Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Profits at Unilever are forecast to rise from £575m to around £595m for the third quarter . |
| 2 | OIL production by member states of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries dropped 900,000 barrels a day to 23.5m last month but remains well above the cartel 's target level of 22.9m for the first half , the International Energy Agency has said . |
| 3 | Feare ( 1970a ) thought it to be at least 90% during the first winter . |
| 4 | We appreciate what a stumbling block this can be and will lend you 100% as a first time buyer . |
| 5 | Royal Mail is giving a package of technical support and advice worth £3,500 as a first prize , to enable the winner to make the best use of postcodes in her business . |
| 6 | M&J Ross and Son of Romesbeoch , Shawhead , Dumfries , received a 3,400gn bid for their Zora of Romesbeoch from J&JW Ions of Thorneyburn , Hexham and RT Lawson and Son , Airlies Farm , Wigtown , went to 2,800gns for the second prizewinner Zulu , the September l991 bull brought out by Ian Henderson of Langholm . |
| 7 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 8 | Terry Baughan , the financial director for both the Virgin Group and the airline , revealed that the airline had incurred a trading loss of £514,000 for the first three weeks of operation . |
| 9 | SOMERSET County Cricket Club yesterday announced it made a profit of £82,612 during the last year , although chief executive Peter Anderson warned that the county is still in debt . |
| 10 | He charges £40 for the first hour and £25 thereafter — which neatly incorporates the call-out fee in the first hour . |
| 11 | Finally , we should note the healthy expansion in the number of women candidates — exceeding 25% for the first time in the metropolitan authorities . |
| 12 | 1991 saw total Unix systems revenue in Europe climb to $6.9bn from $6bn in 1990. 1991 's growth of 15% is two points up on 1990 's 13% — IDC predicts a mean compound annual growth rate ( CAGR ) of 14% for the next six years , by which time it believes the European market will be worth some $16.3bn . |
| 13 | An application has been made to the Charity Commissioners for the Bradford Atea Project to be given registered charity status and the association has set itself a target of raising £20,000 during the next 12 months . |
| 14 | Houston-based Compaq says its sales rose by 10% during the first three months of this year . |
| 15 | If your travel from the UK for your outward journey or from Holland for the return journey is delayed for over 12 hours ( due to strike/industrial action , weather conditions or mechanical breakdown ) from the scheduled time , then a benefit of £20 for the first 12 hours and £10 for each subsequent 12 hours up to a maximum of £60 . |
| 16 | The imprest would also be £3.77 , so that the petty cash box contains £20 for the next day . |
| 17 | WARTIME Spitfire pilot F/L Tony Cooper was recently re-united with his aircraft for the first time since crashing on marshland near the Humber Estuary in 1944 . |
| 18 | Deploying fighter aircraft for the first time since the 1991 Gulf war , with some flights north of the 36th parallel ( i.e. over the Kurdish " safe haven " area ) , the Iraqis also built up in early April their deployment of ground forces , surface-to-air missiles and radar tracking equipment directed north of the 36th parallel , apparently seeking to capitalize on US inaction over " skirmishes " with the Kurds . |
| 19 | It has been revived under the auspices of the Burlington Magazine , and there will again be two categories of prize : the main award of $15,000 and a further award of $5,000 for a first book by a promising scholar . |
| 20 | A new budget of £1,500 for the next six months should be enough for local advertising . |
| 21 | Bomber Command lost over 500 aircraft during the next few months over Berlin , and when you consider that this meant 3,500 fully trained men , it can be realised that it was a critical time . |
| 22 | DEC claims its UK workstation business will grow at a compound annual rate of 2% or 3% for the next few years , and ambitiously predicts its will overhaul Sun to become market leader by 1995/96 . |
| 23 | The decline was mainly due to lower non-oil imports , which fell at an annual rate of 14% between the fourth quarter of 1990 and the first quarter of this year . |
| 24 | This was in excess of 10% for the first few months and was over 20% in some parts of Wales . |
| 25 | Little more than $200,000,000 for the first year was pledged , however , with some $60,000,000 of this on concessional terms ; further pledges of $150,000,000 were forthcoming for the 1991-93 period . |
| 26 | Normally , the rates are £19.50 for the first halt hour and for each additional quarter of an hour or part of it , £4.50 , For weekday overtime the rates go up to £23.80 and £5.45 , for Saturday overtime , £24.70 and £5.65 , Sunday overtime , £31.70 and £7.15 and for Bank holiday overtime , £37.00 and £8.25 . |
| 27 | Our data for the first demonstrate that A-tracts repeated at helical turn periods can display no mobility anomaly if they are appropriately phased with GGGCCC motifs . |
| 28 | This means that initial conditions need to be specified so as to provide the data for the first set of calculations . |
| 29 | On present policies , according to Jeremy Lawrence , we ‘ risk creating a pensioner underclass that the new private sources of income can not reach ’ ( New Society , 5 June 1987 ; the data for the last three paragraphs is drawn from the same source ) . |
| 30 | The outstanding early example of this was the D.C.3 , later known as the Dakota , and this was followed by the Spitfire and by many of the famous aircraft of the last War . |