Example sentences of "[n mass] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to USAID , the US administration had increased aid to Bulgaria from $2,200,000 in 1990 to $88,000,000 in 1991 . |
| 2 | Doing the same now could provide £4,450 in 2002 . |
| 3 | The Solaris Workgroup Server for small to mid-range departments is $1,995 in single quantity . |
| 4 | Atomic shelters had been on sale in the U.S. ( at a cost of $1,995 in 1951 ) since the first Russian atomic bomb . |
| 5 | He designed Horbury 's elegant Parish Church of St Peter and St Leonard , with its distinctive six-stage tower and had it built at a cost to himself of £8,000 in 1790–1794 . ’ |
| 6 | Sparta gained good points with Bobby Farren taking the 5000m in 14 minutes 11.87 , Noel McMonagle taking the B race and Colin Roberts winning the Steeplechase . |
| 7 | At a site by the Royal Hotel that has remained undeveloped for 40 years , sycamore ( Acer pseudo platanus ) is beginning to appear above a dense patch of buddleia ; the sycamore is probably the natural successor to buddleia in this city . |
| 8 | On June 27 , 1990 , after six months of further investigations , Sir Leon Brittan , the EC Commissioner responsible for competition policy ( and former UK Trade and Industry Secretary ) , ordered the repayment of £44,400,000 in illegal " sweeteners " granted by the UK government at the time of the sale in July 1988 . |
| 9 | US aid to Sudan stood at $64m in 1981 , rising to $121m in 1984 ; in 1986 total US military and economic aid to Sudan stood at $158m prior to total suspension in late February with only $50m of food aid being disbursed following Sudan 's developing relations with Libya . |
| 10 | Eurotunnel 's consultants , SETEC Economique and Wilbur Smith Associates , originally estimated total cross-Channel traffic volumes of 67m passengers and 84m tonnes of freight in 1993 rising to 94m/123m in 2003 and 119m/170m in 2013 . |
| 11 | Founded in 1970 , the company reported a revenue of over $80m in 1989 , with environmental audits among the most rapidly growing aspects of its business . |
| 12 | The figures seem to suggest otherwise : robot orders by American firms reached a record $514m in 1989 and — despite a softening American economy — they were at roughly the same level in 1990 . |
| 13 | Robert Cecil then showed what could be done by raising the profits of wardship from £14,700 in 1597/98 to £22,300 in 1601/02 . |
| 14 | Grumman finally coughed up $40m in 1988 in settlement of the legal claims against it . |
| 15 | In June , an international conference of donors in New York promised aid worth $200,000,000 in 1990 and $150,000,000 for each of the two subsequent years of the country 's 1990-92 investment and development programme . |
| 16 | The proportion of holidays of four nights and above between October and April has grown from 14% in 1976 to 22% last year , while August holidays have slipped from 24% to 20% and July from 25% to 18% . |
| 17 | In Thailand , we doubled the size of our retail fuels and lubricants operations , while in Malaysia our sales volumes increased by 14% in 1992 . |
| 18 | Capital-goods imports , many of them for huge petrochemical projects , rose 14% in 1990 . |
| 19 | Numbers of senior house officers have risen by 14% in three years — far more than was intended — and , by not substantially reducing the number of registrars , JPAC has failed to keep to its terms of reference . |
| 20 | Alongside the world 's fastest economic growth rates ( real GNP rose by 12.8% last year , an annual 14% in 1993 's first quarter ) has come accelerating inflation . |
| 21 | Investment account £4820.27 Donations of £172 in 89 envelopes . |
| 22 | Investment account £4820.27 Donations of £172 in 89 envelopes . |
| 23 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 24 | As part of his early strategy to secure the co-operation of the LEAs , Jacques met the Director of Education , John Newsom , and secured agreement for an increase in grant-aid from the £35 in 1935–36 to more than £100 in 1938–39 and , in addition , the promise of a contribution by the LEA towards the District 's administrative costs in arranging courses . |
| 25 | And it revealed that profits jumped from just £700,000 to £3,500,000 in six months . |
| 26 | Happy Shopper fish fingers contained 49 per cent fish ; Findus cod fillet fingers 40 per cent ; Findus Crostinos cod fillet 42 per cents ; Birds Eye Value fish fingers 45 per cent and Birds Eye cod in wholemeal 44 per cent . |
| 27 | MAIN MEAL : Marinade 225g ( 8oz ) cod in 2 tbsp tandoori paste for 2–4 hours . |
| 28 | The amount of debt of the 400 families increased from £295,113 in 1984 to £836,409 in 1987 , an increase of 183 per cent . |
| 29 | The Woolwich paid the capital sum of nearly £57m in three instalments to the Revenue under The Income Tax ( Building Societies ) Regulations 1986 , whose validity it disputed . |
| 30 | They hit $3.9m in 1991 , up $1.4m . |