Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For children born in the late 1950s and early 1960s this could have accounted for perhaps 5% of cases ; as Gardner et al showed it does not explain the increased incidence in Seascale . |
| 2 | Say one about interrupting , one about topics , and one about perhaps interaction with children , one about er what Or you could even I mean if I did er I did a list of that you could even do the same one , you would n't have to do one each . |
| 3 | Even so , the Japanese government 's Fair Trade Commission reckons that the average firm even within the former zaibatsu relies on other group members for only 13% of purchases and 15% of sales . |
| 4 | In theory it would be possible to significantly reduce the incidence of Down 's Syndrome , remembering that women aged 38 years or over account for only 3% of births , but 23% of Down 's births . |
| 5 | Women aged over 38 years account for only 3% of mothers , but carry 23% of all Down 's babies . |
| 6 | That is , for approximately 85% of words for which alternatives were available , the correct word was selected by the analyser . |
| 7 | On July 31 and August 1 you can enjoy all the spectacular rides at Alton Towers for just £7.99 for adults , £7.50 for children [ under 14 ] and £5.00 for veterans — children under four are free . |
| 8 | It has been estimated by the CBI that in the period 1979–91 an average of only 40% of firms were working at full capacity . |
| 9 | Kevin Maxwell and Trachtenberg also faced a charge of trying to defraud the Swiss Bank Corporation of $55,783,466.76 and four charges of stealing a total of nearly £37,000,000 in securities from the pension trustees of the Mirror Group or of the Maxwell-controlled AGB company . |
| 10 | ( Price 1979 quotes a figure of nearly 73% of papers receiving only one citation . |
| 11 | If those winters caused me any anxiety it was only in the nets where Graham and I , as the two overseas professionals in a team of mainly part-timers with jobs to do in midweek , spent a lot of time practising together . |
| 12 | Though the initial approval ratings for Mr Bush 's handling of the Gulf ( which were above 75% ) have not been sustained , he has consistently maintained the support of about 60% of Americans for his general policy . |
| 13 | Pet research and development project is a slickly designed prototype transportable , 1,280 by 1,024 16″ diagonal gas plasma monochrome flat panel display SuperSparc box weighing under 20 lbs with desktop footprint of about 9″ by 6″ and depth of 3.5″ minimum to 5″ maximum . |
| 14 | The group is targeting NatWest , Barclays and Standard Chartered - the three British banks on the technical committee negotiating the rescheduling of about $11bn of loans to South Africa . |
| 15 | Later experiments will achieve an accuracy of about 2% for cards and 10% or more for plants , i.e. five-hour detection of growth . |
| 16 | This will provide the first historical study of how groups of men and women in Britain experienced different types of career patterns in the course of their adult lives . |
| 17 | This method gives children a clear idea of how groups of words relate to each other and makes it easier for them to remember new words and meanings . |
| 18 | The vast majority of working biologists now accept natural selection as the key to our understanding of how populations of animals and plants adjust to changes in their environment . |
| 19 | The senators , Alan Cranston ( Democrat , California ) , John Glenn ( Dem. , Ohio ) , Donald Riegle ( Dem. , Michigan ) , Dennis DeConcini ( Dem. , Arizona ) , and John McCain ( Rep. , Arizona ) , who had received a total of over $1,300,000 in contributions to campaign funds from Keating , all denied wrongdoing . |
| 20 | The national Down syndrome cytogenetic register is thought to contain details of over 95% of cases of Down 's syndrome in England and Wales . |
| 21 | Then , as now , we had a car fitted with the optional Laycock overdrive , operating on third and top ; then as now it emphasised the low-speed/high-gear flexibility but did show up a big gap between second and third — a gap of over 30mph in maxima . |
| 22 | Lacking any real context , unattached to any larger understanding of why relationships between managers and workers matter , the prescriptions often remain shallow and are treated as such . |
| 23 | Both are available for under £20 from dealers such as Westcombe Investments ( P.O.Box 84 , Leatherhead , Surrey KT22 ODC ) . |
| 24 | Both are available for under £20 from dealers such as Westcombe Investments ( P.O.Box 84 , Leatherhead , Surrey KT22 ODC ) . |
| 25 | Both are available for under £20 from dealers such as Westcombe Investments ( P.O.Box 84 , Leatherhead , Surrey KT22 ODC ) . |
| 26 | Open Saturdays and Sundays throughout also Tuesdays to Fridays until 30 September 1990 and Tuesday 2 to Friday 5 April 1991 |
| 27 | This , as well as characterising the symptomatology , showed that the condition accounted for nearly 5% of referrals to a gastroenterology clinic . |
| 28 | Accidents and external causes of injury among the children of the subgroup of unoccupied families account for nearly 60% of deaths , twice the proportion in the rest of the population . |
| 29 | The net result of all this is that a 740Kb disk could supply you with perhaps 3Mb of programs . |
| 30 | Hopefully Sotheby 's were reasonably cheered by their arms and armour sale held on Monday 17 December ; although small , it did well , with only 11% of goods unsold — which is counted as very good in the present state of the market . |