Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In a confused and confusing holiday price structure , it may be useful to translate these figures into pictures , do a Jack Horner on the holiday pie and pluck out some typical plums , pinpoint what the 1990 market offers for £250 per head . |
| 2 | THOUSANDS of students could have their studies disrupted following the decision by the largest lecturers ' union last night to reject the latest pay offers for staff in further and higher education colleges and polytechnics . |
| 3 | Research grants worth £420million have been announced by the EC , revealing its plans for the third set of Esprit projects . |
| 4 | In 1989 the Church Commissioners provided block grants worth £2.1 million towards the upkeep of the cathedrals . |
| 5 | The softness of the Georgia O'Keeffe market was evident : the small and not very exciting ‘ Cannas ’ ( lot 160 est. $125–175,000 ) went to Santa Fe dealer , Gerald Peters for $130,000 ( £81,250 ) . |
| 6 | he says that when an IRA bomb goes off people repair damage afterwards . |
| 7 | The strength of this support differs between species and effects the role the male plays in the social dynamics of the harem and the types of relationship that maintain the structure . |
| 8 | The way in which the male holds the female in amplexus differs between species , but the spadefoot male holds his female around her waist . |
| 9 | The exact timing of the sensitive period differs between species ; domestic chicks , for example , only follow objects they have seen during the first three days after hatching , whereas for mallard ducklings , the phase lasts for 10–15 days after hatching . |
| 10 | Susceptibility to the toxic effects of paracetamol taken in overdose differs between people , which may explain why some patients survive having taken large amounts of paracetamol while others die having taken only a few tablets more than the eight tablets ( 4 g ) a day recommended by the manufacturers . |
| 11 | It recently announced contract wins worth £6.3m for hospital developments at Haywards Heath and Bradford . |
| 12 | If anything , the rarity of such successes ( disproportionately few in relation to the number of writers and artists ) testifies to the crucial place of Arts Council grants for minorities in British society . |
| 13 | Standalone it goes for $1,000 and $1,300 respectively . |
| 14 | A ten-client right-to-use licence goes for $1,000 and a 250 user license costs $11,000 . |
| 15 | At the low end a 17-inch monochrome ( 1152 x 900 ) goes for $2,600 , a 17-inch grey scale ( 1152 x 900 ) for $3,100 , a 14-inch colour ( 1024 x 768 ) for $3,100 and a 17-inch high-resolution colour ( 1280 x 1024 ) for $5,000 . |
| 16 | The 10 pack goes for $310 a copy and the 25 for $278 . |
| 17 | Spurred by the competitive market , Intel is thought to be pitching the first P5 boxes at $6,000 : the company has reportedly priced the P5 at around $700 in 1,000 quantities versus the 80486DX which goes for $536 , according to Computer Reseller News . |
| 18 | Redwood City , California-based Network Equipment Technologies Inc cut the price of its line of Asynchronous Transfer Mode products by 40% : a 90-port ATMX system now costs $2,700 per port while an ATMX Adaptor Card for Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations now goes for $2,500 . |
| 19 | At the high end a 19-inch monochrome ( 1280 x 1024 ) goes for $3,000 , a 19-inch gray scale ( 1280 x 1024 ) for $3,500 , a 17-inch colour ( 1024 x 768 ) for $4,300 and a 19-inch colour ( 1280 x 1024 ) for $6,000 . |
| 20 | The normal Philips 14-inch screen goes for £229 , the multimedia version for an extra £40 . |
| 21 | Even La Scala , where an opening-night stall seat goes for £500 , rarely comes close to breaking even . |
| 22 | Although the UK only represents between 5% and 10% of the £100 million plus turnover of UK ELT publishers , its influence is considerable . |
| 23 | This extracorporeal fluid reservoir represents between 30% and 40% of the total water content of dogwhelks collected at Blackrock in Sussex ( Coombs , 1973 ) and Nigg Bay near Aberdeen ( Boyle et at. , 1979 ) . |
| 24 | represents between 60% and 85% of the value at risk , we should deal with the claim on a strict indemnity basis . |
| 25 | Day 5 Bought upholstery materials and cloth for seat covers for £400 . |
| 26 | If the edges of the well are not protected , the well head becomes a pool of mud and a cycle of parasitic infections , such as guinea worm and hookworm , quickly develops between people and water . |
| 27 | In a recent article ( 1990a ) Brooke-Rose addresses the issue of determinate versus indeterminate readings of texts and the consequences this has for people 's world-views . |
| 28 | I understand the emotional pull that devolution has for people in Scotland , but I hope that every Scot will examine very carefully what it would mean in practice for Scotland and for the rest of the United Kingdom . |
| 29 | The Army is full of initials : ISAAC stands for Infantry Skill At Arms Camp . |
| 30 | The report calculates that acid rain throughout Europe causes between £200 billion and £600 billion of damage to lakes , forests , crops , buildings and human health every year . |