Example sentences of "[prep] around [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Carnaud Metal Box is looking for offers of around £1,000,000 for the factory and its surrounding offices . |
| 2 | The pond has a natural temperature of around 21°C during summer , due to the excellent insulation of the filter system and the natural properties of the conservatory . |
| 3 | We were seeing a steady growth in fee income of around 15% in the Newport office , and when we made the decision to move , there was n't a single indicator that we might see a downturn . |
| 4 | On Wednesday night Linfield were out of the competition , beaten fairly it seemed by an aggregate score of 3-2 and facing a loss of around £15,000 on the failed European venture . |
| 5 | And since many credit card issuers have introduced an annual charge of around £8 to £12 , it may not be worth getting a credit card just to take on holiday , although there are additional benefits such as travel insurance if you use the card to buy your ticket . |
| 6 | Households with income in the middle 20% pay direct taxes of around 22% of their earnings , and receive cash benefits worth 16% . |
| 7 | In addition to his share of the £136,000 prize fund for his match with Timman , he has already picked up a share ( with Timman ) of around £500,000 from sponsorship by the manufacturers of the Mephisto Chess Computer . |
| 8 | Made on exceptional budgets of around £100,000 after Gaumont-British had arranged distribution through Fox , neither Jew Süss ( 1934 , Power in US ) nor The Tunnel ( 1936 , Transatlantic Tunnel in US ) had much to do with Britain . |
| 9 | It is essential when screwing a mirror to a wall that the wall is flat , and there should be a gap of around 3mm behind the mirror to allow it to ‘ breathe ’ . |
| 10 | But look out for hidden extras : most operators will charge a preparation fee of around £30 for airport transfers and installation of toilet chemicals and a starter tank of propane gas . |
| 11 | The attractiveness of this model is that it requires only a modest increase of temperature of around 100°C at the base of the lithosphere . |
| 12 | The latter figure reflected both the absence of costs due to taxation — UK investors having to pay stamp duty — and the abolition of fixed commissions in 1975 , leading to a cut of around 50% in the commission rates on institutional deals . |
| 13 | SCO claims 31% of multi-user accounting systems costing under £50,000 installed in the UK run on its flavour of Unix , whilst London-based market research firm , Ovum Ltd — which says accounting is by far the largest application software sector in the UK — forecasts an annual growth rate of around 23% for the Unix-based accounting software market to 1995 . |
| 14 | Britain has an annual trade deficit of around £8bn with West Germany and Mr Pohl 's comments could be relevant to Britain if the Government decided to join the exchange rate mechanism . |
| 15 | The outfit has moved from losses of around £1.7m in calendar year 1991 , to an as-yet unfinalised figure in the black — which should be well in excess of £1m — for 1992 . |
| 16 | It was agreed to purchase a new machine at the cost of around £185 plus V.A.T. It was considered advisable to engage a regular ‘ caller ’ who would be paid for his services . |
| 17 | He suggests a minimum earnings level for contracting out of around £8,500 to £10,000 , while LAS similarly recommends £9,000 . |
| 18 | However it was broken down into sub-categories and these revealed non-completion rates of around 25% for those entering with ONC/OND or with no qualifications compared with a 15% non-completion rate for those with ‘ standard ’ qualifications . |
| 19 | Data General , hosts to a lively Scottish Open Systems Conference at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow last week , marked the occasions with price cuts of around 25% on its low-end servers . |
| 20 | This Consolidated Fund revenue ( 169.8bn ) , together with Social Security receipts ( 38.7bn ) , local authority and business rates ( some 14.1bn ) and the community charge ( 8.0bn ) plus other miscellaneous receipts , including those from privatization , are necessary to pay for the government 's expenditure plans of around 258bn in 1992/93 . |
| 21 | With a hardware cost of around £35,000 for a single workstation and a film recorder the majority of the potential users were quite happy to employ a bureau rather than do it all themselves . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , we have nearly 2,000 CTC members in Scotland and assuming an average of around £20 per member , this amounts to almost £40,000 of income , of which our request for £750 seems modest in the extreme , particularly since we now pay the subscriptions I mentioned . |
| 23 | Figures are presented for Surrey , with the lowest GRE per head of any Authority , for three Authorities with fairly high assessed expenditure needs of around £500 per head ( Cleveland , Knowsley and Waltham Forest ) , and for two Authorities with among the highest of all assessed needs , at about £675 ( Hackney and Westminster ) . |
| 24 | Served up as B fodder , at least it provided him with a salary , albeit on rock-bottom union rates of around $300 for a full working week , which assured him a place barely above the poverty line . |
| 25 | This compares with a bill of around £600 in this country , including solicitors ' costs and mortgage evaluation fee , but not including Stamp Duty ( at least until August ) . |
| 26 | With an 850cc fuel-injected engine , it will have a top speed of around 95mph with acceleration to 60 in about 11 seconds . |
| 27 | Unsecured creditors should agree to accept a down payment of around 35p in the pound for money due to them , and to take the balance in redeemable convertible preference shares in Prior Harwin , to be paid off in four years ' time . |
| 28 | The company is predicted to turn in figures of around $85m for its years to June . |
| 29 | Pure Wool Aran will retail at a cost of around £2.24 per 100 gram ball . |
| 30 | According to Motorola UK 's 68000 marketing manager , Neil Martin , the firm will ship 100,000 to 200,000 samples as early as July , with a suggested price tag of around $500 for the 50MHz part . |