Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other depositors may be willing to deposit data for reasons of altruism . |
| 2 | The UK is in principle willing to contribute aircraft for the enforcement task . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We 've said all along that the key is managerial accountability , and until NIH is willing to punish people for their behaviour , nothing is going to change . ’ |
| 4 | We could all fly to Paris in perfect safety if we were prepared to pay £1,000 for a ticket , since we would then travel with the same cast-iron safety precautions as do heads of state . |
| 5 | For example , if the current rate of interest were 20 per cent , no one would be willing to pay £100 for a bond that only yielded £10 per year . |
| 6 | 484 , W told A that he was willing to pay £100,000 for a certain farm . |
| 7 | ( paras.2.6 , 4.2 ) I belong to the 40% who would be willing to pay £10 for a national permit , but I appreciate the problems of administration and enforcement , which probably means that Option A is the more practical alternative . |
| 8 | Less than a year later , Fuji seems more than willing to pay £100m for a minority share in the music arm which , with sales of £260m , represents much less than half of the Virgin empire . |
| 9 | In the example of ICI the ratio was 9.8 and so we may assume that investors were willing to pay 9.8p for 1p of earnings . |
| 10 | He is prepared to offer £50,000 for the house , including the carpets and curtains . |
| 11 | I think we should all be willing to subscribe £5 for four issues of The Lifeboat … |
| 12 | The profiles of outstanding men who 'd achieved a lot were supposed to give data for the development of new drugs . |
| 13 | ‘ We paid almost £9,000 for the car but we will be lucky to get £4,000 for it , ’ said Mr Lewis who believes the teenager should at least have been made to do community work . |
| 14 | • It 's fine to eat fruit for breakfast , between meals and before a main meal but not during it as it can upset the digestion rate of the other foods you 're eating . |
| 15 | The developing world in 1990 owed $1,340 billion to foreign creditors — THAT IS THE POOR OWE $327 FOR EVERY MAN , WOMAN AND CHILD . |
| 16 | Welfare State International gets £12,000 for a project celebrating the centenary of the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle this summer . |
| 17 | On the other hand there was some investment in being able to assess performance such that it was possible to reward people for ‘ good ’ performance , and the group were not entirely able to sort this one out in that it was representing to them a dependent desire to be judged and be judged as good , and yet a refusal to accept the terms upon which judgement was being made in that they felt depersonalized by it ’ |
| 18 | Consequently , the lake may remain with a negative K and be unable to support fish for many years . |
| 19 | In this example , the marketing research data might be useful for the management of the individual subsidiaries in Mexico , Canada , Spain and France , but management at Milwaukee Way 's headquarters would not be able to extract data for global marketing information and inter-country comparisons . |
| 20 | Sales revenues for scholastic Publications Ltd reached £8.96m for the first half of the company 's financial year ( June to November 1992 ) , representing an increase of 23.5% over the same period in 1991 . |
| 21 | And they are happy to pay £5 for a five-litre tub to spread on their roses . |
| 22 | Once people have become accustomed to the idea they will be very happy to pay 20p for a vacant parking space in such a delightful town as Barnard Mr D M Mockford , Yeast House , The Bank , Barnard Castle . |
| 23 | A suited smart alec , riding shotgun on rugby union 's suddenly careering shamateur bandwagon , this week told a group of British international players that they should soon be able to charge £1,500 for a solitary interview . |
| 24 | A suited smart alec , riding shotgun on rugby union 's suddenly careering shamateur bandwagon , this week told a group of British international players that they should soon be able to charge £1,500 for a solitary interview . |
| 25 | Tax total to top £1,200 for some |
| 26 | It is also possible to get data for past populations of countries , and to make alternative projections towards the present day , thus comparing what did happen with what might have happened . |
| 27 | There was remarkable consistency among subjects in the rankings obtained , and also the suggestion that tasks like teaching interviewing skills — which are difficult to recruit staff for — received high hassle scores . |
| 28 | It would be nice to earn £15,000 for playing sport , but it 's not an issue with me . |
| 29 | ‘ I was ready to take £600,000 for Danny during the summer but no one came in for him . |