Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [adv] [verb] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the abolition of direct imprisonment for debts not exceeding £20 , the Insolvent Debtors Court and , after its abolition , the Bankruptcy Court in London and the county courts in the provinces , had possessed the power of imprisonment for forty days or less upon proof of means to pay or fraud . |
| 2 | Ruth sat on her bed and drew towards her the unfinished drawing of lions apparently devouring people — Christians probably , from the school 's Religious Knowledge . |
| 3 | The English House Condition survey , which the Department of the Environment published shortly before Christmas 1982 , showed a sharp increase in the number of homes now needing £7000 or more spent on them to bring them up to an acceptable standard . |
| 4 | A pair of trousers originally costing £10.50 are on special offer at ⅓ reduction . |
| 5 | The object is to build a picture of standards not to catch people out and if the expectation of an inspection causes staff to be that much more diligent so much the better . |
| 6 | Japan 's trade surplus with the USA in 1989 had been $49,000 million ( exports of less than $100,000 million against imports just exceeding $50,000 million ) . |
| 7 | Access to files sometimes leads people to worry that they will be sued if the record contains unprovable statements . |