Example sentences of "for [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gearbox and clutch failures account for 16pc of claims , steering and suspension problems 9pc , and electrical and fuel-system faults , 16pc . |
| 2 | Basically the ambient conditions in the British Isles are acceptable for goldfish at most times of the year . |
| 3 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 4 | Under the existing byelaws , complaints relating to non-reserved work which account for 80% of all the complaints that the Institute receives — can only be investigated against individuals . |
| 5 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |
| 6 | The number of boxes it shifted also increased 59% to 40,000 , accounting for 80% of total group turnover . |
| 7 | Its proprietary VME environment accounted for 80% of operating system sales , 65% of information management revenues and 40% of its application business . |
| 8 | By 1989 , it accounted for 80% of profits of £71.4 million . |
| 9 | They accounted for 80% of the prenatal diagnoses in mothers under 35 and 25% of such diagnoses in older women , for whom maternal age is still the most common indication although in these the use of serum screening is increasing . |
| 10 | The Oxford Regional Health Authority introduced ‘ the 80/20 rule , ’ under which fundholders agreed to contract for 80% of their hospital services budget in the first year to go to the same hospitals as in the preparatory year , leaving them free to move the remaining 20% if they so wished . |
| 11 | For our answer we have made an arbitrary assumption that he uses his car for 80% of the time for business and that half the repairs etc. relate to that car . |
| 12 | ( The government had agreed in March 1988 to sell Rover for £150,000,000 as part of its privatization programme — see p. 36504 — and the final terms of the sale had been agreed by the Commission of the EC in July 1988 . ) |
| 13 | Branson has poured money into his airline since selling Virgin Music to Thorn EMI for £560million in March . |
| 14 | An enzyme starter culture is added to the milk at 1.1°C ( 30°F ) and stirred for 5min with a curd fork . |
| 15 | Cells were fixed in 5% acetic acid in ethanol for 5min at -20°C , washed twice for 5min each with solution A ( PBS , 0.2% gelatine ) , and then blocked with solution B ( PBS containing 3% bovine serum albumin , 20mM MgCl 2 , 0.3% Tween 20 ) . |
| 16 | Therefore , after due consideration , the Council sold their powers in the Mitcham Light Railways to the British Electric Traction Co. for £1,000 on 15 January 1902 . |
| 17 | There was a welcome boost to morale at the Sussex-based charity Friends of the Young Deaf when WCUK Maidstone marketing manager , Kim Taylor , presented a cheque for £1,000 on behalf of the George Wimpey Charitable Trust . |
| 18 | Bawsinch Nature Reserve was bought in 1971 for £1,000 by the Scottish Wildlife Trust to provide a buffer zone for Duddingston Bird Sanctuary and provide additional habitats . |
| 19 | Agriculture accounts for 50% of the long-term damage inflicted on these areas . |
| 20 | In 1973 solid fuels and nuclear power accounted for 50% of electricity generation in the EEC . |
| 21 | It has had to cope with a double whammy of recession coupled with turbuence in the Lloyd 's insurance market which accounts for 50% of its business . |
| 22 | It paid $100m for 50% of Panamsat , a company which operates the main satellite used to beam programmes into Latin America . |
| 23 | The US accounted for 50% of the turnover ; Europe 28% and the rest of the world 22% . |
| 24 | Software and services revenues grew 18% , to account for 50% of ICL 's total turnover — an area in which further acquisitions are likely . |
| 25 | Getting on for 50% of the money spent on advertising goes into television , and more like 70% in big agencies . |
| 26 | ( iii ) Compensation will be made for 50% of the difference between the travelling times as defined in para. ( i ) above and will be applied , where appropriate , for a period of up to 4 years . |
| 27 | After treatment there was no change in the parietal cell sensitivity to stepped infusions of gastrin heptadecapeptide : the median concentration of gastrin required for 50% of maximal acid secretion ( EC 5 ) was 41 ( 14.8–126 ) before and 33 ( 23–125 ) pmol/l after eradication of H pylori . |
| 28 | Accounts for 50% of all UK gin exports . |
| 29 | Students must have successfully completed/or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study for the Certificate Programme and have undertaken ( or undertake within the subsequent two months ) the assessments for the remaining areas of study of the Certificate Programme in order to be eligible to sit the final Case Study ( unseen ) paper . |
| 30 | Students must normally have successfully completed or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study of the Diploma programme and must be studying for the remaining areas of study before they are eligible to start work for their projects . |