Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , vegetarian George has turned down £20,000 to sing at a wedding in Paris because the bridegroom is a butcher . |
| 2 | Psion intends to invest substantially in expanding the range , but reckons it will have to cut prices below $500 to sell in high volumes . |
| 3 | One of the first tasks for the trust could be to restore the organ , But with a Governent grant of just £20,000 to look after three other chapels , they 'll have to pull out all the stops to raise the money . |
| 4 | It needs an 80386 or 80486 CPU with preferably 8Mb to run under Windows 3.1. but can be run as a 16-bit MS-DOS application in 640Kb . |
| 5 | Announcing the Welsh line-up last night , the general team manager , Myrddin John , said there was still £50,000 to find of the £172,000 needed . |
| 6 | Its quite boring being in a car , its just yourself , but there 's always people to look at , its quite an adventure |
| 7 | At last night 's full council meeting Tory group leader Tony Richmond criticised the ruling party for not setting aside £70,000 to pay for demolishing Court Arcade . |
| 8 | ‘ Angie had nothing to complain about — anyone would have been glad to put up £100,000 to get in here . |
| 9 | DELYN has nearly £4m to spend on improving its towns and villages in ambitious plans for 1993–94 . |
| 10 | a rectangular piece of crêpe paper large enough to go around the tube once and have about 10cm to spare at each end |
| 11 | In those areas where they are not , we will seek out people to put on the database . |
| 12 | CRCs will identify priorities and seek out people to help in the revision of those priority areas . |
| 13 | This commitment has manifested itself in many ways , e.g. sending out people to speak at schools , inviting school groups to tour the centre , awarding business scholarships to sixth formers and taking on pupils for work experience . |
| 14 | It costs about £2,000 to care for someone between referral to ACET and their death . |
| 15 | Tolstikov , last year 's winner and joint favourite with South African Mark Plaatjes for Sunday 's race , could win about £32,000 to add to his appearance fee if he repeats his success . |
| 16 | You could at least give them about £100 to pay for their expense . |
| 17 | How the Mini Master will be regarded by Britain 's Civil Aviation Authority remains to be seen , but the CAA has indicated so far that it will expect pilots flying the aircraft to be holders of a multi engine rating , which currently costs around £1,200 to obtain on a conventional twin aircraft . |
| 18 | It cost around £2,000 to make in 1982 and the man who built it for me said then that it would ‘ lift one ton , let alone Willie Whitelaw ’ . |
| 19 | Christie , whose normal appearance fee of £10,000 has now been doubled because of his Olympic success , was offered around £30,000 to go to Switzerland . |
| 20 | Birchwood 's Derrick Cooper picked up over £8,000 to move to 55th place in the Volvo Order of Merit when he shot 68–70–68–73 for a share of 15th place in the Dunhill Masters . |
| 21 | The game 's amateur principles , increasingly under threat , received another jolt with allegations that Brian Moore had been offered over £25,000 to play in South Africa . |