Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] of [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A World Bank-supported consultative group , meeting in Paris on Feb. 18-19 , agreed to provide resources of almost US$1,000 million for 1992 . |
| 2 | The national Down syndrome cytogenetic register is thought to contain details of over 95% of cases of Down 's syndrome in England and Wales . |
| 3 | Does not my hon. Friend find it outrageous that Labour-controlled Northumberland county council has refused to accept economies of nearly £1.5 million , as identified by the Conservative and Liberal groups , and has refused to take enough money out of balances to avoid any education cuts , but at the same time it can find thousands of pounds to issue supplements in the Hexham Courant for party political propaganda to promote the leader of the county council , who happens to be a prospective Labour party candidate ? |
| 4 | The aim of the project is to increase understanding of how companies can best develop a strategy for both acquiring new technologies and for effectively exploiting them as an instrument of competitive strategy . |
| 5 | It recommended steps to prevent further growth there and to encourage dispersal of both people and jobs to other parts of the Kingdom . |
| 6 | Mr. Philpot travelled from Pembrokeshire for a gathering which was not primarily a fund-raising event , but rather a celebration of the building carried out over the previous fifteen years to provide extensions of both premises and facilities . |
| 7 | The debt counsellor who 'd been helping the Harrises said Dorend Ltd had agreed to wave interest of around £30,000 . |
| 8 | The restructuring measures are intended to reduce annual spending by $10m to $12m ; Pyramid expects to report cash of about $26m as of September 30 , with almost no long-term debt . |
| 9 | Most analysts expect the company to record sales of around $1.8 billion for the year to June 30th — a 19-fold increase in seven years . |
| 10 | Control Data Corp expects to record charges of about $400m against its second quarter , about $130m attributable to Control Data Systems — $115m in restructuring charges and $15m in inventory write-downs as part of the transition from the proprietary Cyber mainframes to integration of open systems and applications . |
| 11 | When , asked Henry Bellingham MP , ‘ did the Forestry Commission first urge the government to reduce emissions of both NOx and SO&sub2 ; ? ’ |
| 12 | Following last year 's huge loss , the company is expected to unveil profits of about £9m , building on a recovery under way at the halfway stage . |
| 13 | FALLEN Wimbledon ace Bjorn Borg has been personally ordered to pay debts of almost £400,000 . |
| 14 | You will have to pay calls of about £500 . |
| 15 | To make an atomic bomb , a terrorist or a would-be proliferator would need to get hold of only 5kg of weapon-grade plutonium or 15kg of weapon-grade uranium , less than you would need to fill a fruitbowl . |
| 16 | Approach is expected to have sales of nearly $20m this year ; it was founded in 1990 by former executives of Claris and Oracle Corp . |
| 17 | The American Brooks Brothers chain , bought by Marks & Spencer , is likely to have sales of around £183million — some £50million less than M&S 's single largest British store at Marble Arch . |
| 18 | Wessex Home Care , based in Poole , Dorset , is believed to seek fees of about £3,000 from prospective agencies . |
| 19 | Those who become members of the University also become citizens of Edinburgh , able to take advantage of both university and city life . |
| 20 | Experiments that are used fall into three main categories : those which examine how archaeological sites are formed and how finds decay ; those which see how finds functioned , and with what degree of efficiency ; and those to test interpretations of how structures were built . |
| 21 | A group headed by Chevron and Conoco is investing £2 billion in developing the difficult Britannia complex ; an Amoco-led consortium is spending £1.5 billion on the Everest and Lomond fields and the new pipeline ; and the new Armada project is provisionally estimated by County NatWest Woodmac to involve investment of almost £800m . |
| 22 | The pain in the building industry will be evident on Wednesday with results from Costain , expected to show losses of about £40 million in 1991 due to problems in contracting and housebuilding . |
| 23 | They will be able to make comparisons of how firms organise management responsibility , undertake business and marketing planning and conduct methods of client care and client communication . |
| 24 | BNF is currently the world 's only supplier of fuel for AGRs , and Scottish Nuclear , which is expected to make profits of around £28 million this year from supplying electricity to ScottishPower and Scottish Hydro-Electric , is considering putting up the money to build the necessary fuel production facilities if its latest move comes to anything . |
| 25 | Children should be able to make sense of how messages are conveyed in a variety of forms and contexts : in the heritage of literature written in English , but also in the mass media , in film and television , and in the newer technologies . |
| 26 | I AM trying to obtain a loan of £5,000 but loan companies appear to want interest of about £500 for each £1,000 borrowed . |