Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [noun] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The servants were bringing in bowls of fruit , junkets of cream , plates of thin pastries , sugar-filled doucettes , and jellies formed in exquisite shapes of castles , swans and horses . |
| 2 | In January 1990 the United States agreed to write off debts worth $178,400,000 , and in February France agreed to write off F1,330 million ( approximately equivalent to $234 million as at Feb. 5 , 1990 ) of official debt . |
| 3 | The shares moved up 2p to 132p yesterday . |
| 4 | UB 's shares only nudged up 3p to 352p . |
| 5 | It is above all a joyous celebration of all who break down barriers between people set up by authority . |
| 6 | As they poured in further canfuls , I encouraged them to work out the amounts mentally by rounding off £1.19 to £1.20 , and taking away 1p . |
| 7 | We let off steam in graffiti , vandalism and football hooliganism . |
| 8 | Mr Allan , the 32-year-old Liberal Democrat , is hoping to pick up votes from people tired of the bickering between the two major parties . |
| 9 | Not that that was the end of it — NCR had simply had to open up opportunities for people lower down the ladder to develop , backed up by formal systems of career planning , appraisal and psychometric testing to mine the required resource . |
| 10 | The database administrator ( DBA ) is given the opportunity to set up indexes at data creation time and this will increase the speed by which data is retrieved . |
| 11 | Cut out cankers on fruit trees , except those on peaches , plums and cherries . |
| 12 | The Bolshevik Party was therefore especially eager to win over minds by means of cultural and ideological propaganda and education . |
| 13 | Stan seems to take a mischievous delight in turning up specimens under people 's noses . |
| 14 | Evidently , the stock market believes that matters will not rest there and Pearl 's share price raced up 87p to 639p . |
| 15 | Plant and machinery : Leasing was hauled up 12% to £3bn |
| 16 | The fact was , that he made the journey ; shabby and penniless , he had to look up addresses of kinsfolk in English towns ; he had been robbed by con-men on board the ship , for Dad was a simple , trusting person , one might say , naive . |
| 17 | The final result of Sugar 's plan to buy out Amstrad for 30p a share will not be known until this morning , but the board has already accepted defeat . |
| 18 | He is offering to buy back shares for 30p each . |
| 19 | A 46% rise for BAA 's profits to £220m is forecast with the dividend likely to go up 13% to 6.5p . |
| 20 | Fellow director Eryl Morris underlined the need for productivity improvements : ‘ We have to put programmes in place to drive down costs and push up return on sales . ’ |
| 21 | One-sided relationships , however , can be not only hurtful but can spoil our chances of building up friendships with people who might care for us much more . |
| 22 | The room maid can enter maintenance requests into the system via the telephone , saving time in tracking down members of staff . ’ |
| 23 | Special pre-Christmas offers available now , such as Panasonic Ladyshave half-price at Pounds 9.99 , Phillips hostess trolley reduced by £40 at £159.99 , Commodore CDTV Multi Media Pack down £100 at £499.99 . |
| 24 | Mr Akehurst questions the wisdom of ensuring no-one waits for more than two years for hospital treatment a key Tory election pledge as this would result in people with low priority conditions holding up treatments for people with more urgent clinical needs . |
| 25 | The super smooth 2.5-litre intercooled turbo-diesel , quite the best of the bunch , is pepped up 4bhp to 98bhp ; the 3-litre V-6 petrol has been breathed on to the tune of an extra 8bhp , at 147bhp . |
| 26 | For the year ending Mar 31 , 1991 , we have made mainly useful progress with the herd average moving up 770kg to 7320kg a cow of standard milk ( ie corrected to 3.8% butterfat and 3.2% protein ) or 7400kg at 3.89BF and 3.03 protein uncorrected . |
| 27 | The manager does not have the opportunity gregariously to share and sort out ideas with staff colleagues . |
| 28 | He was certainly performing this service in 1729 , towards the end of Campbell 's life , drawing out designs for works at Studley Royal , Yorkshire , and he appears to have done so previously . |
| 29 | Stockbroker Malcolm Roberts of Fleming Asset Management will take on clients with £150,000 to invest in shares . |
| 30 | These included Burmah Castrol down 23p to 772p , Bowater 6p off at 483p , Hanson 3p weaker at 248p , MB-Caradon 5p down at 331p , Reed Elsevier 5p easier at 716p . |