Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Holiday bookings are up 20% on last year and the stresses and strains of the recession and high interest rates are forcing smaller travel operators out of business . |
| 32 | ‘ There was a massive drop in demand , but so far this year registrations are up 10pc on last year . |
| 33 | Earnings per share fell from 24.4p to 17½p but dividends are up 0.2p to 10.2p with a final of 6.2p payable June 10 . |
| 34 | ICI 's HC depreciation has been about 90% of reported HC profit after tax ; and with an average plant life of 15 years , the CPP amount is 100% higher . |
| 35 | The tarn would have been about 50ft. in depth at that time with the bottom around the 1,300 ft. contour . |
| 36 | In real terms the average incomes of lone parents have fallen — if their incomes had gone up in line with the Retail Price Index then they would have been about £12 per week higher in 1989 . |
| 37 | It is estimated that there has been about 1000km of lateral movement along the fault system over the past 25 Ma . |
| 38 | Moreover , they are often people with long experience of the area where you live , and of your particular problem . |
| 39 | There are often people behind street crime , like car theft . |
| 40 | There are often people in the community or groups who like coming |
| 41 | The central mountains of Madeira are about 1,860m above sea-level , the three highest peaks being Pico Ruivo ( 1,862m ) , Pico das Torrinhas or Torres ( 1,85 1 m ) and Pico Arieiro ( 1,818m ) . |
| 42 | Academics are about 36% behind the average ( non-manual ) index . |
| 43 | The type is basically as described for the Ayrshire of Scotland and average milk yields are about 5,800kg at 4.4 per cent butterfat ( the Finnish Friesian averages similar yields but only 4.1 per cent butterfat ) . |
| 44 | The shallow , circular houses are about 4m in diameter . |
| 45 | Average earnings in London are about £100 per week higher than in regions outside London . |
| 46 | Average milk yields are about 4,900kg at 3.9 per cent butterfat and the national population is about 115,000 dairy cows . |
| 47 | Average milk yields are about 6,700kg at 4.06 per cent butterfat . |
| 48 | The healing rates achieved by a six to eight week treatment of erosive reflux oesophagitis are about 50% for potent histamine H 2 receptor antagonists ( for example , ranitidine ( 150–300 mg twice daily ) ) and up to 90% for omeprazole , a proton pump inhibitor . |
| 49 | Sir , — By and large the services of practising chartered accountants to their clients are about 5% of any real value and 95% conformity to legislation — audit , taxation etc . |
| 50 | The ‘ grounds ’ that most interest me are about 6in beneath those once trod by the aristocrats , so I 'm sure the snobbish doctor 's ghost will tolerate my company for an afternoon . |
| 51 | Average milk yields are about 5,250kg at 4.44 per cent butterfat . |
| 52 | Today there are about 1m in the country . |
| 53 | Typical yields are about 3,500kg at 4 per cent butterfat and a good cow can reach perhaps 4,500kg . |
| 54 | Sparcsystems were on display from a number of vendors : Ace K Computer is the sales arm of MicroHelios Ltd of Osaka , which recently announced a Sparcstation 10-compatible machine under the name HelioStation 1000 — this adds to its current Sparc-based Heliostation 400 series and both machines are imported and sold under an agreement with Axil Technology Inc , of San Jose , California , a relatively new player in the compatible market ; the prices are about 40% of the Nippon Sun retail price and the company looks to sell 1,500 of the things annually . |
| 55 | Current average adult earnings are about £263 per week . |
| 56 | Average milk yields are about 4,600kg at 6 per cent butterfat . |
| 57 | Average yields are about 6,800kg at 4.08 per cent butterfat and the tall type is now preferred . |
| 58 | Of course in the rice solutions used in the published field trials the protein content may have been as hgh as 10% and may therefore have contributed more to secondary salt and water absorption . |
| 59 | Prices paid by first-time buyers fell 0.6pc last month and are now 9pc below last year . |
| 60 | This effect is estimated to be only 17% in Model 3 . |