss of £174.6m in the first half of 1989 from profits last time of £10.9m . |
| 14 | They reflect a miraculous turnround from a loss of £9.3m to a profit of £5.6m for the year to August 1992 . |
| 15 | International Business Machines Corp , IBM , has reported a first quarter net loss of $285,000 against a profit last time of $2,540m , which was struck after a gain of $1,900m from an accounting change , on turnover that fell 7.0% at $13,058m . |
| 16 | And the company has unveiled a pre-tax loss of $2.3m for the last quarter of 1991 , much improved on last time 's $59m . |
| 17 | Their auditors came across alleged irregularities at a time when the Division Two outfit is already expected to make a loss of £120,000 for the season . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Mobil reported a net profit of $190m , after a loss of $119m during the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 20 | Brown Brothers Harriman analyst William Milton has followed Dan Mandresh and downgraded his rating on IBM Corp and lowered his first quarter and full-year 1993 earnings estimates : he cut his rating to sell from neutral and lowered his first quarter forecast to a loss of $0.72 per share from a loss of $0.45 , and his full-year estimate to a loss of $1.10 from a profit of $0.35 a share ; he said he made the changes because of sharper than previously expected declines in IBM 's mainframe business and more severe than expected pricing pressures ; he also said that a noticeable deterioration in employee productivity contributed to his revised outlook — productivity has fallen given declining employee morale as IBM struggles to restructure ; ‘ There 's very little a new chief executive can do initially that 's not already being done , ’ he added . |
| 21 | Applied Biosystems turned in net profits of $900 000m for the six months ended 27 December 1991 , compared to a net loss of £5.4m in the same period in 1990 . |
| 22 | BP Chemicals , meanwhile , saw a replacement cost loss of £7m against a profit of £129m in 1990 . |
| 23 | AT&T reported a first quarter net loss of $5,641m after a $7,020m charge for the accounting change on post-retirement benefits , and a gain of $383 for a tax accounting change , against a profit last time of $883m on turnover up 2.2% at $15,719m . |
| 24 | AT&T Co has reported a first quarter net loss of $5,641m after a $7,020m charge for the accounting change on post-retirement benefits , and a gain of $383 for a tax accounting change , against a profit last time of $883m on turnover up 2.2% at $15,719m . |
| 25 | Christie Group has reported a pre-tax loss of £2.6m for the year to March . |
| 26 | The telecommunications business in Germany had been hit hard by the economic downturn there , pulling professional products and systems into a first quarter loss of $5m against a $72m profit a year ago . |
| 27 | Sequoia Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $3.0m after a charge of $3.3m for the preliminary settlement of the class action suit against it on turnover that slumped 37.9% at $9.6m . |
| 28 | Now the dismal retailing market has moved in where the OFT has not — pre-tax profits are predicted to fall from £112m last time to a loss of £72m for the year to January 31 . |
| 29 | Tandy Corp has reported a second quarter net loss of $28.3m against a profit last time of $78.8m on turnover up 6.2% at $1,322.6m . |
| 30 | IPL Systems Inc has reported a first quarter net loss of $1.4m after a $121,000 gain for the effect of an accounting change , against a profit last time of $1.4m , on turnover that crashed 47.6% at $5.9m . |