Example sentences of "for [n mass] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | They accounted for 80% of the prenatal diagnoses in mothers under 35 and 25% of such diagnoses in older women , for whom maternal age is still the most common indication although in these the use of serum screening is increasing . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Bawsinch Nature Reserve was bought in 1971 for £1,000 by the Scottish Wildlife Trust to provide a buffer zone for Duddingston Bird Sanctuary and provide additional habitats . |
| 6 | Agriculture accounts for 50% of the long-term damage inflicted on these areas . |
| 7 | The US accounted for 50% of the turnover ; Europe 28% and the rest of the world 22% . |
| 8 | Getting on for 50% of the money spent on advertising goes into television , and more like 70% in big agencies . |
| 9 | ( 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 . |
| 10 | Students must have successfully completed/or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study for the Certificate Programme and have undertaken ( or undertake within the subsequent two months ) the assessments for the remaining areas of study of the Certificate Programme in order to be eligible to sit the final Case Study ( unseen ) paper . |
| 11 | Students must normally have successfully completed or gained APL for 50% of the areas of study of the Diploma programme and must be studying for the remaining areas of study before they are eligible to start work for their projects . |
| 12 | In 1991 invoice discounting accounted for 59% of the total UK factoring market . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The parties agree that , subject to legal and accounting due diligence , the [ purchasers ] will purchase for cash the issued share capital of ABC from the Vendors for the sum of £ [ X ] a share , making a total of £ [ ] for 100% of the shares . |
| 16 | Overall , for 90% of the individuals in our sample who had a spell longer than three months , Model I predicts a lower reservation wage in the second period than the first . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | As far as I 'm concerned , I would ignore that er I 'm perfectly prepared to talk to anybody who wants to talk to me and to explain why , certainly in West Oxfordshire , the problems are caused by an over-spending Labour/S L D County Council that accounts for 90% of the . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Page 29 Pathe sold : British Pathe News Library , the film newsreel archive , was acquired for $16m by the mini-conglomerate Parkfield Group . |
| 21 | It was curious that grass production did not warrant a high response when this crop accounted for 83% of the arable land . |
| 22 | Patients with a gastric ulcer had reflux on average for 67% of the study ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . |
| 24 | It was sold to Cohens with another works car on 9 June 1937 for £40 for the pair and removed to Walthamstow depôt yard for breaking up . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It accounts for 25% of the British ceramic tableware industry 's output and for 25% of its exports . |
| 27 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 28 | The car 's previous owner was the late cricketer , Sir George ‘ Gubby ’ Allen , and was snaffled up by Mogg for £8,000 at the recent auction of Allen 's belongings . |
| 29 | Stock increases , own labour improvements and capital payments , therefore , account for £15m of the £36m gap . |
| 30 | 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 . |