Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The level of cover is usually 90% for buyer risk and 90 — 95% for political risk . |
| 2 | The healing rates achieved by a six to eight week treatment of erosive reflux oesophagitis are about 50% for potent histamine H 2 receptor antagonists ( for example , ranitidine ( 150–300 mg twice daily ) ) and up to 90% for omeprazole , a proton pump inhibitor . |
| 3 | According to a previous study from Finland , however , the accuracy of the discharge data is good , being about 90% for pancreatitis . |
| 4 | This included unproductive items such as $2,730 for rental of office plants and start-up funds for companies with no projects . |
| 5 | OEM customers are expected to get the software at up to 80% off list , depending on volume . |
| 6 | OEMs are expected to get the software at up to 80% off list price , depending on volume . |
| 7 | The funding for direct mail research was £24,000 , the chairman 's fees were £2,000 and there was a miscellaneous sum of £331 for telephone , stationery and the like . |
| 8 | I estimate that once a future general practitioner enters medical school the nation ( NHS ) can write off almost £3m for training costs , salaries , and pension until his or her death . |
| 9 | Raxco Software Inc has released a client/server version of its Security Toolkit/Unix software : STK 2.0 monitors and maintains a database of file attributes and security data : it costs from $600 to $12,000 for Unix workstations — a VMS edition will follow . |
| 10 | In the meantime Sir Joseph Pennington , aggrieved perhaps that his mines were not yielding income to his estate , issued a grand proclamation on 21 February 1730 offering his copper and lead mines and works at Tilberthwaite and Langdale ( including Greenhurn ) for a term of 21 years maximum to any substantial persons allowing a duty of 14s. per " Tunn " for copper and 10s. for lead , reckoning " … |
| 11 | In temperate areas , there is evidence that Oe. venulosum undergoes hypobiosis at the L4 stage in sheep during autumn and winter , and that this is the principal manner in which this species survives until the next spring . |
| 12 | Bradlow et al reviewed 3678 referrals from general practitioners to dermatology outpatient clinics and found that 26% of patients were referred for diagnosis or investigation , 14% for advice only , 63% for treatment or management , and 2% for a second opinion or reassurance . |
| 13 | EC announces £420m for R&D — but is it enough ? |
| 14 | The qualifying 20s. was no arbitrary figure but the maximum ( 16s. + 4s. for livery ) laid down for a common servant in husbandry by the wage-regulation act of 1515 . |
| 15 | Dorset 's Poole harbour has produced the most consistent run of specimen flounder for years with local rods bagging fish to 3 lb 10 oz during night sessions . |
| 16 | On Jan. 5 , 1990 , full civilian rule was restored when Rabuka gave up his post as Minister of Home Affairs and returned to barracks as head of the armed forces [ see p. 37189 ] . |
| 17 | Until December 1984 , when MAFF and WOAD announced changes in grant levels under the AHGS , the LFA 's ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ zone attracted grant levels of 50% for land cultivation and 60% for drainage . |
| 18 | In one extreme case the Newcastle prescribing index increased the practice relation to the family health services authority average by 50% for cost and yet decreased the relation for items by 1% ( fig 3 ) . |
| 19 | In the ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ LFA zone the rates of grant were changed in December 1984 to 50% for drainage ( formerly 70% ) and have been abolished for land cultivation ( formerly 50% ) though not for the reseeding of existing pasture ( where the new rate is 30% ) . |
| 20 | Albert Fisher food group seeks £180m for expansion plans . |
| 21 | This is an affect well known in some domesticated animals like sheep , it 's well known that if sheep are , if , if , if , if ewes are well fed just before they mate , they 're much more likely to er to twin than if they 're er not given extra food supplement and nowadays erm farmers wh wh who , who breed sheep for lambing er frequently feed , feed ewes a special diet just before er conception for that very reason , the rate of twinning increases . |
| 22 | This is a very good example of a small gallery with a yard suitable for penning sheep for clipping . |
| 23 | The mean overall coefficient of variation assessed by comparison of paried biopsy specimens was 20% for butyrate metabolism and 23% for glutamine metabolism . |
| 24 | The event raised £59,000 for charity last year and organisers are hoping this year 's figure will top that . |
| 25 | Charges are £95 for Homecheck , £60 for Home Energy Audit , or £125 for both together ( all plus VAT . |
| 26 | Toilet rolls 84p for pack of two , basic writing papers from £9 for 500 sheets , quality watermarked paper from £10 for 500 sheets , envelopes , standard £26 for box of 1,000 ( can be split ) and quality from £27 for 500 . |
| 27 | His defeat is as certain as Mr Melding 's , although his campaign has been a good deal less rough : canvassing for Labour in a prosperous south coast resort may be discouraging , but it is scarcely dangerous , unless you count the speechless stick-waving of elderly gentlefolk as assault . |
| 28 | At one time Dalgety was up 16p as Elf Aquitaine , the French oil group , confirmed it had formed a joint company with Australian Robert Holmes a Court to hold a 5.5 per cent stake in the Dalgety agricultural and food group . |
| 29 | The pond has a natural temperature of around 21°C during summer , due to the excellent insulation of the filter system and the natural properties of the conservatory . |
| 30 | In a section dealing with support for the upland economy , CC recommends that ‘ MAFF assist both small and part time farmers … by reducing the minimum employment criterion to 150 smds for capital grants and press the EEC to reduce the threshold of eligibility for AHDS grants ’ . |