Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four other cases , brought on Sept. 10 and 12 , involved the improper grant of a contract to oversee a power scheme , the export of Pakistani cotton at below market rates , the sale of property in Islamabad worth £150,000,000 for a mere £500,000 to a foreign company managed by associates of her husband , Asif Ali Zardari , and the improper granting of permits to a close relation and to a friend enabling them to distribute liquified gas . |
| 2 | He payed without a murmur , but on being asked for 4d for his share of tea , exploded saying " Who in ****** hell has been drinking tea " . |
| 3 | You can insure personal items worth £1,000 for the whole year AND get holiday cover , for just £12 to £15 on your home insurance . |
| 4 | Other intergovernmental contacts during the year included the visit to Spain of the then Polish Prime Minister , Tadeusz Mazowiecki , in September 1990 ; informal contacts between González and King Hassan of Morocco in Rabat on Aug. 19 ; the signing in Rabat on Nov. 15 by the Spanish and Moroccan Interior Ministers , Corcuero and Driss Basri respectively , of an agreement on flexible visa arrangements for Moroccan citizens wishing to visit Ceuta and Melilla ; an official visit to China on Nov. 22-24 by Fernandez Ordoñez , returned by his Chinese counterpart , Qian Qichen , on Feb. 25-27 , 1991 , in which talks centred on bilateral trade and on the development of a new line of Spanish credit worth $450,000,000 for new mixed enterprises in China ; and the visit of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia to Venezuela and Costa Rica on April 14-21 . |
| 5 | An early interpretation saw them as barracks for troops used by Swegen Forkbeard to conquer England , with each house containing a ship 's crew . |
| 6 | This included unproductive items such as $2,730 for rental of office plants and start-up funds for companies with no projects . |
| 7 | It was sold to Cohens with another works car on 9 June 1937 for £40 for the pair and removed to Walthamstow depôt yard for breaking up . |
| 8 | It was also planned to rationalise operations in the UK , but Mr Heneaghan gave an assurance that Edinburgh , where his company employs five people , would remain as headquarters for the combined operation . |
| 9 | ABBEY NATIONAL : free driving lesson , 25 per cent discount on next five , or BP petrol vouchers worth £15 for 16 to 20 year-olds , 2.55 per cent on savings . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's great for me to be able to turn down offers worth £6.5m for two players in a fortnight , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Dazel will sell for $5,000 for a server , $700 for a client and DACM for $2,000 for a server and $200 for a client . |
| 12 | The letter to manufacturers estimates that personal computers based on Pentium will list for $5,000 for desktop models and $7,000 for mid-range systems . |
| 13 | The network , which reportedly cost $3.5m in R&D , will retail for $5,000 for ten workstations , with discounts on bulk orders . |
| 14 | Did Nicklaus ask for £1,500 for a chat ? |
| 15 | Did Nicklaus ask for £1,500 for a chat ? |
| 16 | Apart from the trophy the winner receives £60 , a tankard and a voucher for £35 for solid fuel . |
| 17 | Request for aircraft for relief operations |
| 18 | Minister of Finance Abdul Rahman Mahmoud Hamdi , in London on April 18 for talks with United Kingdom Overseas Development Minister Lynda Chalker , appealed for aircraft for use in the Sudanese relief effort ; the UK authorities said that they regarded an airlift as unnecessary but that they would release British equipment and spare parts for the repair of the Sudanese railway system . |
| 19 | Customers will be able to opt for discounts worth £20 for every £250 invested up to a maximum investment of £3,750 or for bonus shares on the basis of one for every 10 bought . |
| 20 | He was surprised to receive shortly afterwards an invoice from the first agency informing him that his Visa account had been debited for £153 for tickets he did n't know he had bought . |
| 21 | I enclose my cheque/postal order for £15 for one year 's membership to the Priority Club , payable to Redwood Publishing Limited . |
| 22 | On Monday , the first day of the hearing , Mr Roger Henderson QC , for the GMC , said Dr Crockett 's notes included a bill for £20,000 for a Mr B , described as a Briton living in Israel who was suffering from a disease affecting his kidneys . |
| 23 | Exercise on it for £1 for ten minutes ( followed by a drink at the bar ! ) |
| 24 | ‘ If only I were married to Prince Edward ! ’ sighed Anne , by no means for the first time . |
| 25 | They also look after sales for Latin America and the Caribbean . |
| 26 | Personal Accident cover for £10,000 for each Policyholder and their spouse . |
| 27 | The towels retail for £25.35 for a set of eight , a price which includes VAT and delivery . |
| 28 | Assuming a mean temperature of 14°C for the earth and lower atmosphere as a whole , all but a very few homeotherms in tropical regions lose heat constantly to the environment . |
| 29 | Losses of £500m for 1988 and over £2 billion for 1989 have already depleted free assets , especially for the 5,000-odd names on excess-of-loss syndicates . |
| 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 . |