Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun] for [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The percentage of respondents familiar with Call Forwarding and Call Waiting grew in 1992 over 1991 ; from 56% to 62% for the first and from 34% to 46% for the second . |
| 2 | Further , in consideration of £20 paid to his master , William was to be allowed a modicum of pocket money : 6d. per week for the first year , 1s. a week for the second , 2s. a week for the third and 3s. a week for the fourth . |
| 3 | Vienna , Virginia-based Legent Corp warns that it expects to report net profit of about $18.4m or $0.52 per share for the second quarter ended Aprch 31 , compared with the $0.44 before charges that it reported last year ; turnover will be about flat with the $102.5m a year ago : the news caused a bloodbath in the Legent share price , which slumped 16% , $6.125 , to land up at $33.25 . |
| 4 | I 'm not ashamed to admit that I was encountering the vast majority of the fish on show for the first time . |
| 5 | There have been people in Australia for the last 40000 years and claims for their presence there in the last interglacial have been made . |
| 6 | By this means [ the suspended sentence ] we shall substantially avoid sending people to prison for the first time unnecessarily . |
| 7 | Roger : The suggested levels are £60 per week for the first six months , followed by £30 per week for the last six months , but these have n't been agreed yet . |
| 8 | The breakdown of the prize-money for the event was £1,000 per hole for the first nine holes and £2,000 for the second nine holes , plus £250 for every birdie and £500 for every eagle . |
| 9 | Anyone seeing such works of sculpture for the first time can not fail to note the harmonious line described through the perfectly proportioned bodies of the men and women portrayed . |
| 10 | Clark Hall ( 4th edition , with a supplement by H.D. Meritt , Cambridge 1975 ) , and Stratmann 's Middle English Dictionary ( rearranged by Henry Bradley , Oxford 1940 ) , are two reference works of value for the first language group . |
| 11 | There was a certain rapprochement though , as Mary came down with her things in the back-pack Rufus had lent her and wearing jeans and a pair of sandals for the first time for days . |
| 12 | Roger : The suggested levels are £60 per week for the first six months , followed by £30 per week for the last six months , but these have n't been agreed yet . |
| 13 | The percentage of respondents familiar with Call Forwarding and Call Waiting grew in 1992 over 1991 ; from 56% to 62% for the first and from 34% to 46% for the second . |
| 14 | Billeting allowances were available to cover the cost of hosting an evacuee ( for unaccompanied children , 10s 6d per week for the first child , 8s 6d each for subsequent children ) and billeting officers had powers of compulsion to utilise appropriate accommodation , but most , being from the locality themselves , preferred to ruffle as few feathers as possible — with the result that on arrival many evacuees found themselves in a scene ‘ reminiscent of a cross between an early Roman slave market and Selfridge 's bargain basement ’ , as one witness put it . |
| 15 | For example , consider an alternative transit system ( project B ) which costs £1000000 and has cash inflows of £300000 per year for four years and £500000 per year for the next six years . |