Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other intergovernmental contacts during the year included the visit to Spain of the then Polish Prime Minister , Tadeusz Mazowiecki , in September 1990 ; informal contacts between González and King Hassan of Morocco in Rabat on Aug. 19 ; the signing in Rabat on Nov. 15 by the Spanish and Moroccan Interior Ministers , Corcuero and Driss Basri respectively , of an agreement on flexible visa arrangements for Moroccan citizens wishing to visit Ceuta and Melilla ; an official visit to China on Nov. 22-24 by Fernandez Ordoñez , returned by his Chinese counterpart , Qian Qichen , on Feb. 25-27 , 1991 , in which talks centred on bilateral trade and on the development of a new line of Spanish credit worth $450,000,000 for new mixed enterprises in China ; and the visit of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia to Venezuela and Costa Rica on April 14-21 . |
| 2 | ABBEY NATIONAL : free driving lesson , 25 per cent discount on next five , or BP petrol vouchers worth £15 for 16 to 20 year-olds , 2.55 per cent on savings . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's great for me to be able to turn down offers worth £6.5m for two players in a fortnight , ’ he said . |
| 4 | The network , which reportedly cost $3.5m in R&D , will retail for $5,000 for ten workstations , with discounts on bulk orders . |
| 5 | Apart from the trophy the winner receives £60 , a tankard and a voucher for £35 for solid fuel . |
| 6 | I enclose my cheque/postal order for £15 for one year 's membership to the Priority Club , payable to Redwood Publishing Limited . |
| 7 | Exercise on it for £1 for ten minutes ( followed by a drink at the bar ! ) |
| 8 | They also look after sales for Latin America and the Caribbean . |
| 9 | Personal Accident cover for £10,000 for each Policyholder and their spouse . |
| 10 | Losses of £500m for 1988 and over £2 billion for 1989 have already depleted free assets , especially for the 5,000-odd names on excess-of-loss syndicates . |
| 11 | Labour calculated this included a loss of £3.07 for National Insurance payments , £2.31 on MIRAS ( tax relief on interest payments on home loans up to £30,000 ) , £1.87 on married couples ' allowances , £1.03 on VAT on fuel , 43p on single per-son 's income tax , 23p on vehicle excise duty and 63p on excise duties . |
| 12 | For this , if a child is born with one of these conditions , the mother receives an immediate payment of 10 p.c. of the amount of cover — in this case , £2,500 , followed by monthly payments of £250 for 90 months . |
| 13 | The bad news is for members in Northern Ireland and Great Britain where , because of the continuing climate of increasing claims being encountered by all insurance companies , it has unfortunately been necessary to increase the rates by an average of 23% for all new business and policies falling due for renewal on and after the 1st May next . |
| 14 | The wolfish landlord used this chance to demand the usurious compound interest of 50% for three years . |
| 15 | The Commercial Property loss of $0.7m was an improvement on the previous year 's loss of $1.8m although this year the Perth floods resulted in several large claims which produced losses of $10m for this account . |
| 16 | These are remarkably tough ; for instance , the recorder manufacturers must demonstrate the ability of their products to withstand a temperature of 1100°C for thirty minutes and a dynamic load of 1000 g for five milliseconds . |
| 17 | We paid out a total of £1,322 to the subjects : £481 on the first repetition ( an average of £4.89 for each group subject and an average of £5.25 for each individual subject ) and £841 on the second repetition ( an average of £8.98 for each group subject and an average of £8.34 for each individual subject ) . |
| 18 | Muszertechnika Holding Rt , which claims to be the largest manufacturer , distributor and retailer of IBM-compatible personal computers in Hungary , reported a group turnover of $39m for 1992 — up from an estimated $30m in 1991 . |
| 19 | As Table 17 shows , a total of 366 questionnaires were completed , representing a response rate of 67% for all visitors to the Exhibition Room , rising to 71% if children and non-English speakers are excluded from the total number of potential respondents . |
| 20 | P.S. You may share all the benefits of Cardmembership with your partner or other family member over 18 for the modest additional cost of £15 for each Supplementary Card . |
| 21 | An offer last August of 3% for 12 months had been followed by a lengthy period when voluntary severance had been negotiated with the Bank . |
| 22 | Thus the more vigorous conditions of 550°C for three days were used to quantify the gas yield . |
| 23 | Between 1975 and 1986 , teachers ' pay rose by 194% , on average , compared with an average rise of 259% for all non-manual earnings ( New Society Database , 1986 ) . |
| 24 | They are at a reasonable cost of £1 for 6 . |
| 25 | However , I was not allowed to fly the aircraft because of the high cost and lack of availability of aircraft for mere civil servants when BOAC had their own pilots to train . |
| 26 | The picture quality is n't as good as the digital alternative , but the Relate 2000 costs significantly less : it will retail at the appealingly low price of £399 for one or £749 for a pair . |
| 27 | The King 's College Hospital series showed mortality rates of 10% for portosystemic shunt therapy and 40% for emergency devascularisation procedures , but these treatment groups were selected on the basis of portal anatomy and liver function status and were not therefore comparable . |
| 28 | Please note that the Christian Aid grant of £8,335 for 1990–91 , paid in June 1990 , will figure in the annual report for the current year . |
| 29 | Additional to the Medical Expenses a benefit of £20 for each complete 24 hour period of hospitalisation abroad , as a direct result of an illness or injury covered under Section 2 above . |
| 30 | Inpatient hospital benefit payable at a rate of £20 for each day . |