Example sentences of "[verb] be [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICI 's HC depreciation has been about 90% of reported HC profit after tax ; and with an average plant life of 15 years , the CPP amount is 100% higher . |
| 2 | It is estimated that there has been about 1000km of lateral movement along the fault system over the past 25 Ma . |
| 3 | The cost of simply keeping the Falklands going is approximately £20,000 per person per year ( compared with Britain , where the figure is about £4,500 per person ) . |
| 4 | Of course in the rice solutions used in the published field trials the protein content may have been as hgh as 10% and may therefore have contributed more to secondary salt and water absorption . |
| 5 | The tarn would have been about 50ft. in depth at that time with the bottom around the 1,300 ft. contour . |
| 6 | In real terms the average incomes of lone parents have fallen — if their incomes had gone up in line with the Retail Price Index then they would have been about £12 per week higher in 1989 . |
| 7 | He also noted that sales in the first two months of the year are ahead of company budgets , but this failed to help the shares , which closed 30p lower at 143p , having been down 38p at one stage . |
| 8 | Overtime pay is down 15% from its peak two years ago ; summer bonuses are expected to fall 1.6% this year , the largest drop on record . |
| 9 | Pulse oximetry using the Ohmeda system was shown to produce valid SaO 2 readings even in highly jaundiced patients although SaO 2 readings obtained were approximately 1% below those of invasive arterial blood gas analysis . |
| 10 | This is reflected in the annual subscriptions , which have been only £10 for family membership , and £2 for a junior membership . |