Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] [prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 She recently turned down £1,500 for a day 's work because she did not want to miss school .
2 ‘ Claude taught me a golden rule : only 45% of a restaurant 's success depends on cuisine .
3 THE Queen came under fire last night when it was revealed that taxpayers fork out £369,000 for a day 's sailing in the royal yacht Britannia .
4 Expect to pay around £20 for a day 's activities .
5 I have whittled my own shortlist down to four models : the Thorens TD166VI / UK with Rega arm ( £269 ) , Systemdeck IIX ( £248 ) , the Rational Audio Aura 01 ( around £195 including a Linn K5 cartridge ) and the Rega Planar 3 ( £250 ) .
6 One clue is high trading volume : around 1% of a firm 's equity changed hands on an average inside-dealing day , compared with a more typical 0.2% .
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