Example sentences of "[adj] has [vb pp] a [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1984–5 the sector returned a loss of £157million ; in one of the most dramatic business turnrounds in recent years this has become a £24million profit in 1988–9 . |
| 2 | CIA International has negotiated a $1m pan-European advertising deal with National Magazines ' Cosmopolitan . |
| 3 | Hillhouse International has launched a £135,000 project to protect water flowing into the River Wyre at Thornton . |
| 4 | Granada UK Rental Ltd has signed a £5m contract with British Telecommunications Plc for a data communications network linking 400 Granada and Visionhire high street shops with the company 's customer account information centre in Bedford : the network uses the Global Network Services and partially replaces Granada 's existing dial-up network . |
| 5 | Far Eastern companies continue to invest in promising fledgling US companies , and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has taken a 20% stake in Colorado Springs , Colorado-based Array Microsystems Inc ; the value of the investment was not disclosed . |
| 6 | The Northern has made a £1,690 profit on its imaginary £10,000 portfolio in the first two months of the year , while Wise Speke has made £574 . |
| 7 | Los Altos , California-based , Pure Software Inc has closed a $2m venture round with Merrill Pickard Anderson and Eyre Co and the Mayfield Fund with the money earmarked for expanding distribution and accelerating product development . |
| 8 | Chatsworth , California-based personal computer manufacturer Packard Bell Inc has established a headquarters facility in the Netherlands to handle manufacturing , distribution and service for Packard Bell products throughout Europe : the new unit includes 250 employees ; last year , Packard Bell did about $100m in Europe , 10% of its 1992 worldwide sales of $925m , and looks for $200m or 16% this year . |
| 9 | Dallas-based BancTec Inc has won a $1.7m order from the Bank of England for a stand-alone check clearing system : the Old Lady will use three BancTec 5500 document transports and the associated peripherals in its London clearing centre . |
| 10 | The Time Warner AxS arm of Time Warner Inc has bought a 50% stake in MetroComm Inc , builder and operator of a fibre optic competitive telephone access network in Columbus , Ohio on undisclosed terms ; the company will be known as MetroComm AxS and the alliance the first step in a Time Warner programme to enter the long-distance access business . |