Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [prep] [adv prt] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE debate on ways in which Merseyside might benefit from up to £1bn in EC grants is being opened up to a wider audience in a novel fashion later this month . |
| 2 | Livestock sales are down 1% , while turnover on dairy farms could fall by up to 10% . |
| 3 | According to Greenpeace , resumption of radioactive dumping could result in up to 2.7m tonnes of structural radioactive decommissioning waste from current nuclear programmes in western Europe , up to the year 2100 . |
| 4 | But executive vice-president ACL Wieger Koornstra , speaking in Liverpool today , revealed that ACL cargoes handled by the port could increase by up to 4% over the next year . |
| 5 | Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley said last week the lump sum , which will replace regular payments to those who would qualify for up to £4 a week , would help with initial back-to-work expenses . |
| 6 | BP will cut by up to 13.6p a gallon — but warned many of their 1,500 stations ‘ already reflect the reduction ’ . |
| 7 | In practice the number returned will vary by up to 10% , though usually by more like 3% . |
| 8 | Bleeding from colonic varices is a rare clinical problem but may account for up to 25% of bleeding ectopic varices , particularly in cirrhotic patients . |
| 9 | Everywhere , chasing defaulters is expensive — and American experience with private billing shows that default rates can run at up to 40% of households . |
| 10 | Fresh-picked morels can go for up to $25 a pound ; dried , for $15–20 an ounce . |
| 11 | A report shows residential care charges can differ by up to £150 a week . |