Example sentences of "[noun] for [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such is the case for about 50% of our patients . |
| 2 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 3 | The change in the results is because the company and its auditors discovered that , ‘ based on information that has recently come to their attention , ’ payment for about $5.3m in equipment orders from a foreign government agency , recorded in the third quarter of fiscal 1992 , will not be forthcoming on the schedule expected . |
| 4 | Geoff Thomas has been Palace 's inspirational , attacking midfield supremo , and occasional centre defender , since he joined us from Crewe Alexandra for just £50,000 in June 1987 , and he became our club captain in succession to Jim Cannon twelve months later |
| 5 | Swinton , who sold him to Widnes for only £7,500 in January last year , would like him back . |
| 6 | The centres offer a party package of admission , shoe hire , game and birthday tea for around £5 per head , but we have ten parties , each for ten children , to give away . |
| 7 | We should , as our French guest realised but was too polite to say , have eaten in lovely hilltop Gassin where vine-hung terrace restaurants offered menus gastronomiques and very chic settings for around £20 per head . |
| 8 | The European Commission has now nodded through IBM France SA 's proposed acquisition of Compagnie Generale d'Informatique SA for about $450m in IBM France bonds convertible into IBM Corp shares . |
| 9 | It allows four of you entry for just £3.75 per person instead of the usual £7.95 . |
| 10 | You can pay up to £20 for similar valves but we are offering the C.K. non-return valve for only £16.95 including VAT and carriage — a small price for such a sensible permanent accessory . |
| 11 | In general , the amounts of refluxed acid were low , the average person having acid in the oesophagus for about 3% of the recording time . |
| 12 | Coal dominated the Chinese energy economy in 1983 accounting for nearly 80% of consumption and coal will remain China 's energy staple . |
| 13 | With oil consumption in the Middle East accounting for only 3% of world demand , or 15% of home production this region remains the world 's major energy exporter as well as being OPEC 's power base , through Saudi Arabia , Iran , Iraq and Kuwait . |
| 14 | To meet the immediate problems , the vital priorities were the proper progressing of the manufacture of designs for nearly 6000MW of plant planned or under construction by the former undertakings , and the acceleration of work in progress on sites . |
| 15 | They can go to work for Skillbase , and we guarantee minimum 90 days a year work for about 40% of the previous base pay . ’ |
| 16 | His Billingham-based operation , Century bought 185 pubs for around £60m from the same brewer last November . |
| 17 | Of course she really owes the whole of the second £30 to the lender ; but from the point of view of her budgeting , she is paying £33 in instalments for under £16 in her hand . |
| 18 | On July 31 and August 1 you can enjoy all the spectacular rides at Alton Towers for just £7.99 for adults , £7.50 for children [ under 14 ] and £5.00 for veterans — children under four are free . |
| 19 | Trow ( 1974 , p. 6.3 ) has distinguished between elite and mass systems of higher education and argues that ‘ Countries that develop a system of elite higher education in modern times seem able to expand it without changing its character in fundamental ways until it is providing places for about 15% of the age grade . ’ |
| 20 | Accommodation can be arranged at local bed and breakfasts for about £15 per night . |
| 21 | On the return , you can stay on for a few nights in Copenhagen for just £39 per person per night . |
| 22 | The accommodation is cheap , B&B from £7 per night , apartments about £5 per person per night , half-board from £12 per night or camping directly on the Inn at Prutz for about £3 per night . |
| 23 | You can pay up to £24.95 for RCD adaptors in the shops , but we can supply the INPUT SHOTECTOR for only £18.95 including VAT and carriage . |
| 24 | BBC Good Food readers can obtain this mould for only £16.50 inc p+p . |
| 25 | Dinner is around £20 per head for two courses , £24 per head for three courses and there is a special daily menu for around £14 per head . |
| 26 | Just before the meeting delegates were delighted to hear that PHPA had decided that the main emphasis for both species of Indonesian rhinos ( Javan and Sumatran ) would be in situ conservation and that there should be no captive-breeding programme for Javan rhinos at this time , a view endorsed by the workshop . |
| 27 | Pots of gloxinias for just £4 per bowl |
| 28 | Buy his new Tiger Portrait video for just £14.99 post free , or the video plus his Square Drawing Pack ( RRP £5.95 ) for only £17.95 post free . |
| 29 | A genuine US-made 40Mb 386SX PC for only £599 plus VAT ? — See Yes SIR ! . |
| 30 | It bought the firm for about £3.5m in shares in May 1991 . |