Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Twentieth Century Fox executive Tom Sherak estimated the return would have been £25 million-plus if all tickets had been full price . |
| 32 | That would have been £66,150 , an increase of about £4,500 , dated from 1 April . |
| 33 | The Government 's figures — let us for the moment assume that they have an accuracy which the Government 's abysmal record on predicting poll tax bills certainly does not justify — show that average council tax bills this year in Langbaurgh would have been £470 and in Middlesbrough £447 — £170 and £153 respectively higher than the equivalent fair rates bills . |
| 34 | And I do n't s and there would have been people from |
| 35 | However the total annual cost of the project at that time , extrapolating from the months when it was operating at capacity to produce a cost for a 12-month period , would have been £42,000 in Newham and £25,680 in Ipswich ( excluding the cost of the research ) ; see Table 6.6 . |
| 36 | On the basis of Professor Jeffery 's figures , the total bill for building all seven AGRs will have been £15 billion , well in excess of their expectation , and prompting their description as ‘ the largest loss making civil project ever undertaken in the UK ’ . |
| 37 | [ The minimum amount you can invest is £500 ] . |
| 38 | I have tried to sell the shares on several occasions through Harvard , having been told " now is not the time to sell , " and " best I can do is 5p ! " |
| 39 | Yet all you can do is carp and criticise . |
| 40 | I know I 'm so they they eat you see they 've eaten fish and chips and it goes through the air conditioning and it comes into the studio you all you can smell is fish and chips . |
| 41 | When I look back at my golden youth all I can remember is people trying to hang poor old Shallot . |
| 42 | Another possible condition which can occur is purpura haemorrhagica . |
| 43 | In the past , it often seemed that the fines were too small to be effective — the maximum fine a magistrates court can impose is £2,000 . |
| 44 | The maximum fine a court can impose is £5,000 , and prison terms , as well as disqualification from driving , are also available to the courts . |
| 45 | Example : — If your rent is £20 , which includes £5 for fuel , the maximum help you can get is £15. ( £20-pound ; 5 = £15 ) . |
| 46 | It should be noted that the maximum benefit you can get is 80% . |
| 47 | However , the maximum we can get is 60% , and assuming we go for the 386 , which seems sensible , the cost is about £800 plus VAT , ie about £940 , and 60% of that is £564 , leaving a shortfall of about £400 which would have to come from the Birthday Rides grant . |
| 48 | The maximum rebate you can receive is 80% of your community charge , since everyone who is not exempt will have to pay at least 20% of the community charge . |