Example sentences of "[n mass] a [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major institutional investors felt the deal gave too much to Mr Ritblat , his family and British Land management — New British Land was to be paid £15million a year in management charges for the first three years , coming down to £10million as properties were sold . |
| 2 | Budhoo was allegedly on short rations from the honeypot because of his intransigence , but he nevertheless pulled $143,000 a year in salary and other subsidies , excluding those related to official travel and mission work . |
| 3 | The average borrower with a £30,000 25 year loan will see monthly repayments rise from £278 a month to £298 if the mortgage rate goes to 14.75 per cent as expected . |
| 4 | Tesco Australian Sparkling Wine £5.05 A blend of grapes and very pale in colour . |
| 5 | Remember its 58p a minute at peak . |
| 6 | He only has specific proposals for 10% of the total entitlement spending cap , yet the across the board tax rate cuts would lose $25bn a year in revenue for each percentage point reduced , and conservatives are calling for a three point cut . |
| 7 | Often the same or a similar fault can occur to the same aircraft a number of sectors later . |
| 8 | Milk yields of up to 35kg a day in June were common , with an average of 25kg a day over the summer months , but the milk was not very creamy . |
| 9 | CONVICTED Wall Street speculator Ivan Boesky , who once commanded a $1 billion war chest , is suing his wife for $1m a year in alimony to bolster his sagging finances . |
| 10 | If YOU are one of Britain 's 14 million smokers , kicking the habit could save you a lot more than the £2.21 a packet of fags costs . |
| 11 | 7.5,7.5Homesitters charges £15.50 a day plus VAT . |
| 12 | A few years ago , company A acquired 100% of the equity shares of company B by issuing 1m equity shares , nominal value £1 a share at £2.10 a share . |
| 13 | Vehicle excise duty — the tax disc — paid by the owners of 23 million cars , was increased by £15 a year to £125 for licences taken out in Post Offices and vehicle registration offices from today . |
| 14 | Its decline explains why the wholesale price of mistletoe has gone up this year by as much as £15 a hundredweight at England 's largest market — Tenbury Wells in Herefordshire . |
| 15 | Prices start at £20 a night per person . |
| 16 | They will be paid £20 a year per acre for the first 12 acres , £10 for the next 12 , and £4 an acre for remaining land . |
| 17 | For them Massie suggested a mid-century level of 7s 6d ( 37½p ) a week which agrees well enough with a recent estimate of around £20 a year for West-Country woollen weavers in regular employment . |
| 18 | He left money for the poor and the sick , and an endowment of £20 a year for Bridgnorth School . |
| 19 | Grace openly demanded payment of £20 a match from Gloucester and more for Test matches ; Wisden could only comment that ‘ nice customs curtsey to great kings ’ . |
| 20 | Sales of soyabeans to the Soviet Union have helped to underpin prices , which rose to $5.80 a bushel in Chicago this week . |
| 21 | The offer could save schools up to £1,500 a year in exam fees , which currently cost about £15 per entry . |
| 22 | Cook 's Chenin Blanc sells at around £3.79 a bottle from Tesco and leading off-licences . |
| 23 | Thus , the benefit for a pensioner couple over 80 will rise from £88.45 a week to £96.15 a week — an increase of 8.7 per cent. , which is more than double the increase in the retail prices index . |
| 24 | Attention concentrated on the December London Fox contract , which rose by £21 a tonne to £753 . |
| 25 | In reducing the flow of daily life to ‘ information content ’ , the mass media present as primary data a series of facts which have been culled through a complex process of information-processing . |
| 26 | The deal includes return flights to Auckland , 14-days Hertz car hire , 7-nights accommodation ( additional accommodation is available from £16 a night per person , sharing a twin room , for those not visiting family or friends ) . |
| 27 | Dr Robert Spink , Tory MP for Castle Point , said that Charles should be defending those in this country having to pay out an extra £16 a week per family to subsidise the French farmers . |
| 28 | Writing and Publishing research Secondary analysis of survey data An introduction to data analysis using GLIM Analysing natural language and accounts |
| 29 | Linley Park , South Aberdeen , attacked compulsory competitive tendering which she said had produced wage rates as low as £1 an hour for cleaners in Kincardine & Deeside . |
| 30 | It dropped to just under $170 an ounce in New York . |