Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [adv] [n mass] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , inflation has been brought down from around 30% a year during the gung-ho days of the disgraced party chief , Mr Zhao Ziyang , to single figures . |
| 2 | A survey conducted by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals in 1988 found that students outside London , after paying for board and lodgings , had £380 a year left for all other expenses , and students in London were even worse off with only £109 a year . |
| 3 | By now dear old Monty , resigned to losing me as I got more ambitious , had pushed my salary up to nearly £10 a week . |
| 4 | Under Labour his top tax rate would jump from 40 to 49 per cent , and his overall tax bill would go up by about £1,080 a year , essentially because of increased national insurance . |
| 5 | Oil prices would spike in a short war , but quickly fall back to perhaps $20 a barrel . |
| 6 | The EC has also put forward an advisory , non-binding , maximum figure that would work out at about 87.5p a gallon at current rates . |
| 7 | We charge £2.50 a week per container , which usually works out at about £10 a month . |
| 8 | Compensation is paid to the producer , a total of £524,008 so far , which works out at about 78p a bird and is far from adequate , according the egg producers ' association . |
| 9 | It averages out at around £100 a month , I suppose . |