Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | THE number of children on Wirral 's child protection register has jumped 10% in a year , according to the council 's annual social services report . |
2 | Accordionist Tommy Edmondson , 58 , of Rothbury , Northumberland , has received £100 for the signature tune of the BBC children 's cartoon Captain Pugwash , which he recorded 40 years ago and was paid £2 . |
3 | iv A family has received £400 in compensation after a coach holiday firm failed to provide the smoke-free transport specified in the brochure . |
4 | The Cleveland Rotofac Trust has received £500 from Middlesbrough Council 's Community Chest to put towards a cruiser to take the disabled on trips on local waterways . |
5 | Imran Khan 's Cancer Hospital Appeal has received £20,000 from Tilda Rice , the world 's leading producers of Basmati rice . |
6 | Archer Communications Inc , Calgary , Alberta reports that it has received $2.25m from Capcom Co of Japan and its Capcom USA Inc unit , as the second and final stage of a previously announced $6.525m loan agreement . |
7 | The rarity of quakes there has lulled people into a sense of security that many say is false . |
8 | Check 1 If Mr Smith shares his wage bill of $865.50 equally among 10 men , what does he pay each man ? unc Check 2 Joe has flown 54,825.00km in 100 hours . |
9 | This is partly because the council has limited means of enforcing its recommendations , short of the draconian removal of recognition from an entire course . |
10 | It rose during the early 1980s but has fallen 9% since 1986 and is now about the same level as in the mid 1960s . |
11 | Disney , which has always refused to concede contractors ' claims , declared yesterday that its payment to CGCE which has undertaken £13.5m of work on the Paris theme park was related ‘ only to those of the group 's claims which are judged to be well-founded . ’ |
12 | He is also chairman of the polytechnic board of governors and has given £100,000 to the new science school to help develop the study of chemical and biotechnological sciences . |
13 | The borough council only needs to look to the example of Durham County Council which has given £100,000 to the Bowes Museum for its centenary celebrations to see how important local heritage is . |
14 | Elton , 45 , has given £500,000 to Aids organisations in Britain alone , in the last three years . |
15 | Darlington council has provided a site for the day care centre while the county council has given £15,000 from the budget of the social services committee . |
16 | Henning Albrechsten says : ‘ Modern information technology has given people in remote regions the opportunity to overcome their worst handicap ; their distance from the centres of learning and development . ’ |
17 | A LEADING north-east businessman has committed £250,000 to a scheme offering start-up finance to local entrepreneurs in Grampian . |
18 | Your assertion that Nauru has claimed $60m in compensation from Australia ( January 19th ) is untrue . |
19 | In the two years since it was formed it has attracted $6m in venture capital and another $4m from big-name strategic partners , on the promise that the application development environment it 's designing would be a significant enough advance to turn the company into a nine-digit revenue producer . |
20 | ACTOR Patrick Swayze has slashed £200,000 off the wooden mansion he built himself because of the US property slump . |
21 | For the British section of the exhibition Mr Turner has included works by Knox , Ashbee and Mackintosh as well as less familiar names . |
22 | In the year ended 30 April 1992 , the operator of automatic photographic studios , identification systems , copiers and express print services , has included sales by the company 's manufacturing divisions to group undertakings in group turnover . |
23 | The National Advisory Council on Nutritional Education has targeted 30% as the optimum level for health , while several doctors would advise an even lower rate . |
24 | Close behind is USM stock Tepnel Diagnostics which has added 72p to 192p since September 30 . |
25 | Arthur has it , now that he has added £50 to the £50 that was already there . |
26 | The prices of French properties have dropped by 20% to 30% from their peak , but the appreciation of the franc against the pound has added 10% plus to French prices in sterling terms . |
27 | Telecom Eireann is seeking more than £200m from European Community structural funds to re-build its telecommunications network : it is also ensconced in discussions with the Irish government over tariff re-balancing ; the state phone company 's financial difficulties have been exacerbated by the 10% currency devaluation which has added £50m to its debts of some £1,000m ; and is likely to halve and worse its profits this year to some £40m . |
28 | PENSIONER James McNeill has won £2,000 in the Belfast Telegraph 's Lottocash competition . |
29 | He has won £10,000 at the bookies after betting £200 , at odds of 50–1 , on a rise in the number of Tory seats in Scotland . |
30 | A STUDENT has won £1,200 for a collision injury in bed — making love to his girlfriend . |