Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the uncertainties , the unique , compact nature of the Sgr A radio source , and the high velocities of the ionized gas and stars close to the nucleus provide the best evidence for a concentrated mass of up to 3x10 6 M and ; . |
| 2 | A score of 0 represented no reactivity , 1 represented strong staining in up to 1% of cells , 2 strong staining in <30% , 3 staining in <60% , and 4 staining in up to 100% . |
| 3 | If you are moving for job reasons , the local authority or new town development corporation , even if they can not offer permanent rented accommodation , might be able to arrange short-term letting for up to a year under Schedule 3 of the Housing Act 1980 . |
| 4 | Includes free wedding cake , free flowers for reception , free champagne for up to 20 guests , free bouquet and hairpiece for the bride and button hole for the groom . |
| 5 | The developer of the site , Ideal Homes Holdings , has undertaken to reserve the site and provide it free of charge to the school trustees in addition to a one-off payment of up to £150,000 . |
| 6 | Novell is handling the transaction as a purchase rather than a pooling of interests and will take a one-time write-off of up to $250m the quarter the deal closes . |
| 7 | AT&T Capital Corp , the indirectly-owned leasing subsidiary of AT&T Co based in Morristown , New Jersey has filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission for its initial public offering of up to 5.0m shares , 4.0m to be offered in the US , the rest abroad . |
| 8 | Software Etc Stores Inc , Edina , Minnesota filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of up to 800,000 common shares , all new at a target price of $15.50 a share and says it wants the $12m or so net proceeds to finance expansion . |
| 9 | Lineages also contributed to the expenses of funerals : members made a collection toward the cost of feeding the guests ; if the dead person was a well known and respected man , the household might have to provide two meals a day and continual tea for up to a week for a hundred or so visitors ( who sometimes brought a contribution of a sheep or tea or sugar ) . |
| 10 | Legislative authority is vested in the unicameral 250-member Assembly of the Republic , elected by universal suffrage for up to four years under a system of proportional representation . |
| 11 | French Polynesia has a Territorial Assembly of 41 members , elected by universal suffrage for up to five years . |
| 12 | The Fono is elected by universal suffrage for up to three years , although the right to stand for election remains confined to members of the Matai ( elected clan leaders ) . |
| 13 | The Foreign Secretary began by outlining , rather well , his package to give British citizenship to up to 50,000 Hong Kong families . |
| 14 | We will now briefly investigate means of forming harmony of a moderately non-tonal nature in up to five parts by using contradicting notes . |
| 15 | They also offer interest-free credit for up to 50 weeks . |
| 16 | The total includes additional resources for Scottish Enterprise of up to £25 million to help deal with the industrial problems of Lanarkshire . |
| 17 | Ample FREE PARKING for up to 400 cars and 30 coaches , we have excellent facilities and are fully accessible for the disabled , visual and mentally handicapped ( Braille sheets and tapes available ) . |
| 18 | The scheme , to be introduced next autumn , would give every student an interest-free loan of up to £420 a year , repayable over 10 or more years . |
| 19 | This scheme allowed individuals to arrange for an interest-free loan of up to DFl.12,500 ( £4,460 ; $7,140 ) to finance the purchase of a work of art . |
| 20 | The IMF agreed to Venezuela 's request that 25 per cent of purchases should be set aside for debt reduction , and announced its readiness to consider increasing the amount of the extended arrangement by up to 40 per cent above Venezuela 's IMF quota in the event of financing arrangements being concluded with commercial bank creditors for debt-service reduction . |
| 21 | He called on their respective governments to cut their public spending by up to 18 per cent , to exercise monetary restraint ( banknote issuing by local authorities having been a major factor in the inflationary spiral of the previous year ) , and to co-operate more fully with national policy decisions . |
| 22 | A member of the IMF and the World Bank since 1989 , Angola adopted a series of austerity measures in August ( following Cabinet changes in the Finance and Planning portfolios — see above ) , including ( i ) the first devaluation of the kwanza since 1976 ; ( ii ) cuts in public spending by up to 50 per cent ( partly by reducing the civil service ) ; ( iii ) increases in rents , and fuel and electricity prices ; ( iv ) tax reforms aimed at boosting government revenue and reducing the budget deficit ( estimated at US$1,700 million ) ; and ( v ) an overhaul of the banking sector , which in November was authorized to conduct foreign exchange transactions ; there were also plans to create a central bank and allow private commercial banks . |
| 23 | It also has a multi-million pound contract to supply British Coal with up to 90,000 tonnes of domestic coal , but production problems have meant the consortium has fallen well behind with those orders . |
| 24 | Why not the lively lass from down under ? |
| 25 | Tissue sections were stained by an immunohistochemical method and subjected to detailed counting of up to 50 longitudinal crypts per specimen . |
| 26 | In any event he will need to seek the opinions of other doctors and may be well advised to apply to the court for guidance , as recommended by Lord Templeman in a different context in In re B. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1988 ] A.C. 199 , 205–206 . |
| 27 | Saab claim that 78 degrees centigrade of heat can be stored in a saline solution for up to three days . |
| 28 | a wide variety of travel texts and periodicals to supplement sets of specialist textbooks are provided along with an adequate supply of up to date technical directories , guides and brochures to support practical exercises and assignments . |
| 29 | This involves a radical restructuring of the organisation , with devolution into local authority or private management of up to 203 of the 350 or so historic sites now in English Heritage 's care ; the eventual redundancy of nearly 500 staff ( more than one quarter of the total ) ; and the handover of powers to influence decisions on Grade II listed buildings in London , powers inherited in 1986 from the now defunct Greater London Council . |
| 30 | An order by Yeltsin on Oct. 28 disbanded the Directorate for the Protection of the Supreme Bodies of Power and Government , which the liberal press described as an armed formation of up to 5,000 men , under the personal command of Khasbulatov . |