Example sentences of "[n mass] [num] and a " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Steed 's bowler hat from The Avengers is guesstimated at £300-£500 , while a Thunderbirds rocket takes off at £1,000-Pounds 1,500 and a selection of monsters from Aliens are £300-£400 each . |
| 2 | The wing span was increased by 3ft 3 and a half in. , the cabin lengthened by 1ft 6in. , twin wheeled undercarriage units were installed on all members , and many other improvements initiated . |
| 3 | For example project A has an initial cash outflow of £1 million and a cash inflow of £300 000/year for 10 years . |
| 4 | Press coverage recognised another solid performance — sales of over £1O billion and a 17 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £735.2 million consolidated Sainsbury 's strong financial position . |
| 5 | The present tax year is expected to be even better — experts predict a net inflow of £3 billion and a £5 billion contribution to government funds in 1992–93 . |
| 6 | Now he takes charge of a division with turnover approaching £3 billion and a product portfolio ranging from toothpaste to Calvin Klein perfumes . |
| 7 | Over 100 stocks were listed with a total nominal value of just under £125 billion and a market value slightly in excess of this . |
| 8 | More than three million hens have been destroyed at a cost of more than £5 million and a number of egg producers have been forced out of business as a result . |
| 9 | Now , after over £5 million and a lot of work , it 's ready . |
| 10 | Today we operate as AEA Technology , a fully commercial business with a turnover of £400 million and a staff of 8000 . |
| 11 | The total value of research funds held was almost £3 Million and a total of 243 research publications were produced , 138 of them in the Department of Biological and Molecular Sciences . |
| 12 | And that 's where these certificates are the only guarantee that I can provide which will actually say well if we get fifteen percent inflation in nineteen ninety seven , they will pay fifteen p percent inflation , plus the three and a half percent three and a quarter percent bonus . |
| 13 | Over the year , despite a fall in gross mortgage lending from £9.1 billion to £8.3 billion and a drop in net lending from £3.9 billion to £3.3 billion , the Halifax increased its share of the mortgage market to 18 per cent . |
| 14 | Yasuda is Japan 's second largest non-life insurance company , with assets of $21.1 billion and a strong presence in all major world markets , including London . |
| 15 | I 've gained a great deal of experience these psst two and a half years and I think I could manage a stud farm quite easily now . |
| 16 | Albert Fall arranged for their transfer to the Department of the Interior , and then leased them in secret to two private oil magnates from whom , it was later revealed , he had received substantial bribes — some $300 000 and a herd of pedigree cattle . |
| 17 | A new Transit Shed measuring 4500m 2 and a covered storage area measuring 840m 2 has been provided while the surrounding areas have been concreted to allow easy movement of cargo handling machinery . |
| 18 | With pre-tax profits of £1.3 million and a purchase price of around £8 million , FUS was a good deal for Norton . |
| 19 | Removal of the need for lawyers to attend court for unopposed adjournments in the Magistrates ' Court ; we believe this would give rise to a saving of about £8.6 million , with a saving on committal hearings of £2 million and a resultant saving in legal aid standard fees of £1 million . |
| 20 | At the interim stage , Pilkington turned in pre-tax profits up 6per cent to £147 million and a 10per cent increase in the dividend to 2.93p a share . |
| 21 | At the interim stage , Pilkington turned in pre-tax profits up 6per cent to £147 million and a 10per cent increase in the dividend to 2.93p a share . |
| 22 | The group 's turnover rose from £8.1 million to £9.66 million and a final dividend of 9p a share was declared . |
| 23 | The group 's turnover rose from £8.1 million to £9.66 million and a final dividend of 9p a share was declared . |
| 24 | The 1990 budget presented on Jan. 1 , 1990 , announced an increase of 8 per cent in government expenditure to US$4,600 million , coupled with a predicted 18.5 per cent growth in revenues to $3,771 million and a lower projected budget deficit of $826.3 million . |
| 25 | In 1983 the average cost per tonne of French coal was FFr 633 ( £54 ) against an average imported price of FFr 450 and a British production cost of FFr 506 per tonne . |
| 26 | The project has since floundered leaving the local ratepayers with a bill of £6 million and a measly ‘ splash ’ pool in which to drown their sorrows . |
| 27 | Mr Heneaghan said one of the reasons behind the move to raise new capital was because the board could see PCI , which now has monthly billings of $2 million against $30,000 two and a half years ago , doubling in size this year . |
| 28 | In Bolivia she had only two cameras ; her trusty Nikon and a Hasselblad CM 500 and a wide-angled lens . |
| 29 | At a time when the national income was little more than £2 billion a coal production loss of nearly £100 million and a total loss of nearly £250 million had been incurred . |
| 30 | It features Zoffany 's Cockfight ( see Round-Up ) , estimated at £1.5 million and a herd of fat cows and bulls from a private collection ( est. from £1,500–4,000 ) . |