Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dell expects fiscal 1994 sales of between $3,400m and $3,700m and net profit of between $3.30 and $3.75 a share , compared with the $2.59 on sales of just over $2,000m reported for the year just ended . |
| 2 | The data gathered for the exercise clearly reflect the now very considerable research strength and performance that we possess . |
| 3 | Throughout the day Axis reconnaissance aircraft searched for the convoy in variable visibility , Beaufighters from Malta continuing to provide cover and frequently heard making reports but experiencing difficulty in maintaining contact . |
| 4 | Examination of the quality of management decisions is included to ensure that lessons are learnt for the future and to provide data needed for the revision of systems if this proves to be necessary . |
| 5 | Therefore , to avoid any confusion , the interpretations have been based solely on a comparison of the rates charged for Cessna 150/152s , as these make up about 45 per cent of the aircraft offered for the purpose of basic training or hire . |
| 6 | Red-faced check-in staff were forced to explain to the frustrated passengers that engineers at Glasgow Airport had forgotten to replace the seats in the Twin Otter aircraft used for the inter-islands service . |
| 7 | He and Elham have worked round-the-clock to raise the $100,000 needed for the children 's fares , accommodation , clothing and food . |
| 8 | The l.e.d.s used for the tie display are the low current 2mA type , with maximum current of 20mA . |
| 9 | This compares with just over £15m raised for the 1987 election . |
| 10 | Chatichai and Arthit were arrested at Bangkok airport aboard an aircraft bound for the royal palace in Chiang Mai , where they were to attend Arthit 's swearing-in ceremony . |
| 11 | ‘ The availability of Core-byte data allowed for the early input of important parameters such as core permeability into the test programme and increased the percentage of successful repeat formation testings , ’ said Tim Dodson , manager , Exploration Operations , Statoil . |
| 12 | Conservatives have set a target of £20,000 to raise for the General Election campaign . |
| 13 | This year Biggin 's organisers are opening the show site a day early , on Friday 19 June , to give the public an opportunity to see aircraft arriving for the Air Fair and watch performers practising for the airshow . |
| 14 | Automatic prescan of data follows for the summary screen , and calculations can be made on a range . |
| 15 | The part that the National Food Survey plays in policy formulation is illustrated and the proceedings also indicate how researchers and commercial interests can benefit from the continuity and the broad coverage of the data obtained for the Survey . |
| 16 | The painter Patrick Heron wrote for the New Statesman in London in the 1950s , and used this technique for writing about Braque , whom he compared with Picasso . |
| 17 | The £9,500 paid for the stallion was far beyond the previous record for a Clydesdale . |
| 18 | The dispositive contents of the will include : ( i ) pecuniary legacies of £1,000 each to the two executors , and of £2,000 to a Mr. Clarke , the deceased 's stockbroker ; ( ii ) provision for 150B , High Street and its contents to be retained to provide a residence during their respective lifetimes of two ladies , Mrs. Donelly and Mrs. Willett ; ( iii ) a settled legacy of £10,000 to provide for the maintenance of 150B , High Street during the residence there of the two ladies ; ( iv ) a settled legacy of £2,000 for a specified animal charity ; and ( v ) a gift of residue in equal shares to two specified charities . |
| 19 | The charges , coupled with an expected loss from normal operations , will lead to a ‘ substantial loss ’ for the fourth quarter , on turnover of $51m , up a little from the $48.6m reported for the third quarter . |
| 20 | They were desert folk waiting for the bus . |
| 21 | Sandys ’ Reformation did exactly the opposite : his policies reinforced British military capabilities for nuclear war , while cutting the ships , aircraft and above all infantry needed for the type of fighting in which military forces have been constantly engaged in the latter half of the twentieth century . |
| 22 | ‘ But when we got down to signing the papers I saw there was £198 charged for the fittings and £223 VAT on the original sum I had been quoted . |
| 23 | Turnover was down 50% from the $47.3m reported for the fourth quarter to December 31 , with product revenue down 24% from a year ago at $27.8m , and technology revenue dwindled to just $2.5m from $16.2m a year ago . |
| 24 | Radius Inc warns that it expects to report a second quarter operating loss larger than its first quarter operating loss , and that second quarter revenues to March 31 will be below the $36.9m reported for the first quarter , when it lost $0.05 per share or $713,000 ; it has seen slowing demand for its Macintosh enhancement products in Europe and to a lesser extent in the US . |
| 25 | There is not , of course , any serious evidence that kin support for the elderly is declining , despite the persistent myth that it is . |
| 26 | Last year the company lost £30,000 worth of fish bound for the Spanish market when the consignment was blocked for three days outside Toulouse by French lorry drivers protesting about restrictions on the hours they could drive . |
| 27 | On Feb. 13 up to 50,000 demonstrators outside the CP headquarters called for the deportation of Armenian refugees from Dushanbe ( the authorities insisted that fewer than 40 Armenians had arrived in the city , not thousands as rumoured , and that all had been housed with relatives ) , for the dismissal of the republic 's leadership , and for better job prospects and housing and environmental protection . |
| 28 | Hence the figure of 110.97p calculated for the last published results is not strictly comparable with that ( 131.2p ) calculated for the half-yearly figures . |
| 29 | Nor is this untypical ; statistics prepared for the past four years present the same picture . |
| 30 | For a breakdown of the characteristics of the prison population at any one time , one of the few available sources is the statistics collected for the All-India Committee on Jail Reforms 1980–3 . |