Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't pay a large deposit , and be wary of making payment in full before the work is completed ( many retailers will let you hold back up to 10% of costs until you are satisfied with the work ) . |
| 2 | Dick has a generous amount of time and experience in taildraggers like Staggerwings and T-6s but he wanted Bill Dodds who had broad P-40 for the first time so that he could compare the aircraft with others that he 's flown . |
| 3 | I pierced the mask of the temporal that is a facade made hideous by the graffiti of desires and I saw behind it the real of human beings , that is , a masterpiece on the wheel of Eternity . |
| 4 | It has sold another £28m of assets and has now pulled in £70m from disposals since it took over the Brookmount property group in August . |
| 5 | Prudential Corporation slipped 3.5p to 195.5p on worries that it could emerge as Pearl 's white knight . |
| 6 | Hobbyists will insist on putting these brackish water fish in their freshwater tanks and then start dosing the poor fish with chemicals because it develops Fungus and White Spot . |
| 7 | Vienna , Virginia-based Legent Corp warns that it expects to report net profit of about $18.4m or $0.52 per share for the second quarter ended Aprch 31 , compared with the $0.44 before charges that it reported last year ; turnover will be about flat with the $102.5m a year ago : the news caused a bloodbath in the Legent share price , which slumped 16% , $6.125 , to land up at $33.25 . |
| 8 | A judge at Darlington County Court also ordered Finnegan to pay £2,400 in arrears after it emerged that no rent had been paid since July last year . |
| 9 | Zoologists can with greater justice call humans fish , since fish are far closer kin to humans than they are to lobsters . |
| 10 | The Warrington-based group has spent more than £100m on acquisitions as it repositions itself for an upturn in the economy and yesterday it added to the line-up with The Crossroads hotel and restaurant at Weedon , Northampton , for £1.5m and South Marston Country Club near Swindon for £800,000 . |
| 11 | We do n't punish people for crimes if they are insane , because we have decided that they ca n't help it . |
| 12 | They told people for years that they lived like brother and sister — but no-one believed them . |
| 13 | It breathes like the millipedes by means of tracheae and it reproduces in a manner reminiscent of those early land invertebrates , the scorpions . |
| 14 | It is especially good for people with allergies as it does n't harbour dust . |
| 15 | I can , yes I can remember having this sort of question about people with jugs and they wanted to measure out a certain amount , but they have n't got any markings for this certain amount and that awful |
| 16 | At the same time , recall suppression was discovered when deaf subjects were instructed to hold blocks of wood while watching the presentation of items , in a way similar to suppression experienced by hearing people in tasks where they have a redundant phrase to say aloud at presentation . |
| 17 | So it would seem that people in homes where they were free to have a doctor of their own choice were not seen as being more deprived of visits in spite of having fewer of them than people in homes where everyone had the same doctor . |
| 18 | Growth is obviously preferred by people in organizations because it reduces conflict to manageable proportions ( Pfeffer 1981 ) . |
| 19 | These figures , emanating from the Council of Mortgage Lenders , are challenged by Janet Ford who claims that they underestimate the number of people in arrears because they rely upon cross-sectional data , drawn from the experience of only the largest mortgage lenders . |
| 20 | I mean you , you 're not gon na go out and spend eighty quid on groceries that you 've already had on Friday just cos the shop 's open on Sunday are you ? |
| 21 | A consequence of this may be to increase the dependence of the old people on others because they will need their help to get to the toilet and use it . |
| 22 | I was very impressed by the care and attention I received in labour and the concerned approach of the consultant and all the junior staff to things that I felt wrong with my first delivery . |
| 23 | What I would like to try and get personnel 's agreement to , if a if at all possible , is that we do n't do this nonsense of having to close list our staff to jobs that we know we 're gon na put them into . |
| 24 | ‘ I do not yet have a programme for 1984/5 and we always hope to send staff on courses as they are advertised , so this is n't programmed … ’ |
| 25 | Some authorities made a point of saying that they did not have a training programme because they depended on courses that presented themselves , e.g. : ‘ We always hope to send staff on courses as they are advertised ’ . |
| 26 | This contrasts with the often-repeated one-to-one association of certain orchids and their insects and of the hundreds of species of figs and theirs . |
| 27 | She reached for a pair of glasses but I did n't think it was because she was dazzled by my teeth . |
| 28 | Geoffrey Onoufriou , defending , said Urben , of Portswood , Southampton , was trying to steal a pair of glasses because he could n't afford to buy them . |
| 29 | Nearly two hundred quid he paid for a pair of glasses and she sat on them did n't she ? |
| 30 | A GOVERNMENT is not an old pair of socks that you throw out . |