Example sentences of "putting up [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Berkshire planned to amalgamate the 300-pupil Southlands Girls ' School in Reading with a neighbouring boys ' school , selling the site for about £7 million , putting up £3 million of public money , and raising another £3 million from commercial sponsors . |
| 2 | ‘ Owners complain about low prize money but there is no point in our executive putting up £25,000 with prize money down to fourth for a non-sponsored race if they wo n't support it . |
| 3 | Precious Link was 2lb out of the handicap and trainer Bill Turner got a mild shock when he found that Davies was also putting up 3lb overweight . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is relieved that the most the Americans now want ( apart from money , naturally , of which the Koreans are putting up $220m ) is for Korea to take over more of the job of defending itself , thus freeing American troops and equipment based in Korea for duty in the Gulf . |
| 6 | The Japanese government was aware that putting up $3 billion to help Korea service its large foreign debt was going to be in the long-term interests of the many Japanese companies with investments and joint ventures in Korea . |
| 7 | Advanced RISC has also won a new shareholder , Nippon Investment & Finance Co of Tokyo , which is putting up £650,000 for an undisclosed stake in the company alongside Acorn Computer Group Plc , Apple and VLSI Technology Inc . |
| 8 | They tell such horror stories as GE putting up sales teams from competing suppliers in the same hotel and then moving from room to room asking each supplier to think about reducing its bid for the contract . |
| 9 | The English sponsors , Northern Bait Farms , are putting up £5,000 for the event and the Irish organisers have obtained sponsorship from both sides of the border . |