Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The respondent , without authority , keyed commands into a computer and thereby obtained by means of the same computer a discount , to which he was not entitled , on goods being purchased at a supplier . |
| 2 | During the preceding years the hairpin had perforated the inner end of the vagina and eventually turned through 180° . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , the aggregations are generally chosen for non-statistical reasons and so differ from data set to data set and are often unstable over time . |
| 4 | Some firms introduce a percentage factor into the calculation and only pay between 50% and 90% of the hours saved . |
| 5 | In this perspective , it was industrialization and urbanization which triggered those processes and which led ultimately to a weakening of family ties , and especially ties with kin outside the so-called ‘ conjugal family ’ composed of a couple and their immature children ( Morgan , 1975 , ch. 2 ; Harris , 1983 , chs. 6–8 ) . |
| 6 | According to the NRA , the net present value of the damage that would be caused by flooding , and hence the benefit accruing , has been calculated using a number of variables , and generally lies between £41 million and £69 million . |
| 7 | She was silent for a moment and just looked at me. " what have you got to say to explain that place , I should like to know ? |
| 8 | French engineers , facing similar difficulties of a wartime investment backlog ( but , significantly , steel prices which reflected real shortages ) , based more of their immediate postwar programme on sets of 100MW and above , and soon standardised on 125MW sets ( the first of which , with re-heat , was commissioned in 1955 , three years before the BEA 's first 120MW re-heat set ) . |
| 9 | Ltd. , cycle manufacturers — as well as household names such as Raleigh , Singer , Swift , and above all the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company , bought by Hooley and M. D. Rucker in 1896 for £3 million and promptly floated at £5 million ( which was 80 per cent over-subscribed ) . |
| 10 | Ideal for popping in handbags and desk drawers and usually priced at 99p each , we have 100 sets of all three to give away . |
| 11 | They come in small , medium and large sizes and usually cost from £25 to £75 . |
| 12 | 51 Cr-labelled T cells and recombinant human MIP-1 β ( from M. Tsang ) were added to the plates , settled at 4°C for 60min and rapidly warmed to 37°C for 15min , after which non-adherent cells were washed off . |
| 13 | Investment in canals and inland waterways peaked at around £1 million per annum in the canal mania of the 1790s , while outlay on the steady expansion and improvement of turnpiked roads averaged half a million pounds between 1760 and 1810 and thereafter doubled to £1 million . |
| 14 | The shares opened at 76p and quickly soared to 96p before settling back to 81p . |
| 15 | Burns elected to convert a steadfast Douglas motorcycle engine , first at 500cc and later rebored to 750cc . |
| 16 | The test kit is 20 per cent cheaper than the current method of confirming cancer and also saves on staff time . |
| 17 | Each branch has its own indigenous publishing programme and also acts as sales agents for the UK publishers . |
| 18 | The best were made in Paris between 1840 and 1860 by Baccarat , St Louis and Clichy and now fetch between £100 and £900 . |
| 19 | One exception was De Chirico 's ‘ Natura morta evangelica ’ ( Evangelical still life ) , shown by Malingue , sold by the Museum of Modern Art , New York at Sotheby 's in 1988 for $5.28 million and now priced at $7.5 million . |
| 20 | This sale of antiquities will be marked by a collection of Egyptian pieces acquired between 1920 and 1940 and now estimated at £2 million ( $3 million ) . |
| 21 | CO ON sock and frilly knicker specialist Sherwood Group ( steady at 760p and now capitalised at £140m ) is looking too big for the unlisted securities market and a move up to the main market may well accompany Tuesday 's year-end profits . |
| 22 | During the year , traffic with China grew more than 30% against an average 26% for all international traffic , and now accounts for 44% of all international traffic ; it should pass 50% in the next two or three years , the company says . |
| 23 | ‘ The fact that it 's so systematic , going effectively unpunished and often performed by people known to the victims makes it more horrific . |
| 24 | This has remained for five generations in the same family , and roughly speaking with headquarters on the same site , whereas Smith 's ownership has passed through several families and occupied many addresses before settling in 1921 on 57–61 St Vincent Street . |
| 25 | 1 It is much more effective to carry out media relations activities within the framework of a detailed plan than simply to publicise events as they happen and haphazardly respond to media enquiries . |
| 26 | They tried to be friendly ; they frequented the cafés and even ventured into people 's houses , and they did n't seem to do any harm . |
| 27 | Since I have had my C.B. I have spoken to people all over the country and even spoken to people in Ireland and Germany . |
| 28 | It 's a very powerful wine at 14° alcohol , and well priced at £4.49 . |
| 29 | Tickets for tonight and tomorrow range from £9 to £7 ( with a pound off for pensioners and youngsters ) and are available at the door or by ringing 0914773600 . |
| 30 | Faeces were collected in plastic buckets to which 10 ml of thiomersal solution ( 1:1000 ) had been added and immediately stored at 4°C . |