Example sentences of "of [n mass] [verb] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout this year they have faced strong competition from National Savings and , throughout the summer months , new savings flowed away from building society accounts , although accrued interest of £8bn helped offset the immediate impact of this outflow . |
| 2 | But the organisers stress that the walk will also allow local people to simply enjoy the beauties of the Belfast Participants are being asked to pay a contribution of £1 to help meet the costs involved in organising the walk . |
| 3 | Kodak Limited has responded to the appeal from the British Olympic Association with a donation of £10,000 to help support the British Teams at the Winter and Summer Olympics in 1992 . |
| 4 | The council 's economic development committee agreed yesterday to make a maximum contribution of £25,000 to help fund the survey which is to be carried out by Quayle Munro , an Edinburgh-based investment and venture capital organisation . |
| 5 | ‘ I put all the ingredients together and put them on individual plates , but lots of people helped get the lobster out of their shells , and Alfred made the mayonnaise . |
| 6 | Of every hundred pounds that 's invested , round about forty pounds goes straight to the government in betting duty , round about thirty pounds goes to the football pools in expenses , commissions and profits , leaving round about thirty pounds to be returned in prizes , and so you can see that your rate of return on football pools is extremely small , but on the other hand a very large number of people do enter the football pools , and when they win they can win considerable sums of money and it can make absolute rational economic sense to go in for football pools because you are giving yourself a chance , no matter how small , of winning a sum of money that you would n't expect to come across in any other way of your life . |