Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally came men who did not own freehold land : husbandmen , servants in husbandry and the servants of artificers — anyone whose estate in goods and chattels did not exceed £10 . |
| 2 | It is fortunate for the further success of the breed that the liaison between these two animals did not produce fruit , except on one occasion , since the bitch was in fact a long coat , and thus unable to be registered with the ADRK . |
| 3 | In 1992–93 , as the UK recession continued and banks went on reducing staff numbers , things became more difficult for the Institute and many of its members . |
| 4 | The methods used to achieve these aims involved both analysing data collected in the earlier projects ( 1985-87 ) , and investigations during the current project ( 1988 ) . |
| 5 | Because the circumstances of many cattle thefts did not encourage people to initiate prosecutions , the statistics greatly underestimated the extent of the crime . |
| 6 | He based his tax cuts on American research by Lindsey that concluded that reductions in the top tax rates to the American Government in 1981/82 were costless as the top 170,000 taxpayers ended up paying $26.6bn under new legislation instead of $26bn under the old . |
| 7 | It also had the effect of materially abridging the business of loan societies , most whose loans did not exceed £20 . |
| 8 | Indeed , in health the additions announced yesterday represent £50 more for every man , woman and child in Britain . |
| 9 | However , in summer our early forebears went inland to hunt deer and birds ; evidence of their presence survives in our peat bogs . |
| 10 | Sir Bryan Carsberg , director general of Telecommunications , gave the order because operators had not raised £660,000 for a compensation fund to pay those whose phones had been used without permission . |
| 11 | In 1991/92 claims paid out totalled £519,520 ( v £343,406 ) ; contributions from members increased to £2.297m ( v £2.185 ) and the balance available for outstanding and unreported claims carried forward encouragingly rose to £2.254m ( v £1.582m ) . |
| 12 | The family refused to be reassured by the expert 's promises that poltergeists did not harm people . |
| 13 | The question , posed by the Tobacco Advisory Council , was asking if readers knew that if smokers did not pay £11.5 million a day in tax , the basic rate of income tax would rise by about 5p in the pound . |
| 14 | So that if everyone if if people who wrote the dictionaries did n't know people 'd still be going round thinking that everyone said fore head or break fast . |
| 15 | Research into a disused waste dump off the Californian coast had shown that the artificial habitat created by the drums had actually attracted fish to the area . |
| 16 | Dr Elias referred to page 81 of the Touche Ross report where the liquidation and overhead expenses had already reached $439 millions ! |