Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] of [unc] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The Assembly approved a programme budget of US$734,936,000 for the biennium 1992-93 .
2 Third World First — A grant of £14,350 was approved towards the core costs of 3W1 as the first of a three year commitment .
3 THE winner of the jackpot prize of IR£418,000 in the Republic 's midweek lottery draw had to borrow money to buy an airline ticket to fly to Dublin from London to collect her prize .
4 To the Editor of The Times , 18 December 1990 : Sir , You said in your leader of 14 December , ‘ the highly political decision to enter the European exchange rate mechanism last October and at an exchange rate of DM2.95 to the pound looked like a mistake at the time .
5 Now because the potential difference across the resistance R of the unknown impedance Z must be in phase with the potential difference across the standard series resistance , the phasor representing it is the projection AC of AB along the direction of OA .
6 They cover the wavelength range 200–1010nm and interchangeable spectrometer modules cover any wavelength span of 420nm throughout the full spectral range .
7 Whereas the original promotional scheme used by Better Shoe Ltd cost eight times more money and reached at its best a response rate of 11% , the public relations scheme using health visitors and tailored to an understanding of mothers " needs , achieved a response rate of 17.3% on the first test and 21% on the second test — a significant accomplishment .
8 You will have to pay an arrangement fee of 0.5% of the sum advanced on all mortgages , except where an endowment mortgage is agreed and Midland Life policies ( see insurance ) are taken out to cover the entire mortgage .
9 The pension in these schemes is generally based on 1/80th of your earnings for the last few years before retirement , plus a lump sum of 3/80ths of the same earnings .
10 He paid the cab off on the east side of Etoile in the towering shadow of the Arc de Triomphe and took the pedestrian subway across to the west .
11 According to Hypo F & C's calculations , the fund would have achieved an average annual growth rate of 13.7% in the period 1980 to 30 June 1992 as compared with an average annual growth rate of 11.1% from a high-rate building society account .
12 ( ii ) If the wife becomes entitled to the whole house and requests that the matrimonial home be conveyed or transferred to herself and her " new husband " ( to whom she is not married ) , is the wife making a gift for inheritance tax purposes to the " new husband " ? ( iii ) The Inland Revenue capital gains tax concession mentioned in Chapter 2 may not be available ( on a strict interpretation of its wording ) to the former husband if he conveys or transfers his interest in his former principal private residence to someone other than his spouse or ex-spouse. ( iv ) A conveyance to someone other than a party to the marriage will not attract the stamp duty relief of s83 of the Finance Act 1985 , ( see p22 ) but if it is a voluntary disposition , exemption L of The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) ( Chapter 2 ) will apply .
13 Japanese workers received a pay rise of 5.1% in the year to November , equivalent to a real rise of 0.9% .
14 Japanese workers received a pay rise of 1.8% in the year to February , a real rise of 0.4% .
15 Dietary advice to achieve a total energy intake of 120–150% of the recommended daily allowance for age , with approximately 40% of the total energy intake derived from fat , was given to each patient .
16 Secondly by the response of the reversal potential of th of the current to a change in ion concentration .
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