Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recognise the dangers of lumping together people with quite different cultures but the problems I am concerned with are experienced by members of all minorities in Britain . |
| 2 | Wakefield Council had set up an Adaptations and Disability Unit , bringing together staff from social services , environmental health and housing departments . |
| 3 | In many ways , Doctus have acted as a catalyst , bringing together staff from various locations and backgrounds to achieve improved performance and results in well defined areas . |
| 4 | This openness is fundamental to the total quality culture that the Quality Scotland Foundation espouses as it firmly believes that , by bringing together people with expertise in the quality field to help and advise those who wish to make a commitment to it , attitudes can really begin to change . |
| 5 | The 10-week series of group workshops , bringing together people from diverse backgrounds , begins on Monday September 27 . |
| 6 | Within a few months he produced an order from Littlewoods to produce the store 's quarterly catalogue , bringing in £478,000 of business . |
| 7 | The industry is also interested in signing up people in Brazil to write programs ( Brazil boasts a large number of Japanese emigres ) . |
| 8 | Sugar , who with his directors holds a 36% stake in the group , is stumping up £19.5m of his own money for the deal . |
| 9 | Since its establishment in 1990 some 1700 employees , representing about 30% of the workforce in the UK have participated in the Scheme . |
| 10 | Pre-tax profits jumped to £221.5m in 1992 from £186m the previous year with Steetley contributing about £50m to operating profit . |
| 11 | His figures show that even at 1990 inputs and output the occupier 's surplus from farming is less than £300 , becoming about £6000 after allowing for all sources of income . |
| 12 | As a senior member of the banking committee in the late 1980s , he had intervened with federal regulators on behalf of Charles H. Keating , while soliciting about $1,000,000 in political contributions from Keating 's Lincoln Savings and Loan Association [ see pp. 37848 ; 37998 ; 38223 ] . |
| 13 | Products designated as sportswear have also taken a more significant share , now representing almost 9% of volume . |
| 14 | Hamburger outlets are by far the most important , representing almost 80% of total turnover in the fast food market . |
| 15 | Income tax is by far the most important direct tax , alone contributing almost 26% of government receipts . |
| 16 | Local authorities and the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive are contributing around £2m to the £20m investment by BR 's Regional Railways division in new rolling stock and track . |
| 17 | Simultaneously they were Adobe 's largest customer contributing over 40% of the revenues at one point . |
| 18 | In total , 16 stores are currently scanning , representing over 30% of total company sales . |
| 19 | It is in fact the French Simmental but larger than the Swiss Simmental , averaging perhaps 149cm in the bull ( 140cm in the cow ) and weighing |
| 20 | It is a Germanic breed , known for the production of Munster cheese , though its milk yields are rather low , averaging only 2,500kg at 3.7 per cent butterfat , and it is related to the Black Forest cattle of Germany . |
| 21 | When Britons are saving just 6% of their post-tax income , surely everybody agrees that they should be encouraged to do more . |
| 22 | In contrast to the costly and sophisticated technology employed by the major companies were simple but effective ‘ home studios ’ costing under £1,000 by 1985 , the average price of four-track recording machines had come down to £500 and over 20,000 had been sold in Britain . |
| 23 | As they poured in further canfuls , I encouraged them to work out the amounts mentally by rounding off £1.19 to £1.20 , and taking away 1p . |
| 24 | At the top of the boom the group 's worldwide housing business made only £35m ; in 1991 it wiped out years of British housebuilding profits by writing off £25m against just one housing estate — the St Mary Abbots luxury development in Kensington . |
| 25 | Former GB tourist Des Foy and fellow centre John Henderson are also on their way to Fartown , with Oldham picking up £10,000 for the pair . |
| 26 | Matheson 's first round victory over former world No.8 Hlasek , now down at 46 , was easily the finest result of the Scotsman 's career , guaranteeing nearly £3,000 in prize money treble his previous best cheque . |
| 27 | ‘ They were training up people for the university , teaching me Latin . |
| 28 | The explosion ripped through Callaghan 's Butcher 's in Maghull Square , Sefton , early yesterday morning causing about £20,000-worth of damage . |
| 29 | This unit had been set up originally to refine the art of specific writing for Television ; either by seeking out works of literature suitable for adaption , or by commissioning new material and applying it to the ‘ TV-writing art form ’ . |
| 30 | 5% tax on new cars scrapped — saving about £400 on family model . |