Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It starts with about $380m over five years to help national authorities exchange information in areas such as taxes and export controls , says national governments would have to provide at least $6,700m over five years , it said , and wants another $7,900m or so over seven years to help all the Community 's backward regions to build up their telecommunications and computer infrastructures ; it says helpfully that loans will be available from the European Investment Bank to help with the effort . |
| 2 | Lynn Eaton looks at how staff in one SSD are grappling with the problem |
| 3 | The Weather Communications Aviation Service starts at just £100 per year for a personal telephone service . |
| 4 | A menu can be arranged specially to cater for various tastes and requirements , champagne starts at around £35 per bottle and there is a charge of £150 for the room hire . |
| 5 | ‘ Broken back over the five years to the first rent review , the true rent equates to just £24 per sq ft 40pc less than actually reported . ’ |
| 6 | The £9,500 of 1911 equates to about £500,000 at 1990 values . |
| 7 | This walk climbs to almost 1,000′ on the moorland of Parc Mawr . |
| 8 | See all four Music Hall shows for just £24 saving £8.00 on top seat prices . |
| 9 | A week at the Hotel Victoria in Kandersteg costs from about £420 including flights , transfers and half board . |
| 10 | However , it would be unwise to rely on the initiatives of local authorities alone , because of the severe financial restrictions under which they operate ( I found out today for example that Edinburgh District Council 's ENTIRE budget for maintainance of paths and bridleways amounts to only £5,000 per year ) , but also because many routes of interest to cyclists coincide with trunk road routes , which are D o T responsibility . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , we have nearly 2,000 CTC members in Scotland and assuming an average of around £20 per member , this amounts to almost £40,000 of income , of which our request for £750 seems modest in the extreme , particularly since we now pay the subscriptions I mentioned . |
| 12 | Like the previous species it grows to about 20cm in the wild , but is more likely to attain half this size in captivity . |
| 13 | Between December and April , the temperature averages between 15°C and 21°C ( 59°F to 70°F ) ; it then gradually increases to around 21°C to 24°C ( 70°F to 75°F ) between July and September , and drops again to an average between October and December of 18°C to 21°C ( 64°F to 70°F ) . |
| 14 | Faults need to be diagnosed quickly and efficiently since quality of steel is increasingly important and mill shutdown costs at least £10,000 per hour . |
| 15 | Wallace Arnold ( 0532–311055 ) is the accredited coach-tour operator from the UK — a three-day stay at the Hotel Cheyenne for two adults sharing a room ranges from around £130–£150 per person ( additional child £65–£81 ) . |
| 16 | In about thirty per cent of the cases ground tuition is free , while for others it ranges from about £2 per hour up to £18.40 per hour ex-VAT . |
| 17 | The premium is again relatively cheap , depending on the extent of cover , and varies from about £3 to £10 . |
| 18 | An easel can cost anything from £10 to £2000 , but the cost of a good studio easel varies from about £80 to around £200 . |
| 19 | An easel can cost anything from £10 to £2000 , but the cost of a good studio easel varies from about £80 to around £200 . |
| 20 | Teachers ' salaries account for the largest proportion of education spending in all types of school , though this varies from around 70% in primary and secondary schools to 59% in special schools . |
| 21 | For graphics , at least simple bit-mapped or paint-type ones , all that is needed is extra memory ; an A4 page of graphics requires at least 1M of memory . |
| 22 | Under Venezuela 's five year plan for 1984–1989 the profile of debt payments allows for annual growth of 2.5 — 5.5% but whether this can be achieved is highly dependent on oil prices and quotas since oil accounts for over 90% of exports . |
| 23 | Since oil still accounts for over 25% of foreign exchange earnings and some 65% of total revenue the effect of the past five years has been almost cataclysmic . |
| 24 | Poland accounts for nearly 50% of Eastern Europe 's production while the GDR and Czechoslovakia are both major producers . |
| 25 | Domestic demand for fuel is an important subject as regards both the economy in aggregate and the welfare of individual households : the domestic sector accounts for nearly 30% of total final energy use in the UK . |
| 26 | An efficient port transport system is vital to Britain 's economy as trade accounts for nearly 60% of national income and over 90% of all imports and exports pass through the nations ports . |
| 27 | Three years ago , 90% of BBC 's business was on MS-DOS platforms , 10% on Unix : that 's all changed now and the company says MS-DOS now accounts for just 20% of its revenues . |
| 28 | The S&P500 index , which covers most of the largest 500 firms quoted on the NYSE , accounts for roughly 80% of the market value of all shares quoted on the NYSE . |
| 29 | Manufacturing accounts for only 15% of GDP , compared with 20% in Finland and Sweden . |
| 30 | For an industry which , as Frans Andriessen , the External Affairs Commissioner , has pointed out , accounts for only 5% of EC exports compared to the 25% of the population in industrial work and the even larger percentage in financial services , agriculture is absurdly mollycoddled . |