Example sentences of "[n mass] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The £917m it made in 1991 was just 3pc down on the previous year 's £945m . |
| 2 | In sum : heads Fleet/Norstar wins , tails the taxpayer loses , on top of the $2.5 billion ( 10% up from the previous estimate ) that is already down the drain . |
| 3 | Stabilise a desired performance , and bring the aircraft back to the required Altitude/Flight Level . |
| 4 | Fuchida ordered his remaining 324 aircraft back to the waiting carriers but stayed as long as he could over the target . |
| 5 | Hit by the effects of world recession , turnover in 1991 was 42% down on the previous year from £14.59 million to £8.3 million while interim figures were down 39% from £4.9 million in June ‘ 91 to £3 million in June ‘ 92 , resulting in a loss per share of 3.51p . |
| 6 | The polling factor is contributed to crossbred offspring along with the black colouring ; red is recessive but increasingly popular in some countries , though usually registered separately . |
| 7 | 16,000ft up in the Bolivian Andes the miners of the Cerro Rico chew coca leaves , they 're preparing for another day in the tin mines . |
| 8 | We 've found that own brands are from thirty five pence up to the top quality brands are something like eighty five pence and we feel we 've hit the market in the middle there . |
| 9 | In 1990 nearly a million homes were burgled , almost 20% up on the previous year . |
| 10 | Bulmers ' £17.1 million profit is nearly 20% up on the previous year . |
| 11 | They accused him of altering the figures on receipts for money they had given for the release of prisoners , handing over a smaller sum to creditors and pocketing the difference ; charging prisoners for candles ; taking £5 out of the Poor Box to free a prisoner ; lending them money on their plate and watches which belonged to their creditors . |
| 12 | It 's more than ten percent down on the national average . |
| 13 | Six months ago we reported interim results , fifty eight percent down on the previous year but held out hope for a stronger performance in the second half , in the event our os optimism was justified . |
| 14 | Last year , attendances at Flint of 65,931 were eight percent down on the previous year , while Holywell 's at a record 123,973 were up by 3.4pc on the previous year . |
| 15 | Tomorrow night we move away from the Chilean coast and travel 13,500ft up into the Bolivian Andes , where Oxfam is helping the indigenous Indian people who are struggling to make a living now that their mines have closed down and their farmland been destroyed by drought . |
| 16 | Apparently , Ray pulled the fish back from the dead , anaesthetising it on the bank , trimming back rotted fins and administering an antibiotic injection . |
| 17 | Mairi Ban would grudge them a bowl of oatmeal sowens , and then tell Ranald to see to the pig , and the sheep up on the grazing land . |
| 18 | The indications between the centre-line and full scale deflection are marked by the inner circle and 4 dots , each representing 2° up to the full scale deflection of 10° each side of the centreline . |
| 19 | It is to be noted that in the most recent quarter , although auction sales were 15% up on the previous quarter , the higher loss compared to last year reflects a $7 million drop in sales from the Acquavella deal , now a separate division within Sotheby 's although included in the accounts as part of their auction operations . |
| 20 | In view of what you , Mr. Speaker , have had to say about the Consolidated Fund Bill , can you give some assurance that , if this matter about Maxwell and him laundering money is raised , you will ensure that people such as Arthur Scargill and Peter Heathfield will be given special tickets to sit in the Gallery so that they can hear the debate and so that they can draw the attention of various channels to the fact that perhaps Mr. Lightman should investigate the missing Maxwell millions , and perhaps we can find out whether Roger Windsor , Mr. Maxwell 's nark , was paid £50,000 out of the Daily Mirror 's missing millions . |
| 21 | He does n't want a running file , he just needs enough detail to know who 's running things , who 's in charge of it , with phone numbers so we can pass people on to the correct person , okay . |
| 22 | After that there is widespread slaughter , plague , and God 's threatening to send the people on into the Promised Land without him . |
| 23 | The pondkeeper in me said : ‘ Fifty quid down at the aquatic centre ’ . |
| 24 | The year has been particularly difficult for the Wedgwood Group with sales down on the previous year at IR£197.3 million ( 1991 : IR£219.1 million ) . |
| 25 | Nonetheless it was news really which brought people in beyond the mere curiosity of seeing pictures that moved , brought people in erm to these early shows . |
| 26 | Their editorial resources are , however , limited , so the church will be welcomed if it can provide good story ‘ copy ’ and clear photographs , thus saving them the expense of sending their own paid staff along to the various functions . |
| 27 | Following the Secretary-General 's review of the year , which included the information that college enrolments were 43% down on the previous year , Charles Rutt FCIB , Assistant Director , Business Line Liaison , Barclays Bank , explained what a banker expects of the providers of tuition . |
| 28 | Such an argument proved powerfully attractive ; both the Whiggish Burnet and the Williamite Tory , Edmund Bohun , believed that arguments from conquest had the greatest effect in bringing people over to the new government . |
| 29 | Ratagan stiffened and Isay brought his staff up into the ready position with a small , bleak smile adorning his face . |
| 30 | and we 've just rung these people up from the Yellow Pages , I mean this does suggest does n't it that there 's quite a f quite a a big market out there for this stuff ? |