Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm were most people in those days poor ? |
| 2 | However , Kenneth Clark , who replied for the government , was not encouraging and seemed to accept the pessimistic view of Neville Trotter , Conservative MP for Tyne mouth , who blamed all the problems on Korean labour costs which were only 20% of those in the UK . |
| 3 | When the Rand study looked at five giant companies with Superfund sites , it found that their legal fees were only 21% of what they spent on cleaning up , and much less when only one company was involved in cleaning a site . |
| 4 | The clerks and station officials were normally people of pure Spanish descent , while the managers and engineers at the top were usually British or American . |
| 5 | Pulse oximetry using the Ohmeda system was shown to produce valid SaO 2 readings even in highly jaundiced patients although SaO 2 readings obtained were approximately 1% below those of invasive arterial blood gas analysis . |
| 6 | Lesser offices remained the preserve of local men , although they were usually people of limited importance . |
| 7 | Lesser offices remained the preserve of local men , although they were usually people of limited importance . |
| 8 | ‘ There were always people around the house , like my Dad 's band , and so that 's how I learned to play bass and drums as well , 'cos it was just there . |
| 9 | The proceedings eventually started , though there were still people outside trying to get inside . |
| 10 | ‘ They were mainly people with offices or garages although I had one or two with large country houses . ’ |
| 11 | When Sir John Harvey-Jones became chairman in 1982 , ‘ effect ’ chemicals were about 34% of turnover ; by the end of the decade , their share was 56% . |
| 12 | School fees were about £50-£100 per year ; three years at Oxbridge might cost £600 . |
| 13 | Average milk yields for Red Poll cows in the 1930s were about 3,300kg at 3.64 per cent butterfat , which was better in both respects than the Dairy Shorthorn but below the Lincoln Red . |
| 14 | In 1985 the profits of Japan 's big car and consumer electronics industries were about 6% of their sales . |
| 15 | At first , they claimed that the only items missing from the murder scene were about £400 in cash and two car-tyre pumps . |
| 16 | In the fixed-commission mid-1960s , profit margins were about 25% on total revenue . |
| 17 | They were indeed works of art , great mop-headed beauties made from finely-cut wood shavings which curled into unbelievable shapes . |
| 18 | But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m . |
| 19 | For the first nine months of the year , taxable profits at the group whose brands range from Persil to Flora , were ahead 10pc to £1,459m from £1,331m . |
| 20 | For the first nine months of the year taxable profits at the group , whose brands range from Persil to Flora , were ahead 10% to £1,459m from £1,331m . |
| 21 | For the first nine months of the year taxable profits at the group , whose brands range from Persil to Flora , were ahead 10% to £1,459m from £1,331m . |
| 22 | The Security Service reported in the war that the IFL was mainly subsidised by Leese 's private means and that the largest individual contribution , by a Colonel Macdonald of Brussels in the period for which cash books were found between September 1930 and August 1933 and from June 1937 to November 1938 , was only £5 per month with a special donation from him of £50 in November 1938 . |
| 23 | The aircraft was seen by a reliable observer as it initiated its first overshoot ; within two minutes he had telephoned saying that the aircraft was only 50m above the ground and heading south . |
| 24 | The nitrogen level in the microbial biomass was only 50% of the original 1 year after clearing and remained low ; little mineralized nitrogen was lost to the atmosphere by denitrification but much may be retained low in the soil profile . |
| 25 | In Wester Ross there was only 1% of permanent grass indicating that any land considered ploughable was termed arable , whilst in Powys the steep slopes dictated that there was no other option . |
| 26 | By comparison , total expenditure on all forms of regional incentive ( Regional Selective Assistance , Regional Enterprise Grants , Enterprise Initiative Grants and Regional Development Grants ) was only £106m in 1989/90 . |
| 27 | The share of Japan 's R&D spending ( including grants to universities ) financed by the government was only 20% in 1987 , while in America it was 49% . |
| 28 | One was only 10-12ft behind the other and both men were laughing . |
| 29 | The minimum investment was for 100 shares at a price of £1 per share , but , as the initial payment was only 50p per share , members of the public could become shareholders of British Gas for a down-payment as low as £50 . |
| 30 | The peptide consisting of amino acids 62–171 was the smallest fragment responsible for the effect although its activity was only 13% of the intact clone ( lane 12 ) . |