Example sentences of "a [noun] of [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | They soon had to leave the School Cottage where they had lived , but they were granted a payment of £5 for " the bath and fittings " left in the cottage , which was quickly rented out to provide a valuable £35 a year of extra income . |
| 2 | The allowance will be based on a payment of £100 for each £1000 of agreed house price difference . |
| 3 | Under an alleged agreement with the committee , Mr Thomas Ward , who was a member of the committee , received a payment of £5.2million for advice and services in connection with the bid . |
| 4 | I note the agreement for a payment of £200 for the use of the animated dinosaurs for the purposes of filming . |
| 5 | Employees also receive a payment of £150 for each dependent child under 18 ( although children aged 16–18 must be in full-time education for employees to qualify for this payment ) . |
| 6 | So I 'll get a bit of fish for myself . |
| 7 | Councillors heard the authority had to set a budget of £11,614,000 for the new financial year and the calculations were based on a community charge to be levied on 74,014 residents . |
| 8 | In Wales the amount of development plan grants paid for drainage increased 3.5 times , and for grassland improvement 3.2 times , between 1979/80 and 1982/83 compared with a rise of 74% for farm buildings ( the latter then attracting a much lower rate of grant ) . |
| 9 | This was on the basis of continued strong earnings growth throughout the recession , with Wolters Kluwer achieving a first half jump of 39% in after-tax earnings and forecasting a 20% rise for the whole of 1992 , and Elsevier predicting a rise of 16% for the full year . |
| 10 | ‘ Over the next two years , these same people are to be faced with a rise of 25pc for domestic fuel — VAT at 17.5pc plus 3pc or 4pc price rises each year — then obviously there must be a significant increase in pensions and benefits in order for them to be able to pay . ’ |
| 11 | Peter Mantle thinks so , and MEG is heartened by the fact that the handful of farmers in the area who are sitting on the fence and hoping to make a fast punt out of an imminent El Dorado are outnumbered by a mass of people for whom gold holds no allure . |
| 12 | The effects of the recession were reflected in the chairman 's report to the foundation 's agm , which recorded a deficit of £69,220 for 1991-92 due to a combination of increased expenditure on coaching activities and a fall-off in sponsorship . |
| 13 | The latest batch , showing a deficit of £2bn for the month of August , were the last straw . |
| 14 | Furthermore , a shareholders ' agreement required a majority of 75% for many important matters which allowed the 20% shareholder ( with its 26% of voting rights ) a veto over most major decisions . |
| 15 | Later the chairman of the Isle of Man Post Office Authority presented Lewin Cain , chairman of Douglas branch , with a framed sheet of stamps — the first off the press — and a donation of £100 for the branch funds . |
| 16 | I approached the Edinburgh Green Belt Trust , who thought the project a good one , and promised us a grant of £3,000 for materials and hire of equipment , subject to SNH approval . |
| 17 | The last sentence refers to an earlier conversation between Green and Hickson in which the latter had claimed that the Cambridgeshire LEA would not be prepared to support the work of the District , whereas the Board had been offered a grant of £100 for 1931–32 and the prospect of increased grant-aid in subsequent years . |
| 18 | Pilkingtons pays a grant of £50 for any child attending school full-time . |
| 19 | Loughborough University of Technology Library was eventually awarded a grant of £23,600 for three years to provide facilities for the British Library Information Officer for User Education to operate a clearinghouse for user education in the UK . |
| 20 | When the Arts Council awarded this young Canadian a grant of £2200 for a six month photographic mission to the Andes , she was delighted . |
| 21 | When the Arts Council awarded this young Canadian a grant of £2200 for a six month photographic mission to the Andes , she was delighted . |
| 22 | THE Redgrave Theatre , Farnham , is being given a grant of £17,000 for 1992–93 by Hampshire County Council . |
| 23 | The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation agreed to give the fund a grant of £5,000 for 1993/94 and the Eastern Arts Board recently agreed to give it a £2,000 grant . |
| 24 | On the other hand , running to a succession of people for direction may well indicate our own immaturity and instability . |
| 25 | ( ‘ Tempest ’ ) and some sureties , the landlord demised a factory unit on its industrial estate , known as Eley 's Estate , Eley Road , Enfield , to Tempest for a term of 20 years from 25 March 1972 at a rent of £3,850 for the first five years , with reviews at five-yearly intervals thereafter . |
| 26 | In the south of England one survey has given a figure of 6% for all types of dog . |
| 27 | Because of the recession the public sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) will be high , and a figure of £28bn for 1992/93 was forecast at the time of the Budget in March . |
| 28 | The temperature needs to be kept below 400°C , which compares with a figure of 1200°C for thermal oxidation of the other main semiconductor , silicon . |
| 29 | Baydon Star is unpenalised for his victory in yesterday 's Tom Masson Trophy Hurdle and looks something of a snip with a weight of 10st for the two mile race . |
| 30 | Labour calculated this included a loss of £3.07 for National Insurance payments , £2.31 on MIRAS ( tax relief on interest payments on home loans up to £30,000 ) , £1.87 on married couples ' allowances , £1.03 on VAT on fuel , 43p on single per-son 's income tax , 23p on vehicle excise duty and 63p on excise duties . |