Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] of [n mass] the " in BNC.

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1 For the majority of people the response to an odour is instantaneous , disappearing immediately the odorant is removed .
2 Sir , — I believe to the majority of people the addition of VAT to domestic fuel bills will be as welcome as a large hole in a lifeboat would be .
3 They were no less enthused when Mr Rice put up some film of seriously ordinary people , the sort of folk the average celebrity sees across a crash barrier .
4 They were local women and had joined for a job , but they were grandmotherly in a way , just the sort of people the younger girls needed .
5 But if I do that , well , I copy the C four , C six down have C five , C seven and then when I go in and insert the extra rows then er , well that formula 's not going to refer to those new rows that I insert it 's still cell the right of price and the right of sales the wrong sales certainly .
6 The Zombies take on the appearance of people the adventurers know ( and preferably care about or at least like ) and reach forward to them as if in greeting .
7 b ) Now work out the area of 10m the small rectangle .
8 If these priorities are not reflected in the organization of staff the basis of the library service itself becomes progressively undermined .
9 What seems to be important is the number of people the housewife sees .
10 The number of sales the trader could make was limited to the number of cars he could get .
11 Certainly within universities the more senior the the member of staff the more likely they are apparently to use a desk as a barrier erm so that they sort of er y'know you see them from behind a desk , when you 're at the front of the desk and they 're behind the desk .
12 Since April last year we have assessed open market rents on 24 pubs in the Darlington area based on the new 20-year leases , and the average increase over the historic tenancy rent and transfer of machine income is in the region of 55pc the same as the national average .
13 The council says it will continue to assess Steven and Jason 's needs , and it has n't ruled out a change of school.Meanwhile the argument over what 's best for the youngsters goes on .
14 A tin of salmon the first one
15 Reporting first quarter figures for the first time — nothing like good news to encourage such a move — SGS-Thomson Microelectronics NV said net profit for the first quarter of 1993 was $24.4m on sales up 28.1% at $439m ; in the year to December 31 it had net profit of $3m compared with a loss of $102.6m the year before ; first quarter orders soared by 91.2% to $726.8m .
16 The loss compares with a profit of £1.2m the previous year .
17 At 8 am yesterday , Woosnam resumed play on the 14th green , having refused to hole a putt of 4ft the previous night in case he missed it .
18 The list was continuous , and so it was not a matter of waiting.until the end before repeating the numbers from memory .
19 For quite a lot of people the last day of October was going to be a very rough day indeed .
20 After paying a deposit of £25 the buyer refused to pay the rest .
21 IRISH trainer Michael Kauntze could well have saved next Saturday 's Coalite St Leger with his decision — or that of his owner — to supplement at a cost of £25,000 the dual Oaks runner-up Royal Ballerina .
22 IRISH trainer Michael Kauntze could well have saved next Saturday 's Coalite St Leger with his decision — or that of his owner — to supplement at a cost of £25,000 the dual Oaks runner-up Royal Ballerina .
23 A motor car bought for resale at a cost of £3,500 the retail price of which was £5,000 .
24 Barratt sold 2,017 houses at an average price of £75,800 in the half year , down from 2,128 completions at an average of £81,200 the previous year .
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