Example sentences of "[n mass] for other [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Attempts to provide land use data for other countries are bedevilled by even worse problems of definition and classification than those already outlined , but Best ( 1979 ) has tried to harmonize European national statistics to produce the figures shown in Table 8.2 , and in the USA although Jackson ( 1980 , 6 ) has argued that : ‘ it is almost impossible to provide adequate statistics on land use … because of differing definitions ’ , he has nonetheless provided the estimates shown in Table 8.2 using Department of Agriculture statistics . |
| 2 | The Pb isotope data for other islands located in areas of old lithosphere , Fernando de Noronha , Cape Verdes and the oceanic Cameroon line ( Fig. 1 ) , tend to be only slightly high in 206 Pb/ 204 Pb for a given 207 Pb/ 204 Pb ( Fig. 2 c ) , as expected given the lower average U/Pb ratios of lavas from these islands ( Fig. 3 a ) . |
| 3 | Of the total amount of financial aid of 12,000 million ECU , 10,800 million ECU ( compared with 7,400 million ECU under Lome III ) was to be channelled through the European Development Fund ( EDF ) : ( i ) 7,995 million ECU as general grants ( comprising 350 million ECU for emergency aid , 280 million ECU for interest-rate subsidies , 1,150 million ECU for structural adjustment and 6,215 million ECU for other grants ) ; ( ii ) 1,500 million ECU for the system of stabilization of export earnings from agricultural and fishery products ( Stabex ) ; ( iii ) 480 million ECU for the special facility for mining products ( Sysmin ) ; and ( iv ) 825 million ECU risk capital . |
| 4 | The transport department estimates that a charge of about 1.5 pence a mile for cars and vans and 4.5 pence for other vehicles would divert about 10% of vehicle miles at peak periods . |
| 5 | We survived the General Strike of 1926 , as we could exchange fish for other foods . |
| 6 | This reduces availability of staff for other purposes . |
| 7 | The companies , which include John West , Princes , Glenryck , Loverings , Gerber Premier Foods and the Co-op , have also agreed not to process drift-net tuna for other firms . |
| 8 | This centenary event raised over £1,800 for Barnsley District General Hospital , with a further £650 for other charities . |
| 9 | Within the alcoholic drinks category , real excise duty revenue raised from Scotch Whisky has fallen by 44% since 1979 and by 26% for other spirits . |