Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [vb past] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1990 the total rose to ¥2 trillion , but January 1991 alone brought ¥400 billion-worth . |
| 2 | Though Young could have reasonably expected a bishopric , he was repeatedly passed over and in 1626 apparently offered £15,000 for the vacant see of Winchester . |
| 3 | But if Brokerage 's £493,000 losses are not included , these actually rose 23% to £1.7m . |
| 4 | The EBRD has 10 billion Ecus ( £7 billion ) of capital , a drop in the ocean compared with the needs of eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union — the latter alone got £15.7 billion of aid from the Group of Seven last week . |
| 5 | Many primarily introverted people can deal with the outside world when required , just as many extroverts can deal with ideas when this is needed . |
| 6 | But last year the one who came 50th only got 45% . |
| 7 | Chosen by Elizabeth Easton , Brooklyn 's associate curator of European Painting and Sculpture , it contains sixty paintings and works on paper ( among them ten recently discovered works ) , including the monumental ‘ Bathers ’ from the Fogg Art Museum , the ‘ Negress with Peonies ’ from the Musée Fabre , Montepellier , and ‘ Self-Portrait with Palette ’ from the Art Institute of Chicago . |
| 8 | The first ever freckled duck to be born outside Australia has hatched at the Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands trust.The bird is under threat in its drought stricken homeland , so conservationists are delighted about the birth . |
| 9 | Individuals becoming insolvent also jumped 9% to 9,470 in the third quarter a rate of 103 a day . |
| 10 | Individuals becoming insolvent also jumped 9pc to 9,470 in the third quarter a rate of 103 a day . |
| 11 | They argued in favour of this possibility on the following grounds : ( 1 ) cuckoos ‘ regularly parasitized three other corvid species in the Guadix area , whereas the magpie was the only commonly parasitized species in nearby areas of ancient sympatry , although all corvid species bred in both areas of recent and of ancient sympatry ’ . |
| 12 | Anglian started 2p lower then regained 1p to stand at 479p . |
| 13 | Julian Horsey recently won £2,500 and the title of New Designer Of The Year ‘ 92 –'93; for his recyclable shoes . |
| 14 | Under his control , the LMP show in these two highly contrasted works from 1785–6 that the blend of tonal balance and stylistic accuracy which has been their trademark ever since the group was founded is better than ever . |
| 15 | Unix licence revenues increased 43% over the third quarter of fiscal 1992 , with Desktop licence sales growing 35% over the prior period , and the two together comprised 75% of total licence revenues for the quarter , compared with 69% of total licence revenues a year ago . |
| 16 | Unix licence revenues increased 43% over the third quarter of fiscal 1992 , with Desktop licence sales growing 35% over the prior period , and the two together comprised 75% of total licence revenues for the quarter , compared with 69% of total licence revenues a year ago . |
| 17 | Engels , whose observations were based on life in urban Lancashire , was obliged to make an exception in favour of the Irish immigrants , who in 1841 already constituted 10% or the population of Manchester . |
| 18 | With refits and repairs the upkeep of the fleet by 1750 probably exceeded £500,000 a year , and the wartime floating population which had to be provisioned exceeded that of any town save London . |
| 19 | Total expenditure on transport services around 1750 probably exceeded £1.25 million a year ; by 1800 it was probably over £3 million , and by 1815 may have been approaching £5 million . |
| 20 | Two strongly contrasted works by composers who did , however , share an optimistic view of religion not acceptable to their more conventional contemporaries . |
| 21 | Other spatially referenced data incorporated into the system include those on the distribution of schools , medical and transport services which can be displayed and supplementary information about them obtained . |