Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [num] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All that is needed in addition is a centre for image-processing and interpretation , costing about million a year . |
| 2 | Grey Egerton , describing in 1852 a fossil fish which he had lithographed for the Geological Survey , could take a more cheerful view , calling it a ‘ pretty little specimen ’ . |
| 3 | You 've got the machines going to 3,000 a day , we know . |
| 4 | According to the report , the world 's population was growing at 250,000 a day . |
| 5 | George Ward started smoking at nine … at one time he 's was getting through eighty a day … |
| 6 | Unemployment is up from 1.7 million to 2.7 million ; home repossessions are running at 75,000 a year ; companies are going bankrupt at the rate of 1,000 a week . |
| 7 | Jobs losses in Scotland ‘ running at 1,000 a week ’ |
| 8 | JOB losses in Scotland are running at 1,000 a week , according to the Labour Party . |
| 9 | Hungary 's population is actually falling by 7,000 a year , according to this year 's State of the World Population Report from the United Nations Population Fund . |
| 10 | The improvement was attributed to the fact that the number of childhood deaths had been falling by 120,000 a year globally over the last five years . |