Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the last year an extra 29,000 inpatients and 8,500 day case patients were treated up 6pc on the previous year 's total of 588,000 . |
| 2 | Although M&S may still come in second , the City believes it is set for strong future growth and the shares were marked up 6p to 355p . |
| 3 | But the shares yesterday were marked up 10p to 136p after Mr Dwyer said he was hopeful 1993 would prove to be ‘ a springboard for recovery ’ . |
| 4 | SHARES of LEP , the freight-forwarding and security monitoring company , were marked down 15p to 150p yesterday when its half-time figures failed to meet some market expectations . |
| 5 | Under income support regulations they were allowed £17 for each child every week , but under the student grant regulations they were allowed just £8 for each child per week . |
| 6 | Over the years numerous government directives have gradually eroded the community element until we became what was essentially a Government Training Centre — except that our staff were paid about £2,000 per year less than staff in GTCs . |
| 7 | Overall , six executive directors were paid almost £7.4m between them , including £1.8m in share options , compared with £7.8m ( £946,000 in options ) in 1990 when the board was bigger . |
| 8 | The follow up varied from 41 to 180 days , and because the trial was stopped only 48% of the patients were followed up for six months . |
| 9 | A Cambridge cafe owner was fined over £13,000 for breaching Food Hygiene Regulations on 15 occasions . |
| 10 | A SOLDIER who supplied transport for two younger youths intent on burglary , and kept watch for them as they carried out a theft , was fined over £300 by Alton magistrates on Tuesday . |
| 11 | So has team-mate Gehan Mendis , with worse still for Graeme Fowler , who was fined about £2000 for being so critical of the club , even though some of his offending remarks did not even make it into print . |
| 12 | The correct word was included about 60% of the time , although it was found in the first position of the list of alternatives only 18% of the time . |
| 13 | It shows that he was owed around £5,000 by about two hundred individuals . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the shooter was offered nearly £4,000 for his trophy , and he got his name in the paper , although police now say they ca n't trace either him or the bird . |
| 15 | Plant and machinery : Leasing was hauled up 12% to £3bn |
| 16 | Sweep was found dead 20ft down the hole and Red was lying hungry and weak tethered to a tree . |
| 17 | Overpricing ( after allowing for transaction costs ) was found only 3% of the time . |
| 18 | Jones was paid just £1,600 for his involvement in the video , which has ironically shot into the top 10 and threatens to gross more than £1 million . |