Example sentences of "[be] [n mass] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Normally , the rates are £19.50 for the first halt hour and for each additional quarter of an hour or part of it , £4.50 , For weekday overtime the rates go up to £23.80 and £5.45 , for Saturday overtime , £24.70 and £5.65 , Sunday overtime , £31.70 and £7.15 and for Bank holiday overtime , £37.00 and £8.25 .
2 There are data on the genotoxic potential of anthranoids and there is evidence of a tumourigenic potential in rodents .
3 On the other hand , there have always been people in the Christian Church who were very sure about the Holy Spirit .
4 In Austria there have been sales by the holding company for state companies , Obesterreichissche Industrien , and in Sweden also .
5 The cost of the call via BT would have been £29.25 at the cheap rate after 8pm , BT confirmed .
6 Currently the rates are £34.90 for the higher allowance and £23.30 for the lower .
7 There are people in the Civil Service who can talk in a way that fascinates her . ’
8 It is said that more pigs are reared there than there are people in the entire country .
9 One said that while the pool 's new staffing levels give greater flexibility and save on overtime pay they are 25pc below the minimum safety standards .
10 According to employee benefit specialists , Mercer Fraser , the cost of providing a creche for 75 children would be £590,966 in the first year with an ongoing cost of £290,966 a year .
11 The redemption price on 8% debentures will be 104.8% of the principal amount , the price of the 11.50% debentures will be 100% of the principal amount , plus accrued interest in each case .
12 They are not the only people who 'll miss out , there 'll be people at the lower end of the housing market who could afford to buy .
13 This is such a formidable list that we might be tempted to assume that research and higher education must at least be species of the same genus of activity , even if not actually identical .
14 Instead , the combined amount payable from next April will be £19.40 for the first child and £18.65 for the second onwards .
15 He said : ‘ I should also be grateful if you would inform your readers that the Department of Transport have now agreed to reduce the fees for the new Transport & Works Act Orders which replace the old Light Railway Orders with effect from January 1 and the fees which will be payable in respect of applications where no compulsory purchase order is being sought will now be £750 for the first hectare ( or part of one hectare ) and thereafter £250 for each 0.5 hectare ( or part thereof ) with a maximum fee of £80,000 .
16 The principle costs , according to the Energy Management Task force , would be £80–120 for the new equipment in each home , plus an installation cost similar to that for a conventional meter and timeswitch .
17 A similar comparison of 1984 and 1992 child benefit rates , taking into account the increase in earnings , shows that the benefit from next April should be £12.55p per child ; instead it will be £9.65p for the first child and only £7.80p for each subsequent child .
18 Fortunately , there were sheep in the adjacent field and to prevent complete suffocation , I tried out my best ‘ sheep coughing ’ impersonation .
19 In the first eight months of the year they were 36pc above the same period in 1992 .
20 The Derwent 's energy cost savings were £3,000 in the first year and now run at more that £4,000 a year .
21 The British insurance underwriting business at Eagle Star improved , although provisions on UK mortgage insurance were £29m in the third quarter .
22 There were people on the other side of that door .
23 Prices were £4.99 for the conventional handle , £7.08 for the extension and £20.37 for the ratchet ‘ T ’ handle .
24 The relative attributable risks for Maori children compared with non-Maori children were 57% for the higher rate of maternal smoking and 22% for the higher rate of bed sharing .
25 It would like to fetch five times revenues — which were $160m in the fiscal year ended September 30 — but then who would n't .
26 Mr Cluff said that the interest payments , which were £605,000 in the first half , on the £7.7m loan for developing the Zimbabwe properties , should diminish as cashflow from gold production reduces the principal .
27 It is £2,265 for the full grant and £420 for the student loan — in total a yearly income of just £2,685 .
28 Around 4,921 officers are aligned to patrol work , which is 44pc of the total force .
29 Speaking at the launch of the Southport and Formby Lung Cancer Support Group last night , Mr Donelly said : ‘ In Liverpool , lung cancer in women is 125% above the national average .
30 It is people in the middle age group who have used HP most .
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