Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [num] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | The fact that the system cost around £300,000 as compared to a traditional suppliers offer of £2.5 million and only took three months to design , install , train and make fully operational reflects well on the technology — even though the paper itself failed . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Perhaps the Minister could clarify the impression given by the Hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who believes that it is all right to buy from the public purse something for £2 million and then to sell off a fraction of it for £4 1 million a fortnight later as long as the proceeds of the sale go to buses . |
| 5 | Section 5 of the Business Names Act 1985 provides that where a person fails to comply with the requirement set out in s. 5 and thereafter seeks to enforce a business contract with a party in default by means of a court action , ( a ) if the person in default can establish that he or she has a claim against the proprietor , which due to the proprietor 's failure to comply with s. 5 he or she has been unable to pursue , or ( b ) if a breach by the proprietor of s. 5 has caused the person in default some financial loss , the proprietor 's claim shall be dismissed , unless it is ‘ just and equitable ’ that the proprietor should be allowed to continue the action . |
| 6 | We believe this could save up to £2 million if properly enforced . |
| 7 | Investors would be compensated in the event of the failure of an authorised investment firm of 100 per cent on the first £30 000 invested , 90 per cent the next £20 000 and nothing on the excess , providing a maximum cover of £48 000 on £50 000 or more invested . |