Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv prt] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1991 results of serum tests and ultrasonography before 28 weeks ' gestation together made up 38% of the indications leading to a prenatal karyotypic confirmation of fetal trisomy 21 . |
| 2 | According to the 1986 English House Condition Survey , households 75+ only make up 10% of all households , but they occupy almost a third of dwellings lacking basic amenities and 16% of unfit dwellings . |
| 3 | UB 's shares only nudged up 3p to 352p . |
| 4 | Yet the first British census of Palestine showed that Jews only made up 11% of the population . |
| 5 | Medeva 's OTC products were only turning over £4–4.5m including exports , so they were not viable in this cut throat business . |
| 6 | He told the court that after Swindon beat Bolton Wanderers in November 1989 he personally handed out £5,000 to the players and back-up staff . |
| 7 | In addition Sotheby 's experts will be drafted in to start up sales in new areas such as furniture . |
| 8 | Burundi , a wretchedly poor country , manages to service almost all its debt , but doing so gobbles up 30% of its budget each year . |
| 9 | But holders of Treasury 9¾ per cent stock 2002 , if they held the stock until redemption in August 2002 , would only receive back £100 for each £100 nominal amount of stock ; i.e. they would lose capital value of £3.09375 on each £100 nominal amount of stock . |
| 10 | The Premier League favourites feared that ground re-development would have left Highbury with a ‘ graveyard ’ atmosphere , so splashed out £150,000 on a mural , depicting rows of cheering and scarf-waving fans . |
| 11 | Die Hard director John McTiernan is putting one together at Fox ( ’ Grab that Uzi , Maid Marion ! ’ ) , and production company Morgan Creek has just shelled out £1.2m for Prince Of Thieves , a reworking of the Sherwood Forest legend . |
| 12 | Grumman finally coughed up $40m in 1988 in settlement of the legal claims against it . |
| 13 | Management consultancy not only made him rich ( he sold Telesis for $1m and has just forked out $1.25m for a Washington house ) ; it also convinced him that America 's ludicrously wasteful health-care system was undermining the nation 's competitiveness abroad . |
| 14 | BA has already paid out £610,000 in libel damages and £1 million costs , but Virgin wants the new settlement to cover damage inflicted in the three years of the ‘ dirty tricks ’ campaign of customer poaching and publicity smears . |
| 15 | ‘ I have already paid out £100,000 in legal fees . |
| 16 | Their rural cousins , who still make up 75% of the population , scratch a living from the soil . |
| 17 | But what about the outcome of the usual monitoring visits — which still make up 80% of the subject assessor 's time ? |
| 18 | However , in 1913 foreign investment still made up 25% of the money invested in Russian industry . |
| 19 | I usually get round people like that though because if somebody said that |
| 20 | They also raised over £800 for the Sick Children 's Hospital . |
| 21 | However , News Corporation is also taking on $48million of debt as a result of the transaction . |
| 22 | However , the gap between the sexes is narrowing : men now make up 57% of students in higher education , compared with 63% in 1980–1 and 67% in 1970–1 ( Government Statistical Service , 1989 , Table 27 ) . |
| 23 | Meals out eat up 20pc of nation 's food bill |
| 24 | Hendry , who has now earned over £200,000 during the 1992-93 season despite his relatively poor run of results , added : ‘ When you believe that you 're the best player in the world it 's very depressing when you keep on playing like an idiot . ’ |
| 25 | The fastest growth has been in other kinds of paper , and particularly paper packaging , which now takes up 19% of the space in landfills . |
| 26 | Turnover generated from Unix licences , he says , increased fourfold last year , and now makes up 20% of total revenues . |
| 27 | To meet the demands of the fast growing notebook market , which Technology says now makes up 20% to 25% of total turnover , ICL has introduced its ErgoPro N3/25v sub-notebook . |
| 28 | The company now makes up 62% of total group turnover , and has increased net cash balances from £500,000 to £1.6m . |
| 29 | It sees the outlook as encouraging , thanks to expanding insurance business and repeat business that now makes up 65% of sales . |
| 30 | At first , it seemed that the antics of marine woodworms in the piling of Barmouth 's 115 span timber bridge would rob the Cambrian coast of its railway , but BR surprisingly stumped up £500,000 for short-term repairs , and , after a seven-month closure , the line was back in business . |