Example sentences of "[n mass] of [adj] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As much as £150,000 of that will go in fees and costs to Laing & Cruickshank , who were taken on only last week . |
| 2 | Some sets of video material are self-contained and come with their own activities : a serial story , a training series for management skills , a set of business meetings.Any of these could create their own regular slot on the timetable : a Sherlock Holmes story once a month , perhaps , or a weekly session for the Business English group to view the next episode of Bid for Power . |
| 3 | After all , how many educated young people of 27 could produce 300-page life histories , even today ? |
| 4 | A staff of 27 would need to be cut to 17 . |
| 5 | Sales of each could top $1 billion a year . |
| 6 | It was estimated that $85,000,000 of this would go to Drexel 's fixed creditors , while the remainder would be split between the various litigants at the discretion of the court and Securities Exchange Commission . |
| 7 | high I 'm only coming out with a ten flush , pair of aces , and a pair of eights would have been mine whichever way you played it . |
| 8 | As discussions proceeded , the sale of the land became tied to the payment of Hamilton 's pension , for the Charity Commissioners decided that if the land could be sold for a chief rent of £58 10 0d [ £4 per cent of its market value ] , then the pension could be £125 — but £50 of that would have to come from the salary of the new Headmaster ! |