Example sentences of "be [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government yesterday refused to take action to prevent the loss to the nation of a statue said to be worth £7.6 million . |
| 2 | Fortunately ( for us ) the commissioners of depopulation in 1517 discovered that Hygford 's father had enclosed 190 acres of arable land a few years earlier ; estimated to be worth £6 a year , this was probably all , or most , of what he owned there . |
| 3 | Conversely , IDC forecasts that the world market is set to grow at about 20% per year between now and 1996 , by which time it will be worth $58,600m . |
| 4 | As the 10% not recovered would now be worth £2½ million , a fortune in diamonds may be lying under the tarmac of Prestwick Airport 's main runway . |
| 5 | The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat . |
| 6 | METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS MARKET COULD BE WORTH $2,000m |
| 7 | There will be two puppy opens and Harry Williams ' brilliant youngster Pond Tornado reputed to be worth £18,000 will be in action . |
| 8 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 9 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 10 | Contracts to US companies could be worth $25 billion . |
| 11 | We have no idea whether the music matches the nomenclature , but it must be worth £5 of anyone 's money to encourage them . |
| 12 | The estate turned out to be worth £5 million and among them , Mr Mathew also alleges , the three solicitors disposed of £3.8 million . |
| 13 | If you buy a ‘ Rolex ’ watch for £50 , you know it 's unlikely to be genuine , but what you would n't know is that it may only be worth £5 . |
| 14 | The collection formed by Whitehouse , which includes Ruskin 's manuscript diaries and a superb range of his drawings from every period , is now estimated to be worth £5 million . |
| 15 | The deal with Malaysia 's Proton Cars is thought to be worth £50,000 . |
| 16 | Yesterday the administrators of Maxwell 's private estate , estimated to be worth £8 million , revealed they had recovered only a quarter of that amount . |
| 17 | — It could be worth £25,000 . |
| 18 | On May 3-5 , 1990 , Army units were reported to have seized 12 tonnes of cocaine ( estimated to be worth $900,000,000 ) during raids in the Amazonian departments of Meta and Caqueta and in the commissary of Guaviare , south-east of Bogotá . |
| 19 | ‘ His value is going up with every game and he could soon be worth £10 million . |
| 20 | The Monktonhall miners have secured a number of lucrative deals , including one with ScottishPower which is for five years and believed to be worth £10 million . |
| 21 | Sotheby 's has abandoned a two-year struggle to sell the Sevso Treasure of late Roman silver ( see The Art Newspaper , No.11 , October 1991 , p.1 ) belonging to the Marquess of Northampton Settlement and estimated to be worth £40 million . |
| 22 | If you had put £25 per month into a savings plan with the Pru when your child was born TEN years ago it would be worth £5,661 . |
| 23 | The vouchers will be worth £1,000 or more , depending on the youngster 's requirements . |
| 24 | The court was told that a stuffed golden eagle could be worth £1,000 and the other birds could fetch £160 each . |
| 25 | The Countryside Commission were to sign a deal with the Duke of Devonshire in September to grant him Capital Transfer Tax exemption ( estimated to be worth £12,000,000 ) in turn for large parts of this 130km 2 in the Dales becoming a public heritage centre under the Heritage Estate arrangement introduced by Leeds MP Denis Healey in 1975 to prevent the breakup of large estates ( the MP himself having just become President of the National Trust 's Yorkshire Moors & Dales Appeal ) . |
| 26 | Suppose a bond issued on 1 January , 1990 paying £2 per annum ; if during the year 1990 inflation as measured by the RPI were 5% , then on 1 January , 1991 each nominal £100 of the bond as issued would be worth £105 and the interest to be paid thereon in 1991 would be £2.10 . |
| 27 | The new rate will be worth £1.92 a week if all £2,000 is earned which does n't sound like a lot but it is crucial if you are on a low wage . ’ |
| 28 | The Maréchal de Cadenet , a French ambassador on a special mission who stayed in London for only a few days in 1621 , was given by James I jewellery said to be worth £2,500 , while the duke of Buckingham , the king 's favourite , presented him with ponies and four albino falcons , the latter much prized by huntsmen . |
| 29 | According to recent evidence before the House of Representatives select committee on children and the family , had the exemption been indexed from 1948 it would now be worth $7,800 . |
| 30 | If inflation continued at the rate of 5% per annum , then by 1 January , 1992 each £100 original nominal value of the bond would be worth £110.25 and the interest due thereon in that year would be £2.205 . |