Example sentences of "[n mass] [adj] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The field of Old Master and modern drawings has been much less hyped than other markets and rarely sees fireworks like the world record of £4.18 million paid for a Van Gogh drawing in December 1990 . |
| 2 | On its traditional business , the Building Society itself returned a pre-tax profit of £34.0 million compared with a figure of £29.8 million in 1988 . |
| 3 | Mr Kinnear appeals later this month against an £1,800 fine imposed after an incident involving match officials at a reserve game . |
| 4 | Just when it looked like the proverbial music centre was to disappear out the front door and into the sheriff 's van , Rough managed to contact his solicitors who paid the £250 Rough owed to an Edinburgh Sports Company . |
| 5 | Net investment in your Society during the year amounted to £256.2 million compared with a figure of £321.3 million in 1988 . |
| 6 | In Chapter 1 , we defined unemployment as the number of people who are willing and able to work but are unable to find jobs and we pointed out that the unemployment percentage ( or rate of unemployment ) is the number of people unemployed expressed as a percentage of the labour force . |
| 7 | In March America had its smallest monthly trade deficit for almost eight years : $4 billion compared with a monthly average of $8.5 billion in 1990 . |
| 8 | It is an area 290 mm wide centred on a vertical line passing through the centre of the steering wheel , within the area swept by the windscreen wipers . |
| 9 | In answer to an enquiry about some goldfish last seen in a pool in the blazing sun : ‘ Oh , they 're all right now . |