Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun] [vb mod] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Public response to the controversial share sale was so strong that virtually all the £5.3billion of shares could be sold without offering any to financial institutions or overseas investors . |
| 2 | The training courses £35 per person will be run by Newtech at Croesnewydd on Wrexham technology park . |
| 3 | To combat this new breed of criminal , all computerised data on individuals should be transmitted in code , says the commission . |
| 4 | A charge of £15 to £20 per hour should be introduced for this service . |
| 5 | Two pages later the Report proceeded to do exactly what it said it would not do : it coupled levels of attainment to ages , by defining the expected range of levels at which pupils aged 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 would perform.4 This represented ‘ a rough speculation about the limits within which about 80% of pupils may be found to lie ’ ( DES 1988a : para.104 ) . |
| 6 | And £400 of tax can be saved for every £1,000 that you give . |
| 7 | An additional administrative charge of £5 per person will be made each time a booking is changed . |
| 8 | Two pence per half-year might be taken for each cart , and one halfpenny for each pack-horse . |
| 9 | Holders of £435m of bonds will be offered A and B bonds with a similar repayment schedule . |
| 10 | Like many organisations we have to review our costs very carefully and I doubt the increase from £12 to £25 could be approved . |
| 11 | However , if within 6 weeks of departure you change your booking to a later date , the cancellation charges will apply as shown in paragraph 4 unless the new holiday departs on or before the original departure date , when the normal fee of £12 per person will be charged . |
| 12 | In Bristol and West 's forthcoming auctions , a set fee of £375 plus VAT will be charged to everyone entering property to sell , with its usual agent 's commission ( about 2 per cent plus VAT ) charged on top when sales are made . |
| 13 | But , when more that 2 to 3 minutes away from the facility , a correction for 5° off track should be made with a minimum angle of 30° . |
| 14 | For example , the word ball may be either a noun , a transitive verb or an intransitive verb but for 99% of cases may be treated simply as a noun . |
| 15 | Again 99% of cells must be removed to prevent transmission of infection , and in many communities — including Britain — it is usually more cost effective to transfuse blood screened for cytomegalovirus . |
| 16 | Pure gold can be beaten out to form very thin sheets ; according to Pliny , writing in the first century AD , 25 g of gold could be beaten into 750 leaves each 10 cm square . |
| 17 | The numerals refer to the maximum stapling capacity of the tool : ie 10mm wide staples up to 14mm in length can be used . |
| 18 | In former Yugoslavia these soldiers from the Dalton barracks in Abingdon will be expected to meet all the British contingent 's supply needs and get it to them under constant risk of shells and sniper fire . |
| 19 | Jobs at BR 's Eastern Region headquarters in York would be cut by more than a quarter as work was contracted out and staffing levels cut back together with train services . |
| 20 | On the horns of the Bull Ring dilemma : The people of Birmingham should be allowed to vote on the future development of their city , Jonathan Glancey believes |
| 21 | It is a farce — indeed , it is tragic — that a matter of such grave concern to the people of Scotland should be raised in an Adjournment debate when time is limited . |
| 22 | The people of learning would be appointed every four years . |
| 23 | ‘ The people of Lanarkshire must be helped to overcome the devastating effects of industrial depression , and one way of doing this is to increase educational opportunities and access to universities , ’ said Mr Reid . |
| 24 | In the mean time , however , the attempts to introduce Oral Rehydration Therapy to the people of Bangladesh may be regarded as a partial success , from which lessons can be learnt . |
| 25 | 1.2 The means of healing must be conducted by scientifically based procedures and materials . |
| 26 | The Crown say that section 15 merely describes a particular type of theft and that all stealing by means of deception can be prosecuted under section 1 just as well as under section 15 . |
| 27 | It was held in Kennelt v British Airport Authority [ 1975 ] Crim LR 106 that every part of the braking system and of the means of operation must be maintained etc . |
| 28 | Any means of correction may be used but all corrections should be neat and unobtrusive . |
| 29 | Any means of correction may be used but all corrections should be neat and unobtrusive . |
| 30 | Any means of correction may be used but all corrections should be neat and unobtrusive . |