Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Prince only gets £5 million per album if he sells 5 million copies — or a new fee is agreed . |
| 2 | Companies responsible for its prospects have gone out of business seven times , discovering that while they could make money on the big promotions , the building and park were too expensive to run on a tickover basis ( nowadays the park alone costs £650,000 a year to maintain ) , and in an earlier era of six-day working weeks , the public had not much leisure time to spend there anyway . |
| 3 | This sector as a whole now accounts for 23% of Scottish manufactured exports , with whisky alone representing 20% . |
| 4 | Bad debts alone cost £2 million , the departing chief executive , Graeme Odgers , admitted yesterday . |
| 5 | Germany alone received $9 billion in 1970 and $4 billion in the first five months of 1971 . |
| 6 | The reason for their non-availability will not surprise anyone who has dealings with an insurance company — the policies apparently attract people who make claims . |
| 7 | Gary only gets £84 per fortnight and the level of fine is ridiculous . |
| 8 | Ruth sat on her bed and drew towards her the unfinished drawing of lions apparently devouring people — Christians probably , from the school 's Religious Knowledge . |
| 9 | IBM Brasil Leasing Arrendamento Mercantil SA duly raised $120m with the issue of a $120m two tranche Eurobond due December 1995 . |
| 10 | In 1294–7 , it has been calculated , the laity and clergy together yielded £280,000 in direct taxes to the king . |
| 11 | It is not the case that social dislocation and uncertainty necessarily make people turn to God . |
| 12 | But such research only reveals people 's perceptions . |
| 13 | Gridelin Rainwater Shampoo normally costs £2.50 for 200ml but we 've got 50 tubs to give way . |
| 14 | Satellite channels already claim 1.2m subscribers , and Britain 's cable-television operators another 115,000 . |
| 15 | ‘ We 're departing from the idea that microcomputers will be a fantastic source of telecommunications traffic in the future , ’ said Jean-Jacques Damlamian , France Telecom 's sales director , citing a study by DG Conseil that shows France 's 420,000 networked personal computers already generating $160m per year in revenues for all types of telecommunications traffic . |
| 16 | In other words , if the employee normally spends £2 a day but has to spend £4 a day when out on audit , a claim might be considered . |
| 17 | It should perhaps be mentioned that there are also accounting exemptions for medium-sized companies ( annual turnover not exceeding £5750000 ) but these are modest and are barely worth the effort and expense of preparing separate accounts for the shareholders and filing with the Registrar of Companies . |
| 18 | In order to be classified as small a company or group of companies must meet at least two out of the following three criteria : ( a ) annual turnover not exceeding £1400000 . |
| 19 | Whilst it is certainly true that any process is better than none , awareness of all four aspects best equips people to deal with all eventualities . |
| 20 | As he values the entire UK direct sales market at about £1,000m , this means his association already represents 20% of the total — ‘ not bad ’ , he reckons , ‘ for an association that has just been launched ’ . |
| 21 | This is defined as a goods vehicle which does not form part of a vehicle combination and has a relevant plated weight not exceeding 3500kg , or ( not having a plated weight ) has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525kg . |
| 22 | This is defined as a goods vehicle which does not form part of a vehicle combination and has a relevant plated weight not exceeding 3500kg , or ( not having a plated weight ) has an unladen weight not exceeding 1525kg . |
| 23 | A MAJOR meat industry figure yesterday endorsed livestock producers ' legitimate expectations of premium prices for quality products . |
| 24 | That 's why we have put in place the most varied , comprehensive programme ever to help people who have been unemployed for six months or more . ’ |
| 25 | Intra-EC customs clearance work , hitherto carried out mainly by agents , is no longer appropriate but both governments and industry still require statistics to be kept , particularly in the early years of the single market . |
| 26 | THE financier who made a billion when Chancellor Lamont lost the battle for the pound yesterday gave £32 million to charity . |
| 27 | Reg Brealey , the club chairman , told shareholders at yesterday 's annual meeting that the club still owes £2.3million . |
| 28 | If we take these characteristics of perception into an organizational setting , then the verbal and non-verbal signals still provide data for interpersonal relationships . |
| 29 | The department also represents people at social security tribunals , appeals and reviews . |
| 30 | We will see that the author of The Cloud of Unknowing and Walter Hilton both warn people against the dangers of his kind of mysticism . |