Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [n mass] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FINANCIERS are pushing for Alan Bond 's highly geared media group to be taken over by Australia 's richest man , Mr Kerry Packer , and some leading institutions . |
| 2 | People in my trade are supposed to be able to help , but I 've only been able to come up with the old platitude : ‘ Do n't buy a £500 car from a dealer because you 'll only get £100 worth of vehicle — the rest will be profit . ’ |
| 3 | This time , however , the bank could only afford 55% cover against its loans while the other banks were setting aside 70% or even 80% . |
| 4 | The current Atlantic airfares price war ( traditional at this time of year planes are at their emptiest ) is not going to last long enough to offer £99 flights in the busy summer months , but prices will stay keen . |
| 5 | Not only had £250,000 worth of equipment fallen off the back of a submarine , but the torpedo firing system and the periscope were out of commission as well ! |
| 6 | Bill Hand was a little fellow with a little name — he only stood 5ft 6ins in his stockinged feet — but he was tough and sturdy and could play on the wing or at inside-forward and did so to considerable effect for the Palace in the early 1920s . |
| 7 | He had already received staff assessments of the difficulty of localizing any clash of arms . |
| 8 | His rare combination of mechanical and drawing skills enabled him to find work quickly , soon becoming works manager at Bramahs , and by 1815 he was chief draughtsman at Maudslay , Sons & Field . |
| 9 | The tool easily drove 14mm nails into the fibreboard , and we managed around 20 per minute without undue warming of the tool . |
| 10 | I just hope people sort of sit up and take notice of it . |
| 11 | He said the college had already secured £20,000 worth of grants from European Community funds with a further £20,000 in the pipeline . |
| 12 | Now , some of the more radical theorists on child abuse would say that generally speaking people people under remember people under report people under attribute . |
| 13 | Tumber generally praised media personnel for adopting a responsible attitude in their reporting . |
| 14 | More cost effective than any of its existing competitors , the A321 , with up to 36 more seats , is the perfect complement to the A320 which has already set sales records in the 150 seat category . |
| 15 | I expect Sinbad feels that as I 'm in the last few months of my final year , she 'd better pack me with as much experience as possible before I get whisked away to act staff nurse in some ward . |
| 16 | It no longer makes 9mm rounds for small arms , or Giant Vipers , a weapon that may play a vital role in opening up Iraqi minefields during an allied offensive . |
| 17 | In the third year , he at last had a role that matched his skills , successfully designing graphics panels for use in the computer control of switch gear . |
| 18 | I conclude that most Nucella lapillus usually favour Semibalanus balanoides over Balanus species over Mytilus edulis over Elminius modestus over Chthamalus species . |
| 19 | But the new lift sector in the UK still has £400m worth of work a year up for grabs , from the smallest nursing home service lift to multi-storey hotel contracts . |
| 20 | THE tip-top Mirror 's still the high point of our readers ' day … even when they 're precariously perched 170ft 2ins above Trafalgar Square . |
| 21 | You can still buy £10 worth of Premium Bonds , but the minimum is £25 for the issue E Children 's Bonds which return 7.85 per cent gross a year . |
| 22 | In its origin feudalism provided for the recruitment of vitally needed cavalry troops in a society which lacked the liquid money to pay troops in cash . |
| 23 | Thomas Campbell was yesterday awarded £4,000 damages by the Edinburgh Court of Session , following a three-day hearing into a claim that he was beaten and stamped upon in his cell by prison officers . |
| 24 | AMAID who was regularly whipped and beaten by two Arab princesses for whom she worked was yesterday awarded £300,000 damages in the High Court . |
| 25 | THE Duchess of York and John Bryan , the man she turned to when her marriage collapsed , yesterday won £86,000 damages over pictures showing them frolicking in St Tropez . |
| 26 | A FORMER public school boy yesterday won £8,000 damages for a caning he received nine years ago . |
| 27 | Car production fell by 8 p.c. , reflecting sluggish demand , but still topped 2m vehicles of which three out of five were Peugeot . |
| 28 | IBM Japan Ltd reported net profit for 1992 down 44.8% to the equivalent of $268m ; turnover slipped 1.6% to $10,750m ; the company says service business including systems integration showed double-digit growth from the previous year but that hardware sales turned in a double-digit drop ; ‘ We are still in the midst of changing course to become a service company , ’ the company said — ‘ Along with the severe state of the economy , that resulted in lower sales and profits ; ’ systems integration , accounting for just 8% of sales , grew by 40% and IBM Japan plans to increase staff there by half this year ; hardware sales accounted for 53% of the total , but the ratio could reverse this year ; the company plans to cut operating costs per employee by about 10% , further reducing headquarters staff by a quarter , reducing the number of top executives by a quarter and slashing executive bonuses in half . |
| 29 | SCO also offers 25% reductions on training costs and free entry to SCO-run conferences . |
| 30 | SunSoft also cut multimedia partnerships with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co , Toshiba Corp and Centigram Corp to create value-added extensions to Solaris Live ! . |