Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the existing byelaws , complaints relating to non-reserved work which account for 80% of all the complaints that the Institute receives — can only be investigated against individuals . |
| 2 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |
| 3 | The largest proportion of absences are proper nouns and foreign words which account for 78% of the missing tokens ( 75% of the types ) . |
| 4 | In a few months Michael Portillo is likely to announce initial plans to distinguish ‘ essential costs ’ and ‘ avoidable spending ’ in four departments — Health , Education , the Home Office , and Social Security — which account for £110 billion of public spending . |
| 5 | Allowed to buy only ‘ class B ’ shares , which account for 40% of stockmarket capitalisation , foreigners now own about 30% of the market . |
| 6 | Some would even say that the very term " data " limits the possible options in this respect by implying that there are special kinds or orders of phenomena which qualify as data . |
| 7 | Spurred by the competitive market , Intel is thought to be pitching the first P5 boxes at $6,000 : the company has reportedly priced the P5 at around $700 in 1,000 quantities versus the 80486DX which goes for $536 , according to Computer Reseller News . |
| 8 | The second prong of the attack is reduced rates for the GEC Plessey Rabbit phone , which drops in price to £69 from £127.65 , and the Rabbit Recall package ( including the park and charge unit ) , which goes to £100 from £177 . |
| 9 | Dealers felt they could be choosy , passing several highly touted lots , including a Louis XIV Boulle marquetry writing table ( which some believed to have been extensively altered ) , unsold at $325,000 ( est. $400–600,000 ) and a set of four Louis XVI ormolu-mounted Boulle marquetry cabinets ( est. $400–600,000 ) which failed at $250,000 . |
| 10 | Even expensive and exotic breeds — such as the loose-skinned Japanese shar peis which sell for $1,000 — are often seen in shelters . |
| 11 | Prop kits , including polished spinners , cost $5,995 for all models except the Mooney 231/252 , which sell for $6,495 . |
| 12 | These losses were expected to be offset by increases in the value of oil exports , which doubled to $210,000,000 a month in July-September . |
| 13 | The brothers found that on average over the six months they had incurred costs for advertising , petrol etc. which amounted to £10 for each bed sold . |
| 14 | Introducing a clause to the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Bill , he said that the subsidy , which amounted to £4.2 million last year , would be phased out between now and 1996 . |
| 15 | The US environmental think-tank recommends the abolition of government subsidies , which amounted to $120 billion last year , and a 50 per cent reduction in meat consumption in the wealthier nations . |
| 16 | Market estimates suggest that approximately three quarters of secondary market turnover in dollar eurobonds ( which amounted to $358 billion in the first half of 1989 ) occurs in London . |
| 17 | What seems to emerge is that Iraq 's foreign-exchange reserves , which amounted to $20 billion in 1980 , had reached $30 billion the following year . |
| 18 | A bank overdraft which amounted to £6,500 on 31 December 1991 . |
| 19 | This substantial return to profitability was achieved despite losses arising from flood damage in the Perth and Tayside region in the first quarter which amounted to $13m and the terrorist explosion in the City of London which cost $10m , net of reinsurance . |
| 20 | Among them was an Edwardian oak wind-out table which sold at £420 ; a mahogany bedroom suite which made £420 and a mahogany desk which realised £420 . |
| 21 | There was strong interest too in some jewellery items especially an 18-carat cluster ring which sold at £330 . |
| 22 | The government retained a minority share in the Sicartsa rolled steel mills which sold for $170,000,000 to the Villacero Group , while Grupo Acerero del Norte bought Altos Hornos de Mexico for $350,000,000 and took over $350,000,000 of its debt . |
| 23 | Katz also pushed up the bidding on a finely carved and drilled colossal marble bust of Lucius Verus ( lot 84 ) , attributed during the viewing to Carlo Albacini , which sold for £45,000 ( $72,000 , est. £8,000–10,000 ) . |
| 24 | Outstanding among these were Ana Maria Pacheco 's ‘ Head ’ ( lot 171 ) , a totemic carved and painted wooden head with real teeth which sold for £4,500 ( $6,750 ; est. £2,000–3,000 ) . |
| 25 | The property of a collection formed by Helmut and Margot Kraetz , whose German and Minimalist art had sold so well in New York in November , they attracted enthusiastic competition and fetched a total of $501,500 ( £278,600 ) , the most expensive lot being an untitled sheet ( lot 104 , est. $35–45,000 ) , executed in gouache and crayons in 1964 , which sold for $75,000 ( £41,700 ) . |
| 26 | The sale opened will with a miniature armour of good quality which sold for £2,000 , four times the top estimate . |
| 27 | The front runner was a 15in Syrian blue and white jar of about 1400 , which sold for £137,500 ( estimate £30,000-£40,000 ) — again to Dr David Khalili of the Khalili Galleries . |
| 28 | A West German car exported to the UK which sold for DM 36,000 in WG would still sell for £12,000 at the exchange rate £1 = DM3.00 . |
| 29 | A more prurient depiction of childhood was Bouguereau 's ‘ Retour des Champs ’ , of a tousled-haired girl carrying a bundle of what seems to be herbs , which sold for $180,000 to the trade ( £103,400 ) ( est. $100–150,000 ) . |
| 30 | Christie 's Martin Beisly bid successfully on behalf of a client for Lord Leighton 's ‘ The Bracelet ’ , which sold for £380,000 ( $570,000 ) against underbidding by David Mason of MacConnal-Mason on behalf of Andrew Lloyd Webber who gave the final shake of the head at his side . |