Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | relative increase in brain size : encephalization quotient 48.8% compared with a range of values of 22 to 41% for eleven species of monkey ; |
| 2 | All of them made it back to the rendezvous where they also met up with Zirnheld 's group who had managed to account for eleven aircraft . |
| 3 | Your kind is usually good for fifty yuan at least . ’ |
| 4 | Most enclosed a gift — ‘ please , please accept it Hannah — I feel I owe you such a lot ’ — ranging from cheques up to one hundred pounds from people one hoped could afford it , down to postal orders for fifty pence from pensioners . |
| 5 | Silvex Modes , do pop in , ladies , convenient hours to suit you and the kiddies , and we 'll lovingly screw you over for fifty pence an hour . |
| 6 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Paddy Ashdown , has called for fifty pence rise in petrol prices to be phased in to cut levels of carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 7 | But she sells them to me for fifty pence a packet still . |
| 8 | We 've paid them for fifty percent of the F O B costs , er because they said , Unless you pay us , we wo n't load . |
| 9 | for fifty percent of the overall assessment . |
| 10 | I sold it once when I was skint for fifty quid , that was before I was married . |
| 11 | I just I just assumed you 'd give us that size for fifty quid . |
| 12 | for fifty quid b bought a cheap one |
| 13 | for fifty quid and he only lives , well , hundred yards , if that , from the shop . |
| 14 | For fifty quid ! |
| 15 | you know , you do n't know what the qualities gon na be like , it 's alright getting one for fifty quid |
| 16 | Having reached the end it went up on one wing , round through 180 ° in the space of fifty metres , and plummetted out of the sky on to the tarmac . |
| 17 | In 1921 Lord Northcliffe , the founder of the London newspaper the Daily Mail , was due to speak at a dinner for 3000 staff to celebrate the twenty-fifth birthday of the paper , but he had a throat infection , and his doctor advised him not to speak . |
| 18 | Add to this the price of rinse aid ( between £1.29 and £3.50 for 500 ml ) and salt ( about £1.40 for 3 kg of supermarket own brand ) , and a litre of washing-up liquid seems a bargain . |
| 19 | Fix the cells with 3.7% formaldehyde in PBS for 30–45 min at 20-C , wash four times in PBS , extract with 0.25% Triton X-100 in PBS for 10 min at 20-C and finally wash twice in PBS . |
| 20 | Canon depended on foreign markets for 70 percent of its sales during the year , and said profits were hurt by the Japanese yen 's strength . |
| 21 | It was a joke — I had to cook for 70 people and there were 12 rooms and a pub as well that could seat 100–200 in summer . |
| 22 | Steam for 70 min , by the end of which time the pudding will be perfectly puffed up and set with a just-molten streak in the centre . |
| 23 | Though production is steadily increasing , Britain 's IT firms provided work for 186000 people in 1980 , 20000 fewer than 10 years previously . |
| 24 | Alternatively , Harrison Drape 's corded Superstyle Twintrack will take a valance and curtain , from £25.99 for 120 cm length . |
| 25 | The centre is able to cater for 120 people at any one time . |
| 26 | Here Eleanor and her assistant , James King , provide a lunch and snack service for 120 people involved in promoting Scotland . |
| 27 | Making a clean break is easier too ; critical acceleration between 40–60 mph and 50–70 mph can be matched by very few cars indeed . |
| 28 | The bird should weigh between 1.5 kg ( 3¼lb ) and not more than 5 kg ( 11¼ lb ) including stuffing . |
| 29 | And erm I always think it 's a bit funny about pass marks because I do n't think you know , this is worth fifty percent and then I think what 's a , now what 's the pass mer mark ? |
| 30 | ’ It was worth fifty quid because of the atmosphere and the friendship and things like that . ’ |