Example sentences of "[be] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Total shareholders ' funds under the accruals method are £2.8bn ( v £463m previously declared ) . |
| 2 | During 1986 and 1987 , more than two-thirds of their work was repeat business ; in 1985 it had been 80% , so much of the increase in volume was due to winning new clients . |
| 3 | The average passenger spent 3% less time at the airports but the numbers are 4m ahead at 44m in the half year to September . |
| 4 | Spare discs are £1.64 |
| 5 | The Unix and VMS versions are $190 per screen , down from $500 . |
| 6 | Shares of 14 of the airlines are traded on stock exchanges , but 12 of the participants are 50% or more owned by government . |
| 7 | Deskside 50MHz PowerStation and PowerServer 570 configurations — with 32Mb to 1,024Mb memory and 2Gb to 7.2Gb disk — are 50% faster than the existing 530H models , IBM claims . |
| 8 | Low-magnification micrographs show that about 20% of the nanotubes are 50% of the nanoparticles are filled . |
| 9 | If the votes are 50% , 30% and 20% for parties A , B and C respectively , then PR means that Party A must have 50% of the seats , Party B 30% and Party C 20% — or if not exactly those percentages , then percentages as close to them as is possible within the constraints of whatever system is being used . |
| 10 | The total expenditure on renewables research up to 1988 , for example , had been £152 million , equivalent to less than eighteen months spending on the fast reactor . |
| 11 | Four-car Networker electric trains being introduced by Network SouthEast on its Kent commuter lines are £3m each . |
| 12 | Rates are £3,500 per annum . |
| 13 | There are graffiti , too , and commenting on the improvements in children 's drawings since the advent of the Board Schools , the Westminster Budget ( 12 August 1898 ) described for us how these ‘ wall sketches ’ commonly depicted ‘ the little disagreements which are natural to healthy children ’ . |
| 14 | The constant species of small islands in lochs of Lewis , Harris and the Uists are Sorbus aucuparia , Salix aurita or S. cinerea , Rubus fruticosus and ryopteris dilatata and these might also represent a degraded form of the same sub-community . |
| 15 | After the 1987 election , the parliamentary party had only eleven MPs who had served in the Guards , and a further eight who had been cavalry officers . |
| 16 | What happens in two or three years time when the ANC 's political aspirations have not been met. ? |
| 17 | Continue to hammer the cross pieces only , until they are 1in below ground level |
| 18 | The sizes available are 1in , 1½in , 2in , 3in , and 4in , and prices range from around £1.99 to £7.19 . , . |
| 19 | The fittings provided on most cylinders are 1in male BSP for the boiler connections and 1in ( or ¾in ) female BSP for the cold inlet and hot outlet . |
| 20 | Make sure that the fixing screws are tightened and that none of the pins are bent.The Grizzled Skipper instruction manual is nicely written and covers the the installation procedure in detail . |
| 21 | Japan 's trade surplus with the USA in 1989 had been $49,000 million ( exports of less than $100,000 million against imports just exceeding $50,000 million ) . |
| 22 | He said : ‘ They are 100pc lifelike . |
| 23 | The ties are made by a company called Valenti and are 100pc silk . |
| 24 | Bookshelves with an antique finish are £165 to order . |
| 25 | Up to Sept 6 , 1992 admission prices are £9.95 per adult and £8.95 per child and you can use the Daily Mirror discount voucher and save the cost of a child admission . |
| 26 | And you are 80% more likely to suffer from scalp inflammation if you have eczema or psoriasis anywhere on your body . |
| 27 | In developing nations , the extremes are 80% in Uganda and 12% in Lesotho . |
| 28 | The collective fee for their Excalibur 356 had been £250 , and at £50 per head , they reckoned the ARC was a singularly good deal . |
| 29 | Microsoft 's gross margins ( total revenues minus production costs ) are 83% ; software , once designed and written , costs next to nothing to churn out . |
| 30 | Also in the party are £1.7 million Darren Anderton and Paul Moran , who both hit hat-tricks for the reserves in midweek . |