Example sentences of "[noun sg] for a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well I am partial to a bit of Severn salmon , ’ Bert continued , ‘ if you promise me that next half tidy salmon that comes your way , you can have the bike for a hundred and fifty . |
| 2 | And finishes off by saying , erm , our Youth Committee Chairman , Roland have a forward looking attitude to developing and improving youth for many years to come , for as many boys as possible , and we would like to apply for a grant for a thousand pound to cover the cost of providing these new kits for three teams . |
| 3 | The daughters of a man who died after breathing asbestos dust are suing his employers British Rail for a hundred thousand pounds . |
| 4 | I 'm expecting him to chip-up and two-putt for a five ( the 17th was a par-5 ) , so I 'm thinking we have to do the same in reverse . |
| 5 | Tyne Tunnel Trading Estates Ltd. were seeking planning permission for a 360 000 sq . |
| 6 | The County Council had given permission for a 70 acre toxic waste dump in Ringaskiddy on part of the 1000 acres owned by the IDA — there was that threat over people 's heads . |
| 7 | The company has lodged an application with Livingston Development Corporation for planning permission for a 60,000 sq ft extension to its facilities in Houston Industrial Estate to accommodate 91 of the new jobs . |
| 8 | The great Florenz Ziegfeld saw the forty-eight Girls in the Folies-Bergère in Paris and took them under contract for a six month spell into his own Follies which he extended to three years . |
| 9 | Recently a large 6000m 2 custom Axminster contract for a five star international hotel in southern Sweden was won against stiff opposition from the U.K. and in Berlin , Stoddard Mattor are one of two finalists in quoting for a 10,000 square metre hotel project . |
| 10 | The Bureau was established at the University of Warwick on 1 September 1983 with a contract for a four year period in the first instance . |
| 11 | A planned budget for 1991 estimated at $80,000 million contained provision for a 15.7 per cent rise for the social sector and one of 41.2 per cent for the controversial National Solidarity ( Pronasol ) anti-poverty programme [ see below ] which had a budget of $1,000 million in 1990 . |
| 12 | As for the industry 's registered dock labour force , the Government made provision for a three year redundancy scheme , jointly financed by the Government and the employer of any dockers who were ‘ surplus to requirements ’ . |
| 13 | Glen Robson ( Tredegar ) was in a deep bend opposite the Longworth Mill barn and fished over depth with a stick float and single maggot on a 20 hook for a dozen dace weighing 2–0–0 . |
| 14 | ( This evening — as I knew I would and could — I coaxed and bullied him , and he wrote out a cheque for a hundred pounds , which he 's promised to send off tomorrow . |
| 15 | But there 's no hope for a fifty mile an hour limit along the whole road because some sections have already been made dual carriageway . |
| 16 | That 's what I said , to do that and hope for a three or a six or another five or a king . |
| 17 | that there have n't been any forces of change for a thousand years . |
| 18 | By this stage no recognised forward had yet to score , but that was soon rectified at Wigan , when John Borthwick came off the bench to score a last gasp winner for a 2–1 victory . |
| 19 | Department X is working at 50% capacity but the staff are guaranteed payment for a 35 hour week . |
| 20 | In 1980 the Academic , College and Research Libraries ( ACRL ) Board of Directors in the USA approved funding for a two and a half year project to provide information concerning academic librarianship to organizations and individuals involved with higher education through the development of channels of communication with professional and higher education associations . |
| 21 | Macbeth ran at the Shield for a hundred and fifty nights , the longest record in the play 's history . |
| 22 | A p<0.05 level for a two sided test was considered statistically significant . |
| 23 | His cottages at Blaize Hamlet blazed a trail for a hundred years . |
| 24 | getting a computer for a hundred and ninety nine pound ! |
| 25 | DSM is currently providing scientific and financial support for a five year project concentrating mainly on the painting techniques of Rembrandt . |
| 26 | A team of researchers at Aberdeen University have received support for a three year study of Scottish soccer fan behaviour . |
| 27 | Opinion polls show Labour back in the lead on course for a nine seat John Major unveils the Tories ’ 39 steps to education reform claiming they will achieve higher Roy Hattersley , on a visit to Darlington , pledged to give Durham 's Chief Constable the number of extra bobbies he Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon claimed a Newcastle-based regional assembly , as proposed by Labour , would harm the town . |
| 28 | Norman birdied the 11th , coaxed home a six-yarder for a two at the 13th , and surged ahead with a two-shot swing coming on the next green . |
| 29 | Was that good money for a fourteen year old ? |
| 30 | Well there 's the fact that he might have borrowed the money for a ten million pound project , and he ca n't have a use of it because it 's named and he 's paying interest |