Example sentences of "[adv prt] [n mass] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 THE clobbering of their portfolios by Tokyo 's tumbling stockmarket ( down 23% on the Nikkei index since January ) has made 1990 a terrible year for those Japanese companies that dabble in stocks as a way of boosting their business profits .
2 Turnover was down 50% from the $47.3m reported for the fourth quarter to December 31 , with product revenue down 24% from a year ago at $27.8m , and technology revenue dwindled to just $2.5m from $16.2m a year ago .
3 And I might be able to bring down Rosa for a bit during the summertime so we can renew our friendship .
4 She recently turned down £1,500 for a day 's work because she did not want to miss school .
5 It will argue to delegates in Kyoto that , while a Bryde 's whale is worth about ¥33.4m ( $100,000 ) in a fish market , the 16 resident Bryde 's whales at Ogata are expected to bring in ¥675m to the boatmen over the next 15 years and nearly eight times as much in hotel accommodation and assorted knick-knacks .
6 The beleaguered Hutton Rudby-based company closed on Friday down 2p on the day at 74p .
7 As the Transport Secretary , Cecil Parkinson , ruled out any Government help , Eurotunnel shares fell to a low of 550p , down 145p on the week .
8 Turnover was down 50% from the $47.3m reported for the fourth quarter to December 31 , with product revenue down 24% from a year ago at $27.8m , and technology revenue dwindled to just $2.5m from $16.2m a year ago .
9 Q. I never see my Upside Down Catfish during the day , not even when I feed the other fish .
10 One sometimes gets the impression that IBM Corp is more solicitous over the needs of its Stamford , Connecticut-based IBM Credit Corp subsidiary than it is over its own , and yesterday , in the wake of the parent 's big $285m loss , IBM Credit was able to announce that profits actually rose 0.3% at $58.3m ; the return on average equity was 20.2% , compared with 21.3% in the first quarter of 1992 and in the first three months of 1993 , IBM Credit originated financing for $1,700m of equipment , software and services for IBM 's customers and distribution channels , down 22% on the figure for the first quarter 1992 — financing for end users decreased by 45% to $600m while financing for distribution channels decreased by 1% to $1,100 , the company noted .
11 Surpluses pushed the SDR food index down 11% over the year .
12 Pamela Vandyke Price 's Tutored Wine Tasting , arranged by Miranda Villiers and her colleagues in teh London Regional Group , brought in £300 for the Endowment Appeal and changed many people 's views on sparkling wines .
13 Zakrewski confirmed that he did expect the legislation to hurt its Polish acquisition , DHI , which currently expects to turn over $15m in the market this year , and added ‘ The result will be that there will be some preferred companies who have been doing assembly that will be supported , and they will grow and make a huge amount of money by reselling imports , not by assembling ; it 's a scandal .
14 A decision to lay off 10% of the work force tells the old story of the drone worker .
15 By 1631 Daniel Höchstetter had paid off £8 on a loan from Sir Daniel Fleming ( Lord of the Manor of Coniston ) made earlier during one of the lean periods .
16 SparcWare is driven by the need to lower the support costs that eat up 50% of every software engineering dollar and expand the market for independent software vendors .
17 And a Scottish Partner Centre has also been set up to attract companies that are interested in either expanding or setting up headquarters in the region .
18 General Philippe Morillon has set up headquarters in the town , which has been under Serb siege for 11 months , according to Laurens Jolles , of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .
19 But what about the outcome of the usual monitoring visits — which still make up 80% of the subject assessor 's time ?
20 Even though the government picks up 80% of the cost of the huge security operation needed to guard the airline against terrorism , that still leaves El Al with a large bill .
21 The country 's farm-workers and labourers make up 17% of the population , yet they are ignored by the mass media .
22 The Japanese government is putting up 90% of the funds , but 14 private institutions are taking part , including NEC Corp , Hitachi Ltd and Fujitsu Ltd .
23 Welsh Secretary John Redwood promised to pick up 85pc of the bill after Gwynedd County Council has spent £400,000 and Aberconwy Council £21,000 of their own money .
24 By this means we build up data on the quality of a raw material , its variability and the reliance of a supplier in the quality concept .
25 Britain 's biggest clothing retailer , Marks and Spencer , became the country 's most profitable retailer once more when it knocked J Sainsbury into second place with pre-tax profits up 25% to a record £736.5m ( $1.2 billion ) in the year to end-March .
26 However , in 1913 foreign investment still made up 25% of the money invested in Russian industry .
27 The long-end Treasury 113/4 p.c. 2003–07s ended the session at £1121532 , up £2532 on a yield of 9.8 p.c .
28 Just because you 've run up $100,000 on the meter you think you own me .
29 In 1989 , some 16% or 900 of the Polytechnique 's 5,000 students were female , of which Nathalie Provost was one , although women made up 56% of the student body of the University at large .
30 The company said fourth quarter orders were up 20% to a record $4,420m and highlighted excellent order growth for printers and mass-storage products .
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