Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [noun] for [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one instance , a stock of thousands of BBC props had been sold off this year for £75,000 yet the BBC later spent £1,100 renting just three items back for a few weeks . |
| 2 | McGuire and Sifneos ( 1970 ) describe the use of this approach for people who have recently experienced a serious loss of some kind bereavement , redundancy at work , or divorce . |
| 3 | The firm is currently negotiating the sale of this stock for £9,500 and anticipates payment in May l9X1 . |
| 4 | I am advised that we can purchase the freehold of this property for £40,000 . |
| 5 | The consequences of this shift for people 's habits and thought processes provide both the subject-matter and the technique of the novel which is composed entirely of people 's written accounts of their experience of the crisis . |
| 6 | Critical thinking problem 12.2 ( See the end of this chapter for answer. ) well-known word , using the same three letters twice , in exactly the same order : |
| 7 | The postcard has been kindly lent by Bygones of McMullen Road , Darlington ( ) , which sells old prints of this area for £6 unframed or £16 framed . |
| 8 | In the past , the use of these uplands for sheep and beef cattle rearing has not conflicted significantly with the need to retain habitats such as moorlands , hill grasslands , high altitude montane vegetation , enclosed pastures and hay meadows , wetlands and native woodlands , which form the basis of the nature conservation interest of the 9.68 million hectares of upland in the UK . |
| 9 | It was n't just that Major appeared to have accepted a dare to go through an entire broadcast without offering a single specific incentive of any kind for people to vote for him , but Brunson , an experienced broadcaster , was even odder . |
| 10 | The tour provided the first opportunity for many years for people to call openly for the restoration of human rights , legalization of political parties and the scrapping of the Tinkhundla ( chieftancy ) system [ see p. 38048 ] . |
| 11 | Shops say the recession and divorce blues have caused booming sales with some selling for £100 each . |
| 12 | The Worksop trainer was one of the few who missed seeing the gelding , bought with another yearling for £3,250 , pull six lengths clear . |
| 13 | ‘ He was very good , ’ said Bill Waddy , arriving with more drinks for people . |
| 14 | Two names in particular appeared with enough regularity for people to talk . |
| 15 | A limited company client bought a lease from another company for £5,000 , which was deemed to be a fair market price reflecting the differential in the market rent and the actual rent payable . |
| 16 | It is important to emphasise before concluding this section that although flat-rate and earnings-related pensions imply that social needs are similar among older people — as , indeed , does the exclusion of older people from some benefits for people with disabilities ( Walker , 1990 ) — the fact is that needs , as well as resources , are unevenly distributed in old age . |
| 17 | Try Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc ( Waitrose , £4.99 ) or Stoneleigh Sauvignon Blanc from Thresher , Wine Rack and Bottoms Up ( £5.99 , also available in half bottles for £3.29 ) . |
| 18 | High temperatures can result in more problems for Orfe due to low oxygen levels . |
| 19 | The sort of modest suburban house which Mrs Moore was renting at the time could be purchased in those days for £850 or £1,000 . |
| 20 | The dealer sold it a little later to another buyer for £1,770 . |
| 21 | Publication such as the quarterly TQM newsletter , Quest , are also made available to all units for staff information . |
| 22 | It was the most disgusting programme written without any feelings for people with missing or abused children . |
| 23 | In addition , among several projects for livestock improvement and marketing promoted by the HIDB 's Livestock Improvement Working Party , a lamb marketing scheme was set up in Lewis in 1978 for the transport of store lambs to the mainland and their sale at auction . |
| 24 | Chicago-based advertising screens on shopping trolleys specialist VideOcart Inc has persuaded IBM Corp to let it restructure its $42m debt to IBM , to provide the company with relief from near term debt payments and enable it to attain its business goals : a $22m debt would replace the existing debt , giving VideOcart a one-time balance sheet gain of $20m ; terms of the new agreement include waiving all principal and interest payments until July 31 , and VideOcart retains its rights under a previous agreement with IBM that allows early repayment of the new $22m debt at any time for $17m in cash ; VideOcart also agreed to cancel a warrant granted last year to IBM to buy 540,000 VideOcart shares and grants a new warrant to buy 600,000 shares at $1.75 each ; from August 31 to December 31 , interest only payments will be due , but payments of $500,000 a month will be due beginning on January 31 1994 and will continue for 35 months , and a balloon payment will be due on December 31 1996 , although IBM has the option to convert the balance of the debt into VideOcart common shares at $8 a share on that date . |