Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the UK only represents between 5% and 10% of the £100 million plus turnover of UK ELT publishers , its influence is considerable . |
| 2 | Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre alone counts for £600,000 a year . |
| 3 | In this perspective , it was industrialization and urbanization which triggered those processes and which led ultimately to a weakening of family ties , and especially ties with kin outside the so-called ‘ conjugal family ’ composed of a couple and their immature children ( Morgan , 1975 , ch. 2 ; Harris , 1983 , chs. 6–8 ) . |
| 4 | What is frustrating about this is that the ‘ canon ’ apparently consists of works of universal and immutable value ; anyone who suggests adapting it to include , say , more female writers , is open to accusations of being ‘ political ’ . |
| 5 | About now the sea suddenly boils with fish . |
| 6 | According to the NRA , the net present value of the damage that would be caused by flooding , and hence the benefit accruing , has been calculated using a number of variables , and generally lies between £41 million and £69 million . |
| 7 | Check it ; and if someone tells you that the Royal Bank is now only interested in improving its bottom line , and no longer cares about people at all , he 's wrong . |
| 8 | Action at Bewdley mainly from deeper , slow swims for chub and roach . |
| 9 | The PL1 Onyx Diamond-Lite torch , which normally retails for £13.75 , is durable , shockproof and waterproof . |
| 10 | The decline in death rates in the past sixty years thus accounts for 10% of the overall 3% growth rate in the economy . |
| 11 | You may laugh , but already deposits worth £30,000 have been put down for the book and at least 5,000 people have telephoned bookshops to express an interest . |
| 12 | The Wolfcraft Bench Sander normally sells for £35.35 but we are offering the complete kit for only £34.95 , saving over £3 on the usual prices . |
| 13 | The best example of that is the Alpha 4 database programs , which normally sells for £345 , but for which only £49 needs to be paid if you 're a registered user — it 's gone from version 2 to version 3 , and has had a complete change of documentation . |
| 14 | A SPIN-OFF from the Teesside Women 's Cancer Prevention Unit appeal , which has raised over £ 5m in four years , became £500 richer yesterday thanks to staff at the Royal Mail sorting office in Middlesbrough . |
| 15 | If the edges of the well are not protected , the well head becomes a pool of mud and a cycle of parasitic infections , such as guinea worm and hookworm , quickly develops between people and water . |
| 16 | The size of a eurobond issue usually lies between $50 and $100 million with a maturity of about six or seven years . |
| 17 | Borkovsky accepts that doubt still lingers in data processing managers ' minds about issues such as security , systems administration and difficulty of use when considering open systems , but believes that the message is gradually getting through . |
| 18 | Not exactly subtle , considering the case 's complexity , but it is the verdict which no doubt still lingers in people 's minds months after the convictions were quashed . |
| 19 | That 's the effect that Victor usually has on people . |
| 20 | A course of five Ionithermie treatments usually costs between £180 and £220 , depending on the beauty salon , but as a Hairflair reader , you are entitled to a 25% discount . |
| 21 | However , his average price still increases by 18% in 1991 , while we have a very significant downturn for Italians , while the decreases are of the order of 10% , 18% and 35% for the Flemish , French and Italian drawings respectively . |
| 22 | If the old fool does n't die soon enough , or they get the chance of a better deal , it usually ends in divorce. , |
| 23 | Capacitor C2 charges via resistor R4 such that the voltage at pin 5 of gate IC1b gradually rises from 0V , taking about 60 seconds to reach a level recognised as a logic 1 by the CMOS NAND gate IC1b . |
| 24 | After some 200000 words , there 's a confrontation as various parties struggle over the fate of the galaxy ; despite mental strife , group minds and energy screens this still consists of people sitting down to discuss the big situation . |
| 25 | Er , another thing that we need to consider is that sixty percent at least , of our tenants are on benefits and that hardly speaks of people income in any way trying to get round the system . |
| 26 | He will be severely tested as the economy goes further into recession , and the poll tax still thumps onto people 's doormats . |
| 27 | It usually sells for £18.13 but we are offering it for only £15.95 , saving over £2 . |
| 28 | It usually sells for £18.13 , but we are offering it for only £15.95 , saving over £2 , which includes a free 12mm bit . |
| 29 | He also owes between £300,000 and £400,000 for legal advice received so far . |
| 30 | London-based controller developer Pacific Semiconductor ( Europe ) Ltd has introduced its new Laserboost board that it says can radically improve the performance of Canon Inc SX , RX and TX-based laser printers like the LaserJet II and III , Brother HL8E and Canon LBP8II for a fraction of the cost of a new machine : the board takes only 15 minutes to install and costs just £380 ; it features Hewlett-Packard Co PCL 5 printer language , eight scalable fonts , a 20MHz 68020 processor , proprietary ASICs and Direct Memory Access through the parallel port ; it also has from 2Mb of memory , one independent and two parallel ports , offering HP7475A plotter emulation . |