Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [n mass] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | AN INVESTMENT of £20m in the North 's health was approved yesterday . |
| 2 | Following Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 , the price of oil rose from $16.18 a barrel ( July price ) to an average of $26.50 in the first 24 days of August , and reached a high of just over $41 in October . |
| 3 | Shell has $ 10m euro ‘ dollar time deposit in Barclays Bank , London which has an asset of $10m in the name of its correspondent bank , Bank Y. In Bank Y's books Barclays ’ balance is a liability , while the asset held against it is the original Fed balance . |
| 4 | These figures constituted an increase of 82% in the number of establishments and 30% in the number of elderly people resident since 1979 ( table I ) . |
| 5 | The amount outstanding on bank credit cards increased by £0.13bn in the fourth quarter of 1991 following an increase of £0.21bn in the previous quarter . |
| 6 | At the same time there was an increase of 15% in the complexity of referrals . |
| 7 | The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC ) helped almost 51000 children in 1986/87 and the National Children 's Home campaign Children in Danger showed that 30 000 children are now on the local authority ‘ at risk ’ register , an increase of 22% in the last year ( Pope , 1988 ) . |
| 8 | In the three months August to October , there was a decrease in the amounts outstanding on credit agreements with consumers of £0.21bn compared with an increase of £0.17bn in the previous three months . |
| 9 | In the fourth quarter of 1991 the total amount outstanding on credit agreements with consumers ( broader coverage which includes loans on bank personal accounts , by insurers and by retailers figures for which are only available quarterly ) fell by £0.24bn , compared with an increase of £0.13bn in the previous quarter . |
| 10 | Our continuing efforts to improve plant performance resulted in an increase of 2% in the reliability of our manufacturing plant in 1992 . |
| 11 | It has just considered the Annual Report which confirmed that between April 1991 and October 1992 there had been an increase of 10% in the number of single rooms in Adult Residential Homes throughout Lothian . |