Example sentences of "[det] the average [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that the average cost of a keeping a person in prison is 288 per week ( a staggering 14,976 per annum ) , the cost-effectiveness and efficacy of imprisonment is questionable . |
| 2 | Now it 's finally open , nearly two years after De Niro first approached Nieporent with the idea , the Tribeca Bar and Grill will need to turn over more than £1.2 million a year just to break even , something that may prove difficult , given that the average bill for the restaurant 's simple fish and pasta dishes is around $40 a head . |
| 3 | Because the athlete 's heart is so muscular it can pump the same amount of blood with 50 beats per minute that the average heart pumps with 75 beats . |
| 4 | Given that the average score for all A-level entrants was 5.4 , it can be seen that all non-standard entry groups , apart from those entering on the basis of 1–4 O-levels , performed at least as well or better than the average A-level entrants . |
| 5 | Well , I hate to disappoint you , but flying in New Zealand can work out at less than half the average cost per hour in the UK . |
| 6 | Poverty Research by the Institute of Fiscal Studies ( IFS ) published last week showed the Department of Social Security has removed more than one million people from the poorest category of the population — having an income less than half the average wage , by changing the way figures are calculated . |
| 7 | For example , why do we not nowadays extensively see remedies causing ‘ more harm the larger the dose ’ ? after all the average dose from a tablet used today is approximately 50 times the dose of Hahnemann 's small granule . |
| 8 | If the Cytherean greenhouse effect were ‘ switched off ’ but everything else were left the same the average surface temperature would fall from 730 K to 230 K. For the Earth , the corresponding temperatures are 288 K and 253 K. Thus , though Venus is closer to the Sun than the Earth its surface temperature would actually fall below that of the Earth . |
| 9 | These figures may be compared with both the average District Registry taxed bill at £3,083 where a solicitor was involved and £326 where there was a litigant in person and the average county court taxed bill at £1,261 where a solicitor was involved and £1,082 where there was a litigant in person . |