Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [n mass] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lives with her husband and four children in Liphook and is hoping enough people will sponsor her run to raise a much needed £18,000 for the West Sussex Macmillan Service , which includes Haslemere , Hindhead and Liphook in its area . |
| 2 | When he allowed his prime minister to make reassuring comments about France 's continuing role in Algeria or when he himself encouraged rumours that self-determination was just window-dressing for the UN , he was not merely deceiving people for the sake of his Algerian policy ; he was fulfilling what he regarded as one of the state 's sacred responsibilities : to keep the fabric of national unity intact . |
| 3 | Though Young could have reasonably expected a bishopric , he was repeatedly passed over and in 1626 apparently offered £15,000 for the vacant see of Winchester . |
| 4 | The famous hospital gets all royalties from the books , and has already received £287,000 for the film . |
| 5 | Only this weekend , I had a telephone call from a distressed daughter who pointed out that her mother , who was widowed 18 months ago , had just received a threatening letter saying that , if she did not pay £11 for the 16 days between 1 April and 17 April 1989 , during which her husband had been alive , poinding action would be taken against her . |
| 6 | For the record , Stephanopoulos insisted the president did not pay £130 for the haircut because the president and his family have a personal service contract with the Beverly Hills hairdresser to the stars . |
| 7 | It will be held at the Stanhope Institute on Saturday 9th May from 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. cost £3.00 for the day . |
| 8 | ‘ I was absolutely staggered to see the attendant still asking people for the fee , ’ said one female motorist . |
| 9 | Morton Castle Loch still provides trout for the table and is an excellent fishery , owned and managed by Buccleuch Estates . |
| 10 | He was also fined £50 for the attack on the boy and ordered to pay £20 costs . |
| 11 | Both stores also received £10,000 for the purchase of a new van . |
| 12 | The committee headed by Dame Gillian Brown held a Literary Lunch in honour of Penelope Fitzgerald a fascinating occasion that also raised £2000 for the Appeal . |
| 13 | Then , after dealing with the Grand Slam Cup and explaining how he only went along with the idea after insisting that the event would also produce $2m for the development of the game in ‘ third world tennis countries , he went on : |
| 14 | We also examined data for the period before the introduction of cimetidine ( 1968–76 ) . |
| 15 | A debtor whose goods were seized to pay a debt was also charged £70 for the bailiff 's van which collected the goods even though the van was already in the neighbourhood . |
| 16 | We have today received a letter , copy enclosed , from our Agent in which he explains that the tenant has now offered £24,000 for the cottage which she occupies , but on condition that the bedroom which has the ‘ flying freehold ’ is returned to her cottage . |
| 17 | Particularly noteworthy support came from the Joint Services Philatelic Consortium which has now raised £100,000 for the Appeal through the sale of philatelic covers . |
| 18 | Last term 's fund-raising efforts have now raised £1,048 for the Leukaemia Research Fund — and two sacks of old postage stamps have been sent off to the Blue Peter Appeal in aid of Romanian children . |
| 19 | His family had regularly provided MPs for the adjacent borough of Plympton Erle since 1437 ; but in 1597 he became the first to represent the county . |
| 20 | I do n't know the exact figure , but certainly several million pounds , and if you ca n't find £300,000 for the disabled , it seems to me quite shocking . |
| 21 | All nine teams have paid £10 to enter , thereby raising £85.50 for the worthiest of causes . |
| 22 | Indeed , Malingreau and Tucker ( 1988 ) report that there is evidence from remotely sensed data for the recolonisation by forest vegetation of some ranches in the Matto Grosso following the abandonment of farms that were never economically or ecologically viable ( see Fearnside 1984 ) . |
| 23 | A similar battle is taking place over the Seoul Olympic champion Olaf Ludwig , with the all-West German Stuttgart team fighting Panasonic , who recently paid £400,000 for the Soviet Olympic track champion Vyatcheslav Ekimov . |
| 24 | Psychologist Dr Glen Wilson , author of The Psychology Of Performing Arts , believes an evening of song and dance can actually change people for the better . |
| 25 | According to Computerworld , Softlab recently offered $350m for the company — which has been experiencing a rough time of late , reporting mid-term losses of $3.5m back in January . |