Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some Partnerships , voluntary-sector funding amounted to less than 10 per cent of total Urban Programme expenditure . |
| 2 | They are developed in sandstones where a master joint pattern is aligned with the trade winds and do not occur where the joint direction deviates by more than 15 degrees from the wind direction ( Mabbutt , 1977 ) . |
| 3 | Three months ago , when Brian Mulroney announced his intention to retire after more than eight years as prime minister , it looked virtually certain that his successor as Conservative leader would be the bright and effervescent minister of defence , Kim Campbell . |
| 4 | However , a £3000 reward is certain to attract a quality entry and McKinstry just might have some very stiff opposition to contend with even if Tarmac champion Bertie Fisher sticks to his guns and opts out this time . |
| 5 | Pocket sprung mattresses can cope with weight differences of up to four stone , but if you and your partner 's weight differs by more than four and a half stone ( 30kg ) your best bet is a pair of ‘ zip-and-link ’ mattresses . |
| 6 | THE pound plunged by more than 7 1/2 pfennigs to a new low level of 2.54 marks yesterday . |
| 7 | In 1975 , when the real rate of interest was around -10% , investment fell , yet in 1984 and 1985 , when the real rate of interest was around +8% , investment rose by more than 11% . |
| 8 | BMW sales dropped ten per cent in a year when the industry crashed by more than 20 per cent . |
| 9 | At the moment the Telegraph 's readership stands at more than 460,000 readers daily with 55pc of copies ( 73,000 ) being home delivered . |
| 10 | Football staff wages at the Division One club came to more than £1.5m , including Pounds 612,083 in signing-on fees . |
| 11 | The Stock Exchange does not provide a class distribution according to size of holdings , yet the 23 per cent of shareholders who own stock valued at less than £500 are unlikely to be found at the upper end of the income scale . |
| 12 | Sightseers are welcome … to watch this magnificent force pulling WITH rather than against the forces of nature . |
| 13 | The pilot 's left hand should be on the airbrake lever during any climb in cloud , ready to pull and open the airbrakes if the speed increases by more than 15 knots or so above normal . |
| 14 | No other horse started at less than 20–1 . |
| 15 | The need for insolvency at the relevant time does not apply to transactions at an undervalue entered into less than two years before the individual is adjudged bankrupt . |
| 16 | This means , in a year , car crime accounts for more than five million pounds in Milton Keynes . |
| 17 | No data exist for outcome of the untreated chronic condition followed for more than five years . |
| 18 | In the North the seasonally adjusted figure fell by more than 3,000 as the region started to gear up for the tourist season . |
| 19 | Although Labour was defeated in the General Election of 1924 , the election which saw the publication of the ‘ Zinoviev Letter ’ with the allegation that it revealed the Communist intention to stir the masses of workers to revolution through using the Labour Party and the Anti-Soviet treaty , its vote increased by more than one million , or about 24 per cent , even though the number of Labour MPs was reduced from 191 to 151 . |
| 20 | I see Tunze systems where the Biogranules have not been changed for years , and even undergravel filters with less than one inch of gravel covering their surface . |
| 21 | The LDP 's share of the vote fell by more than 3 per cent compared with the 1986 lower house elections , and the party won 20 seats fewer than it had possessed at the dissolution ( although 11 independents were later reported to have joined , thereby bringing its total strength to 286 ) . |
| 22 | She says here in Stanton Harcourt there 's been gravel working for more than 30 yearsand that means lorries , dust , noise and a general loss of amenity … so for a very long time people face the loss of the countryside around them . |
| 23 | Well Grant should have tape loaded by now so I suppose I 'd better go and see how he 's getting on . |
| 24 | Time spent discussing the environment during the campaign amounted to less than .1 percent ! |
| 25 | In 1199 his personal wealth amounted to more than 10 per cent of the total taxable wealth of the English Jewish community . |
| 26 | She was too confused by this sudden attacking question to see at once where it was leading . |
| 27 | Our small scale numbers confirm the earlier studies quoted , that is , that older children especially , seem able to distinguish between different types of relationships and to have the capacity to relate to more than one set of parent figures simultaneously . |
| 28 | The high point of the day came when the Queen mingled with more than 1,200 guests invited to the Secretary of State 's annual garden party . |
| 29 | However the wording of the Act refers to the person the child lives with rather than any third party regarded as rejecting the opportunity to see the child . |
| 30 | The rest made Malta where on landing one aircraft 's engine stopped at once as all its fuel had gone . |