Example sentences of "have [verb] [noun pl] of [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from performing the worst of all US football teams in 1990 , the team has amassed losses of $20m since Kiam took over and has been playing to 70 per cent capacity despite some improvement this season . |
| 2 | The temporary ‘ window of opportunity ’ which has made gifts of works of art and other property to US museums fully tax deductible since January 1991 , has been extended for a further eighteen months from July . |
| 3 | Ford is budgeting for only a slight improvement on last year 's 1.6m market and has abandoned hopes of sales reaching 1.74m , while Peugeot Talbot is projecting a standstill . |
| 4 | The group has estimated debts of £1.2 billion . |
| 5 | DSG estimates that the cost of creating as core Berne Gauge route across Britain could be as little as 210m although British Rail has estimated costs of £500m to reach London and £2,000m to reach Scotland . |
| 6 | Their optimism is likely to be heightened by the news that the Department of the Environment has also rejected plans for a retail development on Green Belt land near Orpington and has awarded costs of £250,000 against the developers Prudential Assurance . |
| 7 | SOUTH AFRICA : Dr Jonathan Gluckman , South Africa 's leading independent forensic pathologist , has received death threats following his publication of 26 July of forensic evidence that the police has murdered scores of people in custody . |
| 8 | His sister had been restless and Dunbar had had to fight queues of people at the bar to buy drinks in the interval . |
| 9 | A planned merger between two of the country 's largest commercial banks , Banco Español de Crédito ( Banesto ) and Banco Central , which would have had combined assets of $46,000 million , was cancelled in February 1989 , ending a process which had begun in May 1988 . |
| 10 | Difficulties were thought to arise over reaching agreement on a headquarters for a merged society , which would have had combined assets of £350m . |
| 11 | It was believed that Japan had sought joint action which would have included purchases of yen for deutschmarks by the West German Bundesbank . |
| 12 | Without the enormous costs run up by the Royal Navy vessel , the Yard would have made profits of £6.5m . |
| 13 | At present the Vienna , Virginia-based company is ranked around number seven in the league table of software companies , having seen revenues of $426.7m in 1992 . |
| 14 | Now of course er we 've sold the er chain of chemists in Canada who might have sold bottles of aspirin but , before we sold the chain , there was another enormous quantity of bottles of aspirin which was n't defined , it was something which was introduced after , long after we defined what we meant by outputs of aspirin . |
| 15 | The position in the District was exacerbated by the absence of other cohesive groups such as trade unionists or co-operative societies in rural areas who might have provided cadres of people for active WEA membership . |
| 16 | Prize/medallion winners must have gained marks of 80% or above . |
| 17 | Medallion winners must have gained marks of 80% or above . |
| 18 | By the end of 1989 El Salvador had been declared ineligible for World Bank lending , having accumulated arrears of $6,500,000 on loans of $110,000,000 from this body . |
| 19 | Jews had previously been unable to travel as complete families , and had to post bonds of US$1,000 per person when going abroad . |
| 20 | He had caught loads of carp but missed five takes from the cats . |
| 21 | It was suggested , for example , that stock was over-valued and that credit notes due to customers had been understated with the effect that whereas the accounts as published had reported profits of £1.3m , they should have reported a loss of approximately £400,000 . |
| 22 | In the period November 1969 to April 1970 , Korn/Ferry had made profits of $56000 on a fee income of $281 200 ; by 1973 , when the firm employed a staff of 42 , they were earning profits of $431200 on total revenues of $3.5m . |
| 23 | Oh I 've got loads of people I pass stuff on to . |
| 24 | Mind you we 've got loads of staff nurses as well and they 're not all made up to . |
| 25 | I 've known loads of people who who are working full time , and they come home Friday and the go out Friday night , stand up at the bar , and drink twenty pints or whatever , ten pints . |
| 26 | Pressure continued on the community to end its resistance , with Raybestos claiming it had lost orders of £1 million in the past six months alone and another source claiming the company was suffering from a ‘ crisis of consumer confidence ’ . |
| 27 | It had to make provisions of £386,000 to cover bad debts . |
| 28 | And with us , she 's met loads of people and she goes out with them a lot through college so |
| 29 | But Mr Davies said : ‘ We have had cases of people who we have suspected of being infected and the degree of compassion and humanity among other staff has been remarkable . ’ |
| 30 | And referring to the council 's hardship panel he added : ‘ We have had scores of people with high mortgages , some as much as £600–£700 a month , which gives an indication that people who have not paid are not just one class of people . ’ |