Example sentences of "a average [prep] around " in BNC.
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| 1 | And although home ownership has proved a profitable investment during most of the decade , with house prices rising by an average of around 12 per cent , it looks far less so now . |
| 2 | But even Britain receives an average of around 100 watts per square metre in each 24 hours ; that is , an average of 100 kilocalories ( 100 kcal ) per hour . |
| 3 | Typical barges , often seen moored at the mill , have an average of around 300 tonnes , the five barges owned by the company named after Gloucestershire villages . |
| 4 | According to a survey in Sports Illustrated , almost 500 players had to miss games through injury during the first 11 weeks of this season , an average of around 17 per team . |
| 5 | He adds that the private client business produces an average of around 0.35% commission as opposed to the industry 's norm of around 0.5% . |
| 6 | Other guaranteed income bonds are paying an average of around 5 per cent on £5,000 left tied up for a year . |
| 7 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , we have nearly 2,000 CTC members in Scotland and assuming an average of around £20 per member , this amounts to almost £40,000 of income , of which our request for £750 seems modest in the extreme , particularly since we now pay the subscriptions I mentioned . |
| 9 | Each Europartenariat to date has generated an average of around 3,000 pre-arranged business appointments over a two-day period . |