Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Today good , unconverted barns in his area sell for about £75,000 . |
2 | Battered by Apple , Compaq and Dell , NEC belatedly announced big price cuts in February , but its computers still sell for about ¥150,000 more than those of its foreign competitors . |
3 | It owns three subsidiaries : Charles Farris , which makes enormous church candles that sell for about £35 each ; Aidee International , which manufactures pottery Beatrix Potter soap dishes in Devon ; and Candle Flare , a Colchester-based maker of Christmas decorations . |
4 | These antiques of the future sell for about £375 in rosewood . |
5 | I have seen some 1.8-litre CL models with under 10,000 miles on the clock sell for around £10,000 within the trade . |
6 | Beaver Clear Satin Floor Varnish is available in 1 litre and 5 litre packs which sell for around £13 and £44 respectively . , . . |
7 | Accidents and external causes of injury among the children of the subgroup of unoccupied families account for nearly 60% of deaths , twice the proportion in the rest of the population . |
8 | Desulfovibrios account for approximately 66% of all colonic sulphate reducing bacteria , while Desulfobulbus spp. constitute about 16% . |
9 | Like Japan 's economic future , it does not depend on basic manufacturing : assembly costs account for just 5% of its sales . |
10 | The company admits that it is disappointed with its returns from Spain , which have so far produced sales which account for just 3% of its total European total : the company had expected 10–15% . |
11 | Our results confirm the constant prevalence of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine , which together account for over 60% of all phospholipis identified in human gastric mucosa . |
12 | Such contracts so far account for around 15% of most institutes ' funds . |
13 | Malignant bile duct strictures are mainly the result of cancer of the ampulla of Vater , pancreas , or bile duct and account for about 75% of patients presenting with extrahepatic bile duct obstruction . |
14 | Of carcinomas positive for human papillomavirus , types 16 and 18 account for about 90% . |
15 | Spider monkeys ( A teles geoffreyi ) on Barro Colorado Island eat leaves , which account for about 20% of their fresh weight intake and provide most of their protein , notable being the protein-rich young shoots of Poulsenia armata ( Moraceae ) and Ceiba pentandra ( Bombacaceae ) , which has 25.3% dry weight protein , and Cecropia leaves , especially their petioles , which have high mineral content . |
16 | Between them , the two account for almost 90% of Italy 's television audience . |
17 | Responses were received from 109 companies that , in total , account for almost 70% of the total R&D expenditure reported by companies in the 1992 R&D scoreboard . |
18 | Is it not the pride of the industry that although sales in Britain account for only 8% of the world total , British recordings account for 22% ? |
19 | Although anthropogenic emissions of sulphur dioxide account for only half of the total global emission , they tend to be very concentrated . |
20 | LTOM has failed to entice private clients , who account for only 20% of its business but are the lifeblood of options markets overseas . |
21 | According to Dr Mobius , over 75% of the world 's population lives in such countries , which currently account for only 11% of the world 's GNP and less than 5% of the capitalisation of the world equity markets . |
22 | The illustrative programme of additional expenditure from January 1993 , set out in Appendix 1 of The Future of Our Qualification , does include programmes ‘ to enhance firms ' profitability ’ and ‘ to help firms translate audit regulation into a profitable opportunity ’ , but these activities account for only £210,000 of the total additional expenditure of almost £2m . |
23 | Women aged over 38 years account for only 3% of mothers , but carry 23% of all Down 's babies . |
24 | In theory it would be possible to significantly reduce the incidence of Down 's Syndrome , remembering that women aged 38 years or over account for only 3% of births , but 23% of Down 's births . |
25 | In Jersey City , where non-Hispanic whites account for only 35% of the population , a 34-year-old Wall Street anti-tax whizz-kid runs for mayor against the local machine . |
26 | At P&G , where 25% of its 2,300 brand varieties account for only 2% of sales , old brands like Puritan cooking oil and White Cloud toilet paper are being scrapped . |
27 | Mature medical students ( defined as over 23 ) account for only 2% of the medical school population . |
28 | The investor buys a futures contract for around 10% of its value . |
29 | Cool for about 10min , stirring occasionally . |
30 | These ‘ needs ’ constitute sources of control because they provide for both incentives and disincentives : their satisfaction can be used to lure us into conformity , and the threat of their denial can be used to divert us from criminality . |