Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The total Community Charge arrears at 31 March 1993 as reported to the Council were £148m which represents over 10% of the total liabilities for the 4 years of Community Charge . |
| 2 | This probe detect weakly the 1.8 kbp fragment which contains only 30% of pBR322 sequences . |
| 3 | New refrigeration and air conditioning plants utilise HCFC22 refrigerant which has only 5% of the ozone depleting potential of other commonly-used CFCs . |
| 4 | Guinness Flight , which has about £80m in its International Accumulation Fund , said the amount of investment in its funds has increased by 43 p.c. during the first three months . |
| 5 | The Hambros Currency Fund , which has about £26m under management , has a minimum investment of £1,000 with a portfolio consisting of three managed funds and two single currency funds . |
| 6 | Last year she had a lovely crop from her plot , which measures about 2ft by 3ft ; this year she dug it over in plenty of time for May 4 , the day on which she sows on the basis of an old saying : ‘ the 4th of May is kidney bean day ’ . |
| 7 | Each course , which costs about £80 per couple , is run by a leader couple , accredited by the Association of Marriage Enrichment ( address on page 153 ) . |
| 8 | Oh , yes , the Milan-based menswear group which charges about £700 for a regular suit and wants to be seen as a deeply serious friend of the earth . |
| 9 | The Agnelli family , which owns almost 40% of the company , was riding high . |
| 10 | Self-employed people are only entitled to State Sick Benefit , which pays just £42. per week for up to weeks . |
| 11 | While the UK and US showed ‘ hesitant recoveries ’ — these countries generate 35% and 21% of total revenues respectively — continental Europe , which makes up 36% of overall sales , moved deeper into recession . |
| 12 | The weft , which makes up 60% of the material , consists of pure cotton thread , while the warp , the other 40% , is nylon thread . |
| 13 | Music Week cites a bass player who receives about £800 for backing the likes of Paul Young and Julia Fordham . |
| 14 | She takes home £38 for nearly thirty hours . |
| 15 | US columnist William Buckley Jr has worked out that if Electronic Data Systems Corp founder Ross Perot does decide to run for President , his commitment to spend $100m of his estimated $3,000m fortune on his campaign , it represents about 3% of his capital worth , about half what his wealth generates in a year , so that by election day in November , he will still be richer than he was when he started out . |
| 16 | He has nearly 29% of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21% on flotation . |
| 17 | He has nearly 29pc of the company , but that will be reduced to just under 21pc on flotation . |
| 18 | BRITAIN elects its House of Commons by the simplest possible system : single-member constituencies in which the front-runner wins , even if he has under 50% of the votes . |
| 19 | He needs only 39% of the toss-up votes to claim a majority , compared with the 63% Bush requires . |
| 20 | The monk , nun or vicar could , for example , be described as a more involved member than the old lady who attends Matins each Sunday ; she , in turn , is more involved than those who go to church only at Christmas and Easter ; and they are probably more committed than the sailor who , when he fills out C of E on a form , is more likely to be making a cultural than a religious statement . |
| 21 | He quotes about £30,000 for a small inland farmhouse or ruin needing restoration and about £25,000 for a small apartment . |
| 22 | And when you consider that it measures only 17mm in depth at the first fret , it 's the closest yet to an invisible neck , from a purely tactile point of view . |
| 23 | It costs approximately £1.95 per gallon , unleaded £1.85 . |
| 24 | It costs approximately £45 from John Lewis stores , Harrods and Selfridges in London ; or , for local stockists , telephone Lubkowski Saunders on 0932 789721 . |
| 25 | One in five of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed believed that it costs less than £4000 per person , one in three estimated costs in the range of £4000 to £6000 and a further one in three thought it costs over £6000 per employee . |
| 26 | And it is not priced in the luxury category — it costs just £249 plus VAT to install Cozydry in any bathroom . |
| 27 | They were astonished to hear that in Britain it costs more than £3 to go to the cinema ( a Filipino obsession ) , when it costs only 3p in Dapitan , and to learn that teenage girls in Britain could go on a date with their boyfriends without a chaperone ; something disapproved of on Mindanao ) . |
| 28 | It costs about £30 from selected branches of Top Shop and Coppernob . |
| 29 | It costs about £4.27 from DIY stores . |
| 30 | It costs about £2.40 from DIY stores . |