Example sentences of "an [noun] of [n mass] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This represents an income of £10 for the farmer . |
| 2 | A task force within BCCI was set up to investigate : on the basis of its report , PW told the BCCI directors that it could not sign the 1989 accounts because of a number of uncertainties , including increasing CCAH loans , an exposure of $700m to the Gulf Group , and ‘ certain accounting transactions principally booked in Cayman and other offshore centres ’ that ‘ have been either false or deceitful ’ . |
| 3 | The project is financed through a £3m grant from the Welsh Office and an investment of £4.4m from the Perkin-Elmer Corporation . |
| 4 | AN INVESTMENT of £20m in the North 's health was approved yesterday . |
| 5 | Although he sailed over with King George , as some twenty-five years previously he had accompanied the Prince of Orange on his voyage to claim the crown , he received only an annuity of £400 from the new monarch , was soon deep in debt again , and ended his days in a debtor 's prison . |
| 6 | The final breach grew from Southey 's good fortune in being offered an annuity of £160 during the summer of 1795 . |
| 7 | Dozens of birds have been killed by what 's believed to be an outbreak of botulism.Experts at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust have been carrying out post mortems to confirm the cause of the deaths.Richard Barnett reports : |
| 8 | An examination of data from the Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) suggests that as many as ten measures could be used for estimating the size of public expenditure . |
| 9 | The mother of the W children in Orkney , whose allegations led to the 1991 dawn raids , has turned down an offer of £100,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board . |
| 10 | For the mainstream activities of Teaching ( ‘ T ’ ) and Research ( ‘ R ’ ) the University received an increase of 5.8% , compared with an average of 9% for the English universities . |
| 11 | Conversely , three our of four patients after Billroth 1 gastrectomy had positive provocation tests and sodium concentrations above 100 mmol/l for an average of 57% of the study time . |
| 12 | Following Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 , the price of oil rose from $16.18 a barrel ( July price ) to an average of $26.50 in the first 24 days of August , and reached a high of just over $41 in October . |
| 13 | Although the Tories plan to reduce manpower by an average of 20pc across the three services they remain committed to several important new orders . |
| 14 | Ferguson , whose daughter was Miss Scotland in 1990 , had received an advance of £38,000 from the Northern Rock building society , but had made only one repayment in the previous year . |
| 15 | Shell has $ 10m euro ‘ dollar time deposit in Barclays Bank , London which has an asset of $10m in the name of its correspondent bank , Bank Y. In Bank Y's books Barclays ’ balance is a liability , while the asset held against it is the original Fed balance . |
| 16 | He swerved sharply to the left but his leg hit the edge of the wooden stand and he fell heavily to the ground , spilling an assortment of fruit across the pavement . |
| 17 | Video can bring an assortment of people into the classroom and through them a range of issues . |
| 18 | These figures constituted an increase of 82% in the number of establishments and 30% in the number of elderly people resident since 1979 ( table I ) . |
| 19 | More than 13,000 inquiries were made to the Equal Opportunities Commission last year an increase of 47pc on the previous 12 months according to its annual report . |
| 20 | The amount outstanding on bank credit cards increased by £0.13bn in the fourth quarter of 1991 following an increase of £0.21bn in the previous quarter . |
| 21 | In the event the Association 's Honorary Wings Appeal Organisers , together with enthusiastic and voluntary helpers , set about the challenge with such determination and energy that a total of £2,437,637 was reached , an increase of 47% on the pervious year . |
| 22 | At the same time there was an increase of 15% in the complexity of referrals . |
| 23 | The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ( NSPCC ) helped almost 51000 children in 1986/87 and the National Children 's Home campaign Children in Danger showed that 30 000 children are now on the local authority ‘ at risk ’ register , an increase of 22% in the last year ( Pope , 1988 ) . |
| 24 | In the three months August to October , there was a decrease in the amounts outstanding on credit agreements with consumers of £0.21bn compared with an increase of £0.17bn in the previous three months . |
| 25 | MIDDLESBROUGH 'S community charge for 1992–93 was fixed last night at £353-a-head , an increase of £43.66 on the current year . |
| 26 | The sum of £300.24 per person is likely to be approved an increase of £24.76 on the previous year 's poll tax . |
| 27 | The hourly rate for doctors called on occasionally was set at £93 , an increase of 12% over the old fee . |
| 28 | Last year over 6,000 visitors attended the fair , an increase of 20% on the previous year . |
| 29 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders whereby they may elect to receive new ordinary shares with a value of 10.65 pence per share , an increase of 50% over the proposed final cash dividend . |
| 30 | This was an increase of 0.78p on the previous week . |