Example sentences of "[noun pl] of around " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because they had squandered all their cash , they each had bank overdrafts of around £1,500 . |
| 2 | The outfit has moved from losses of around £1.7m in calendar year 1991 , to an as-yet unfinalised figure in the black — which should be well in excess of £1m — for 1992 . |
| 3 | There was also political interest in the involvement of Neil Bush , the President 's son , a junior director of Silverado , a Colorado thrift which collapsed in 1988 with losses of around $1,000 million . |
| 4 | It was reported on Oct. 3 that in the previous two weeks Australian groups had recorded combined losses of around A$6,500 million . |
| 5 | In fact the seller delivered a different quality of seed altogether ; as a result the eventual crop was worthless and the plaintiff farmer suffered losses of around £91,000 . |
| 6 | This unit is intended for operation with high level input signals of around one volt r.m.s . |
| 7 | Proposals for an American droit de suite seek resale royalties of around 5% , paid by the seller of a work of art on the appreciated value of that work ( for European practice , see p. 10 ) . |
| 8 | In return , the government hopes to earn annual revenue in the form of royalties of around $20 million . |
| 9 | Indeed the manufacturers claim strengths of around 600 Mpa , which is comparable to many commercial dense aluminas . |
| 10 | The most sumptuous of all the decorations was undoubtedly a huge Chinese Ming-dynasty celadon porcelain vase embellished with elaborate and highly wrought ormolu mounts incorporating ring-toothed lions ' heads of around 1760 . |
| 11 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl declared a willingness to contribute additional funds of around $500 million a year as a contribution to an expanded GEF . |
| 12 | Body oils can generally be used in higher concentrations of around 3 per cent . |
| 13 | To achieve savings of around 30 per cent , the French will relax certain safety constraints observed in Super-Phenix , the 1200 megawatt breeder due to come into operation next year . |
| 14 | These include : * Dutch studies which claim that energy savings of 33 per cent can be achieved by packaging milk in reusable plastic bottles ; * savings of around 90 per cent in energy use and polluting emissions achieved by Swiss supermarket chain Migros through a switch from cardboard boxes to re-usable plastic ones ; * the success of Sainsbury 's " Penny Back " scheme , which encourages shoppers to re-use carrier bags . |
| 15 | This means that savings of around 10 million tons will have to be found to meet the target . |
| 16 | The County Council , faced with making savings of around £2 million in its social services budget , is considering bringing in charges for using the centres . |
| 17 | The council has to make savings of around four million pounds . |
| 18 | Ironically perhaps , supplies of some semiconductors which were popular only a few years ago seem to have completely dried up , whereas most valves of around 50 years ago are still available . |
| 19 | A British submarine on patrol off Crete had come across several Greek caiques or schooners of around 100 tons and known to be carrying German troops , petrol and ammunition . |
| 20 | They stress that there is no question of an immediate cash crisis : BBN is sitting on cash reserves of around $48m which should see it through comfortably for around 18 months . |
| 21 | To sum up , the Peugeot is a lightweight , 1.9kg , line trimmer , that will but swathes of around 250mm diameter , making it good for average garden use . |
| 22 | Analysis by the European Commission 's Information Market Observatory suggests growth rates in electronic sectors of around 20 per cent in Europe more generally . |
| 23 | Long-term debts of around £150,000 continue to finger the back of the club 's neck as unpleasantly as a north-eastern sea fret . |
| 24 | TREVOR FRANCIS has been promised more cash for new players despite Sheffield Wednesday 's debts of around £2 million . |
| 25 | A meeting of the club 's shareholders is expected to confirm the club will go into liquidation with debts of around £550,000 . |
| 26 | Chairman Sir John Hall , however , has stressed that the struggling Second Division club still have to put into operation the so-called rescue package designed to soak up debts of around £5m . |
| 27 | Chairman Sir John Hall , however , has stressed that the struggling Second Division club still have to put into operation the so-called rescue package designed to soak up debts of around £5m . |
| 28 | They were promoted by local landowners and farmers or industrial and commercial interests and even by the clergy , and their active promoters in groups of around a dozen ran their affairs at monthly meetings , employed the paid surveyors and labourers and contracted for repairs . |
| 29 | For the more serious , a twin-sailed transporter had already been devised that was capable of taking loads of around a kilo ( 2.21 b ) . |
| 30 | Households with income in the middle 20% pay direct taxes of around 22% of their earnings , and receive cash benefits worth 16% . |