Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though federal indebtedness is now equivalent to 55% of GDP and rising , the United States is no Brazil , nor even an Italy . |
| 2 | This year , for instance , it bought the remaining 50% of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland , a surety and fidelity business with annual gross premiums of about $130m , from Swiss Reinsurance , its Zurich neighbour . |
| 3 | Follow-up studies after 4 or more years report less than 50% of cases as recovered , and even ‘ cured ’ patients have not necessarily returned to a normal life , at least as far as their attitudes and behaviour are concerned . |
| 4 | If you fancy trying it yourself around harvest time in September , then gather together a few pounds of the bluey-black sloe berries , prick them all over with a fork , smother them in about 6oz of sugar and top up with a litre of gin . |
| 5 | Results of psycholinguistic experiments to do with the intelligibility of words spliced out of context seem to cast doubt on the usefulness of the categorization , however , Lieberman ( 1963 ) found that , the word borrower was recognised by 80% of subjects when isolated from the context , The borrowers were all imprisoned , but was only 45% intelligible in the context Neither a borrower nor a lender be . |
| 6 | One recent estimate was that the private sector carries out 15% of elective surgery and 59% of abortions and provides 58% of long term care of the elderly and 7% of acute psychiatry . |
| 7 | Aldershot-based Magstore Ltd is badging Philips Electronics NV 's CDD521 write-once compact disk drives in the UK so that software vendors and others can do short-run production of disks : the drives are aimed for both audio and data applications — the 63 minute disks can store 680Mb of data and cost £22 while the 72 minute equivalent holds 750Mb and costs £24 — bit high if you simply want copies of your latest songs to sell as compact disks around the folk clubs ; the drives themselves are priced at £4,450 and the necessary software for MS-DOS , Windows or Macintosh costing around £1,500 . |
| 8 | Add just 3 tbsp of syrup and just 4 tbsp of treacle and blend well . |
| 9 | It was invented by the Tibetan lamas and was originally reserved for the use of the elite corps of bodyguards that protected the emperor of China . |
| 10 | During the war lie served in the Royal Corps of Signals and attained the rank of Captain . |
| 11 | Of the seats , 5% deviated from the electoral quota by 20% ( though this was down from the 39% of seats that had deviated by that much on the 1982 register . ) |
| 12 | It says that based on the cost reduction it has achieved in transferring 75% of assembly and test to Bangkok , Thailand , it would transfer the rest of its production to Bangkok over the next six months , enabling further cost reductions and facility consolidations at its San Jose site . |
| 13 | Library schools were noted by 30% of respondents as contributing to their in-service training , usually by the provision of short courses , occasionally with help in preparation of training aids . |
| 14 | Europe now accounts for 30% of clients as opposed to 26% last year . |
| 15 | The Big Six , in their statement , say that in 1991 they spent 9% of auditing and accounting revenues — $477m — on settling and defending lawsuits , and repeat an estimate that the profession as a whole is currently facing $30bn in damages claims . |
| 16 | o A shallow trench , similar to the Drigg site , will take the low-level waste which will be covered with 1m of topsoil and left to decay . |
| 17 | There are five principal media of advertising as follows : |
| 18 | Now if , hopefully , the people of Iraqui see that their whole country is now being subjected to such much devastating attacks , hopefully that they would overthrow their regime , because that regime has brought nothing but misery to the people of Iraq and has added to the catalogue of misery of the world . |
| 19 | The proposals remove the benefits which a large strategic authority brings to the people of Lothian and fail to take account of local loyalties . |
| 20 | The proposals remove the benefits which a large strategic authority brings to the people of Lothian and fail to take account of local loyalties . |
| 21 | ‘ Choose here and now whom you will worship , ’ Joshua challenged the people of Israel but did not pause for a reply : ‘ But I and my family , we will worship the Lord . ’ |
| 22 | Together , in partnership , we can reach out to the people of Brazil and share the Good News that Jesus is Lord and that only in Christ can men and women be reconciled to God . |
| 23 | Together , in partnership , we can reach out to the people of Brazil and share the Good News that Jesus is Lord and that only in Christ can men and women be reconciled to God . |
| 24 | But many of us saw it as an approach which emphasised the need to allow the faith of Christ to be incarnated within particular culture and Sir Paul , the former Archbishop of New Zealand took the same stand point as a Maori , in his own address and called delegates present to speak and act as people of hope and to respond sensitively to economic and environment progility and isolation , not only in the Pacific but wherever they are . |
| 25 | John Fahey , PRO , said his role as ‘ spokesman ’ was over now that an independent medical expert had examined the situation but it was up to the people of Ovens and Ballincollig to decide whether the assurances resolved their worries . |
| 26 | He was forward at seeking out young people of promise and giving them encouragement . |
| 27 | It reaffirmed UN support for the " just struggle " of the people of Bosnia-Hercegovina and demanded the repatriation of refugees and deportees . |
| 28 | Thereupon one of the companions of our bishop took a stone which had been blessed by all the people of God and hurled it from his sling after the manner of David . |
| 29 | The Pinzgauer was able to drive up 600m of hillside and bring down 27-year-old John Richards . |
| 30 | A National Consumer Council report suggests that only 31% of council and housing associations tenants were satisfied with the way in which their complaints were handled , and that one in six tenants dissatisfied with the service provided by their landlord had not made a complaint at all . |