Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worldwide underwriting losses in Q3 down from $131m to $124.9m — despite losses on Hurricane Andrew' — produced deficit at the nine months down $71.4m from $419.9m ( representing 17.2% of premiums ) to $348.5m ( 13.3% of premiums ) . |
| 2 | In state schools only £38 per pupil is spend in secondary schools and £25 in primaries . |
| 3 | Thus , whereas more than half of the straightforward deliveries of ‘ ordinary ’ books were made within 10 minutes , in the case of early or rare books only 45% of straightforward deliveries from the Main Building took under 20 minutes , and nearly half ( 47% ) took more than 35 minutes . |
| 4 | Worldwide underwriting losses down 20% from $162.2m ( representing 20.8% of premiums ) to $129.6m ( 15.2% of premiums ) |
| 5 | A Jodel can cost under £30 per hour , an Evans VP-1 under £20 per hour , and fixedwing three-axis microlights such as the Mike Whittaker range of designs under £15 per hour . |
| 6 | Windows 3.1 can now handle images over 16Mb in size , which is about par for the course with large four-colour , high-resolution bitmaps . |
| 7 | the Dutch workplace is truly multilingual ; the workforce at Gebr , Meijer , for example , is already considered virtually bilingual in Dutch and German ( 70% understand German ; 20% speak it ) whilst 20% of all verbal communication on the shop floor is a mixture of languages where English forms approximately 20% of all dialogue — apparently because computer software is American . |
| 8 | A second received burns over 60pc of his body and was taken by helicopter to hospital , where he was reported to be seriously ill . |
| 9 | ICELAND has reduced all turkeys over 10lb by £1 until January 2 . |
| 10 | Flake and granule makers require evenly shaped tubers over 25mm with no greening . |
| 11 | Only 12% of the health budget goes to the Bantustans , i.e. the rural areas where 40% of the population live . |
| 12 | ‘ We are very keen in principle to run auctions in countries where works of art are not exportable , and are happy to act as ‘ local auctioneers ’ ’ said Thompson . |
| 13 | Chain-smoking boss Patrick Sheehy proposed a special toast to the old iron curtain countries where sales of BAT 's American brands leapt 200% . |
| 14 | None of the middle-class men had incomes below £30 per week and over half had incomes in excess of £60 . |
| 15 | of all pensioners have incomes below £70 per week ? |
| 16 | Rabbit has been trading at a loss — last year , net losses amounted to $2.6m , down from $3.3m losses in the previous year , on revenues down 20% at just under $7m ; for the first quarter of this year , losses were reduced to $248,000 , from $800,000 , on sales down 13% at $1.6m . |
| 17 | The correct word was included about 60% of the time , although it was found in the first position of the list of alternatives only 18% of the time . |
| 18 | Raffles — Discos — Barn Dance — Cheese and Wine — Sponsored Swim — Slim — Ball Bounce — Filling a jar with coins under 10p — Coffee Mornings — Cake Stall — If every teacher pledged herself to raising among her classes just £20 between September 1984–85 we would raise almost £3,000 . |
| 19 | Boards under 3.00m in length normally use only the gybing and high wind straps . |
| 20 | Paris-based software and computer services company Generale de Service Informatique SA , or GSI , as it is better known , reported 1992 revenues up 8% to the equivalent of $460m , a rate of increase only half of that registered that year . |
| 21 | A source within Hewlett-Packard UK claimed that its first quarter 700 Series workstation figures showed revenues up 120% over the same period last year . |
| 22 | Money was found for school building projects , especially in EPAs , but ten years later 20% of all primary pupils were still being educated in pre-1903 buildings , many with outside lavatories . |
| 23 | For years now people from neighbouring Austria , particularly from Graz and Vienna have been coming across the Hungarian border on shopping trips . |
| 24 | This penal arrangement came into effect from 2 June and would have cost the clearing banks about £150,000 per week as a result of the lost interest . |
| 25 | The data we have at the moment suggest that we should reach our targets about 80% of the time , but our aim over the years will be not only to reach the targets in a higher proportion of cases but also to make the targets more difficult . |
| 26 | The PowerBreaker Strip and Fit costs about £5 from Texas Homecare and other leading high street stores . |
| 27 | Costs about £6 from high street and independent wine merchants , selected Asda stored or by mail order . |
| 28 | Accommodation costs depend on whether we can share — for example , a motor camp cabin for 4 costs about £12 per night ( ie £3 each ! ) , whereas lodge accommodation is £5-£7 per person . |
| 29 | In the early years about 50% of aircrew going through the course were National Servicemen who would only serve some three months or so on a squadron before their commitment was ended . |
| 30 | 20 years ago PEOPLE in Darlington could choose between learning the Language of Love on screen on the ABC or asking When Did You Last See My Mother ? ( ‘ a stimulating and imaginative modern play ’ ) at the Civic . |