Example sentences of "for [n mass] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |
| 2 | For our answer we have made an arbitrary assumption that he uses his car for 80% of the time for business and that half the repairs etc. relate to that car . |
| 3 | Getting on for 50% of the money spent on advertising goes into television , and more like 70% in big agencies . |
| 4 | The US accounted for 50% of the turnover ; Europe 28% and the rest of the world 22% . |
| 5 | ( iii ) Compensation will be made for 50% of the difference between the travelling times as defined in para. ( i ) above and will be applied , where appropriate , for a period of up to 4 years . |
| 6 | Within publishing , the overseas stocks lost a little of their importance , accounting on 30th September 1992 for 59% of the publishing segment , against 64% 15 months earlier . |
| 7 | The government retained a minority share in the Sicartsa rolled steel mills which sold for $170,000,000 to the Villacero Group , while Grupo Acerero del Norte bought Altos Hornos de Mexico for $350,000,000 and took over $350,000,000 of its debt . |
| 8 | If you are receiving Income Support , Family Credit or Housing Benefit you may be able to get a grant for 90% of the cost up to a maximum of £144 . |
| 9 | At the Essex Forest Eyre in October 1634 , for example , the judges , after consulting with the Chief Justice of the King 's Bench and the Barons of the Exchequer , decided that there was no right of common of pasture for sheep on the forest wastes . |
| 10 | Page 29 Pathe sold : British Pathe News Library , the film newsreel archive , was acquired for $16m by the mini-conglomerate Parkfield Group . |
| 11 | Patients with a gastric ulcer had reflux on average for 67% of the study ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Red light ’ girls offered massages for £25 and full sex for £60 at the Eclipse Health Club just yards from the cops ' Blue Lamp bar , Cardiff Crown Court heard yesterday . |
| 13 | The western portion of Negros island ( Negros Occidental ) in the central Philippines , also known as ‘ sugarlandia ’ , is renowned for its abundant sugar production , which accounts for 65% of the country 's total sugar harvest . |
| 14 | Nineteen of the 31 authorities who spent over £3,000 ( see Table 11 ) actually spent £5,000 or more , and it should be noted that this group of 19 library authorities accounted for 55% of the money directly allocated to training by our sample , while employing just under a quarter of all staff . |
| 15 | ( For data on the pupil/teacher ratio and class size , see Chapter 5 , Figures 5.8 and 5.12 . ) |
| 16 | km , will probably cost around $3000 , five times as much as the price for data From the scanner . |
| 17 | He sent a copy to Hall , with a request to sell it for sixpence at the exhibition . |
| 18 | North Tees General Hospital received a cheque for £1,850 from the constabulary , raised from its annual charity concert in December last year . |
| 19 | Members of the Redworth Women 's Institute have agreed to send a cheque for £15 to the County Durham Kostroma appeal . |
| 20 | There are also an application development and a manufacturing technology transfer operation : together , the work done by these for third parties account for 10% of the turnover of Montpellier . |
| 21 | Audrey Hamilton , 35 , of Barnett Crescent , Kirkcaldy , and John Watson , of Simpson Court , Crail , each sued Fife Health Board for £20,000 over the death of their son , David , in 1976 . |
| 22 | Audrey Hamilton , 35 , of Barnett Crescent , Kirkcaldy , and John Watson , of Simpson Court , Crail , each sued Fife Health Board for £20,000 over the death of their son , David , in 1976 . |
| 23 | I was with my grandad at a lake in Gloucestershire , night-fishing for tench by the light of a tilley lamp . |
| 24 | But those covering 39% of the debt decided to sell out for 56% of the debt 's face value . |
| 25 | In an analysis of Scottish plcs in the industrial and commercial sectors , P-E International 's Dennis Henry found that , from 1985 to 1986 , Caledonia haemorrhaged , losing control of companies responsible for 53% of the capital employed in January 1985 . |
| 26 | IBM Japan Ltd reported net profit for 1992 down 44.8% to the equivalent of $268m ; turnover slipped 1.6% to $10,750m ; the company says service business including systems integration showed double-digit growth from the previous year but that hardware sales turned in a double-digit drop ; ‘ We are still in the midst of changing course to become a service company , ’ the company said — ‘ Along with the severe state of the economy , that resulted in lower sales and profits ; ’ systems integration , accounting for just 8% of sales , grew by 40% and IBM Japan plans to increase staff there by half this year ; hardware sales accounted for 53% of the total , but the ratio could reverse this year ; the company plans to cut operating costs per employee by about 10% , further reducing headquarters staff by a quarter , reducing the number of top executives by a quarter and slashing executive bonuses in half . |
| 27 | [ 75/25 ] of the amount of Advance Corporation Tax ( ‘ ACT ’ ) which could be utilised against Group taxable profits for accounting periods ending before or on [ date ] as reduced in respect of the profits for the period from completion to [ date ] and to the extent that the dividend reduces the audited consolidated net assets at completion below [ x ] the consideration will be reduced £1 for £1 by the deficiency . |
| 28 | LLOYD 'S broker PWS Holdings is buying 75 p.c. of insurance broker Burns-Crosson for £100,000 with the undertaking to subscribe another £50,000 for further shares on completion of the deal , and can take its shareholding to 85 p.c. by 1997 for up to a total cost of £500,000 . |
| 29 | pH >7 was used to define abnormal alkalinity in the oesophagus because in normal volunteers the pH of the oesophagus is between 4 and 7 for 96% of the time . |
| 30 | Relief for 20% of the building 's cost will be available in the tax year in which the expenditure is incurred . |