Example sentences of "[n mass] in [art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Explaining that the Ministry was looking for a ‘ suitable ’ home for the aircraft the spokesman underlined that the MoD ‘ must dispose of the aircraft in the best interests of the taxpayer . ’ |
| 2 | Interim pre-tax profits rose by an estimated 10 per cent to £17m in the six months to 1 October . |
| 3 | Last week , Financial Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Dorrell announced more attractive terms for private investors prepared to invest a minimum £1,500 in the new shares through a personal equity plan . |
| 4 | GERALD RATNER 'S pay cut from £574,000 to £383,000 a year cut no ice with angry shareholders yesterday after the jewellery tycoon admitted that losses at the chain 's near 2,000 shops ballooned from £17,700,000 to £30,600,000 in the six months to August . |
| 5 | The trust , a capital-growth specialist in Far Eastern investment , excluding Japan , lifted its NAV from 26.26p at the year-end to 36.44p in the six months to 31 January , easily beating the performance of the comparable benchmark , the FT Actuaries Pacific Basin ex-Japan Index , which rose by 20.1 per cent in sterling terms over the same period . |
| 6 | Analysts believe that at best , Sock Shop will show profits of £1million in the 12 months to next February — less than half the level seen in the previous two years . |
| 7 | The Food and Drug Administration the Food and Drug Administration condones tampering of scientific data in the pre-release trials by , we have the documentation on that , which has been a obtained under the Freedom o of Information Act . |
| 8 | Most of the data in the published reports to date ( including those of the Registrar General for England and Wales ) support the conclusion that coal miners have an average excess mortality for gastric cancer of approximately 30–50% , rising to five fold in some regions , although some studies have failed to show this excess . |
| 9 | The company , which is in the process of a major expansion drive aimed at moving away from its traditional freezer centre image , made pre-tax profits of £30.1m in the six months to July 3 from £24.22m previously . |
| 10 | The boy , from a children 's home in east Belfast , was said to have taken over £1,200 in the two robberies at Ballyhackamore in the past week . |
| 11 | It was said that the British cavalry , in their mad haste to get away , rode over their own infantry in the narrow streets of the town . |
| 12 | State subsidy amounted to almost £1.1bn in the 12 months to 31 March , up from £700m the previous year . |
| 13 | ALEXANDRA Workwear , the maker and supplier of boiler suits and nursing uniforms , increased pre-tax profits by 19 per cent to £3.7m in the 28 weeks to 12 August . |
| 14 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 15 | Thomson Travel 's profit contribution to the Canadian parent was down £10.7million to £53.1million in the nine months to September 30 as a result of the squeeze on holiday prices and poor late sales . |
| 16 | The good news is that we are already over a quarter of the way towards our target , having raised the sum of £34,055 in the six weeks since the trial . |
| 17 | They jumped from £500,000 to £1,700,000 in the six months to July . |
| 18 | Great Universal Stores , the biggest of the mail order firms , raised pre-tax profit by £8million to £171million in the six months to September , although catalogue sales and retail earnings slumped by £8million . |
| 19 | Great Universal Stores , the biggest of the mail order firms , raised pre-tax profit by £8million to £171million in the six months to September , although catalogue sales and retail earnings slumped by £8million . |
| 20 | But there are other factors which may be contributing to the lack of small fish in the upper layers of the sea — which is where the main problem seems to lie . |
| 21 | The shares surged 24p to 343p on news that profits had leapt 31.4% to £2.81m in the six months to end-September . |
| 22 | The Edinburgh-managed trust , which invests for capital growth in the stock markets of the Pacific Rim , excluding Japan , saw NAV per share rise from 297.2p to 378.7p in the 12 months to 28 February . |
| 23 | Financial services including pensions and life insurance subsidiary Allied Dunbar , whose Liverpool office is one of the country 's best performers saw trading profits leap to £376m in the nine months from £142m . |
| 24 | Just the odd flounder in the outer channels of the Teifi estuary . |
| 25 | SMITHS Industries , the aerospace-to-medical systems group , saw pre-tax profits fall 13 p.c. to £44.3m in the six months to February , but with £95m of cash in its coffers , the interim dividend rises 5 p.c. to 4.1p on June 5 . |
| 26 | Out of pre-tax profits that rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July , some £6.7m could be described as exceptional if not extraordinary . |
| 27 | Outlook page 25 Profits up : Pre-tax profits at Tootal rose £175,000 to £19.25m in the six months to July ahead of next week 's MMC report on Coats Viyella 's £395m bid . |
| 28 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 29 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 30 | Thus , though there is a slow progressive build.up in the upper levels of the intertidal zone , largely aided by human interference , in the lower levels there is virtually no overall accretion . |