Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun sg] of [noun] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prudential Assurance-owned unit has attracted a rent of £8,000 a year for a 15-year lease and has subsequently been put up for sale . |
| 2 | Bernard of Savoy , in December 1241 appointed constable and warden of Windsor castle and forest , was granted a salary of £10 a year by the hands of the bailiffs of Windsor , and one tun of wine . |
| 3 | Upon his death his widow was granted a pension of £30 a year for five years . |
| 4 | However , there are ways of coming up to here we 've got a lot of co-operation a lot of trust and here you get what 's called synergies , new names , have you heard that name before synergy , synergy ? |
| 5 | So that it 's it it has certainly got a lot of value an exercise like that , even with entirely good conditions . |
| 6 | Nothing compared with when you 've got a wage of £60 a week , is it ? |
| 7 | You 've painted a portrait of Blake a couple of times . |
| 8 | For example , in one scheme for 35 highly dependent elderly people introduced by Kent SSD , home care managers were given a budget of £66,000 a year to spend on buying appropriate services and/or particular equipment to aid independence . |
| 9 | I think black music and dance have given a lot of kids a break , but I 'd like to see the kind of dance I 'm into opened up just as much . ’ |
| 10 | One year , we were given an increase of 40p a week on our state pension . |
| 11 | In 1751 the Garden Committee recommended Miller be given an allowance of £4 a year to compensate him for the £4 increase in the rent of his house . |
| 12 | Isabella was sentenced to lose all her lands , but was given an allowance of £3,000 a year to maintain her estate . |
| 13 | Each man got a quart of b was allowed a quart of beer a day . |
| 14 | At first she had just worked a couple of hours a week for Graham . |
| 15 | It had taken a score of masons a score of years to hammer the pitons for all those , hanging from their work as they progressed . |
| 16 | In my first week , I lost nearly a stone but since then I 've only lost a couple of pounds a week . |
| 17 | They used to get erm these people on the Election Panel used to be paid a couple of guineas a time for their lectures |
| 18 | The overlord Greg Dyke , having paid a minimum of £11m a year for exclusive rights to the League ( at the current rate of inflation , the four-year , index-linked bill could soar over £50m ) , hit his audience target of eight million when Manchester United beat Liverpool thrillingly on New Year 's Day . |
| 19 | The training of the militia was costly , for men were paid a wage of 8d. a day during training , usually for ten days in the year , and the purchase of equipment and ammunition had to be added to this . |
| 20 | To be a colonel required an income of £1000 a year and a captain needed £200 ; the intermediate ranks were suitably graded . |