Example sentences of "of cattle [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lyons was chosen because it was believed to offer a more practical training than Alfort ( especially in the control of cattle plagues ) and was presumably a safe distance from revolutionary Paris . |
| 2 | The response of cattle owners was to increase the total numbers in their herd , rather than to maintain a smaller herd with lower mortality levels . |
| 3 | The institute reports that 10 per cent of cattle slurries and 23 per cent of pig slurries are contaminated with salmonellas — even if the animals themselves are healthy . |
| 4 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 5 | In the provinces most affected by the wave of prosperity the number of cattle thefts reported in 1898 — 9 was twenty-seven per cent less than in 1897 and 1900 ( Table 3.4 ) . |
| 6 | After the declines in organized stealing around the turn of the century , the number of cattle thefts known to the authorities remained at a low level , with some fluctuations , until the onset of the world depression in 1930 ( Table 3.5 ) . |
| 7 | Such hats were worn by the Fulani , a semi-nomadic tribe of cattle herdsmen . |
| 8 | Certain villages were strongholds of cattle thieves and their residents derived a significant portion of their incomes from the cattle trade . |
| 9 | A study by an independent team of scientists carried out at the government 's request , has concluded that vast areas of natural habitats have been degraded , while the construction of 3,000 km of cattle fences has interfered with essential wildlife migration routes between protected areas such as the Kalahari , Okavango swamplands and northern grasslands . |
| 10 | They had their work cut out in simply trying to provide defences against the incursions of cattle raiders from the North Tyne valley , over Bewcastle Waste , or through that tract of the western fringe so unsure of its ownership that it was known as the Debatable Land ; and their own people were themselves frequently as unruly as their enemies . |
| 11 | They used to remind me uncomfortably of cattle trucks crowded with suffering humanity . |
| 12 | I realise that a parking space next to an overflowing litter bin , in between a lorry full of cattle carcasses and a carload of adolescents playing heavy metal with their windows open on a sound system loud enough for Wembley Stadium , is not exactly the quintessential southern English landscape that would inspire a Constable painting , a Betjeman poem or an Elgar concerto — but it is the best you are going to get . ’ |