Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [adj] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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1 | He has devised a vitamin and mineral supplement called Ultra-Detoxi for the Nature 's Best brand : £16.50 for 30 days ' supply . |
2 | Training has been completed for the week , and the platoon which paraded for its Pass-Off today has now left the barracks for ten days ' leave prior to posting to various battalions in England , Ulster and around Europe . |
3 | Diplomatic and military sources , after speaking with people who were trapped inside General Manuel Noriega 's military headquarters during last week 's coup attempt , say a bloodbath took place when the plot leaders surrendered . |
4 | The 20% no-claims discount rises to 50% after five years ' no-claims . |
5 | I enclose my cheque/postal order for £15 for one year 's membership to the Priority Club , payable to Redwood Publishing Limited . |
6 | In the interviews with doctors complementary data about general practitioners ' will also be collected . |
7 | if you have boarders , £35 of each boarder 's payments |
8 | Furthermore 65% of this year 's artists were London based , whereas only 6% were from East Anglia . |
9 | It is worth about 3% of all Britain 's exports . |
10 | South America is International 's largest market , contributing 10% of United Distillers ' total profits . |
11 | Revenue is currently running nearly 10% below last year 's pre-Christmas levels as foreign consumer brands refuse to compete with cheaper UK goods . |
12 | Marine geophysics The final phase of the continental shelf programme funded by the Department of Energy included the integration of data from other organisations ' marine gravity surveys with the BGS dataset . |
13 | Labour calculated this included a loss of £3.07 for National Insurance payments , £2.31 on MIRAS ( tax relief on interest payments on home loans up to £30,000 ) , £1.87 on married couples ' allowances , £1.03 on VAT on fuel , 43p on single per-son 's income tax , 23p on vehicle excise duty and 63p on excise duties . |
14 | This instructed the computer to add the new data to each employee 's record , thus extending the data base . |
15 | Prospective collection of data on general practitioners ' referrals to specialist outpatient clinics between June 1990 and March 1992 and detailed comparison of two time periods : October 1990 to March 1991 ( phase 1 ) and October 1991 to March 1992 ( phase 2 ) . |
16 | Our recent data on new mothers ' knowledge of these tests suggests that ignorance is widespread . |
17 | In 1983 John Watts , then an up-and-coming warbird pilot , flew the aircraft at that year 's Biggin Hill Air Fair , and later took the aircraft out to a display in Belgium . |
18 | John Mitchinson of Waterstones had some impressive figures to demonstrate the effectiveness of his company 's promotions : its backing of The Fields of Glory , for example , generated 50% of that title 's UK sales ; 45% of the UK sales of the paperback edition of The Beauty Myth went through the chain . |
19 | Poland accounts for nearly 50% of Eastern Europe 's production while the GDR and Czechoslovakia are both major producers . |
20 | GRAFFITI lines the walls near Regeneration House , the headquarters of British Rail 's King 's Cross Project : ‘ The DPP was here . ’ |
21 | The price for the first seems high and for the second low for a house with six acres and a lodge , but it used to be the headquarters of British Coal 's opencast mining subsidiary , which can not have done it any good . |
22 | Women aged over 38 years account for only 3% of mothers , but carry 23% of all Down 's babies . |
23 | The cost of employing the consultant — up to £1000 for five days ' work — is split between the bank and the company . |
24 | About 96% of local authorities ' educational expenditure in 1989–90 was current , and 4% capital . |
25 | Investment in the 46% of general practitioners ' premises which the Tomlinson report identified as substandard will be needed . |
26 | The region 's community education department received £10,000 towards last summer 's international music and dance festival . |
27 | Its markets collectively contribute in excess of 20% of United Distillers ' profit . |
28 | Nomura , forecasting year 's profits of £273m against last time 's £229.1m , has put the shares on its buy list . |
29 | The EC and EFTA countries account for 70% of Scotland 's exports compared with 68% in last year 's survey . |
30 | Insurance bosses will press ahead with banning all claims for bomb damage of more than £100,000 from four weeks ' time . |