Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | New auction records for Malcolm Morley and Julian Schnabel compensate for generally low prices |
| 2 | In any branch of government , civil or military , promotion always came easier to a man who could add political interest to ability , and on occasion the active support of a great man could more than compensate for very limited abilities . |
| 3 | The correlation which Morgan and Engels make between very simple agriculture and herding and the gentile constitution is a rare example of a proposition of this kind which has held up fairly well in the light of recent research . |
| 4 | Barns in North Yorkshire sell for as little as £20,000 for a tiny village blacksmith 's forge with no land , to £125,000 for a very large barn with a paddock . |
| 5 | Erm sell for about eighty seven pound including spacers so I was gon na go in at about eighty three , eighty four but it 's the new pricing company so I 've got to ask your permission have n't I ? |
| 6 | The drawings bore Latin inscriptions — ‘ Day of Resurrection ’ , ‘ Day of Wrath ’ — that are so unlike any of the rest of his works that they have been largely ignored , and sell for far less than any other of Modigliani 's works . |
| 7 | Most of the houses sell for around 60,000 pounds … and keen pricing seems to be the key to attracting first time buyers : |
| 8 | Do you know , I mean for so long now we 've done it very much on personal effort . |
| 9 | These two broad industrial groups account for rather less than half the total labour force but nearly two-thirds of the temporary labour force [ see Table 2.1 ] . |
| 10 | They report their statements , analyse their actions , and re-create their thoughts , so as to convey the reasons which account for why each step was taken rather than any other . |
| 11 | Following the very important increase last year , which focused especially on the needs of those in nursing homes in the light of the survey information that we had received , the increase next April will give an additional £15 a week across virtually all the main categories and with an even larger increase , of £20 a week for two residential care categories — the very dependent elderly and the mentally handicapped — which together account for nearly two fifths of all residential care cases on income support . |
| 12 | Together they account for nearly two-thirds of the entire temporary labour force but rather under half of total employment . |
| 13 | Unleaded petrol sales in the United Kingdom currently account for nearly 44 per cent . |
| 14 | In terms of sheer size they are sometimes bigger than the countries in which they operate ; they are estimated to control over a quarter of world output ; and their ‘ inter-firm ’ shipments of goods from one country to another account for nearly one-third of recorded trade ’ . |
| 15 | In terms of numbers of banks the USA is the most heavily represented country , but in terms of market share the Japanese now account for nearly one-third of the market . |
| 16 | Indeed GP referrals account for nearly all the excess of female over male referrals . |
| 17 | Though French brands still account for nearly half of the luxury market , German , British , Italian and even a few Japanese and American brands are showing up on the shelves . |
| 18 | Windows-based applications now account for nearly half of all PC-software sales . |
| 19 | The estuaries account for nearly half the country 's tidal shoreline ( compared with 28 per cent in western Europe ) . |
| 20 | Jejunal and ileal varices account for approximately one third of bleeding ectopic varices . |
| 21 | These are the most frequently occurring errors , and infrequent errors such as combinations of the above , account for approximately 4 – 9 % of the total . |
| 22 | Those aged 65 + account for approximately half of all expenditure on the NHS . |
| 23 | Yet even the most draconian measures would still have little effect on health-care inflation — because drugs account for just 7 per cent of all spending on patients . |
| 24 | Macdonald suggests that foxes account for just one in every 15 or 20 lambs that die on Scottish hills . |
| 25 | Robert Waller of Harris , owned by the American Gannett newspaper group , said political polls account for just 3 p.c. of turnover in non-election years , rising to 10 p.c. in the election year of 1987 . |
| 26 | Social services costs account for over 70 per cent of the amount spent in the public sector . |
| 27 | In a survey of more than 200 port operators ( which collectively account for over 70 per cent of all UK traffic movement ) 59 per cent of respondents reported an increase in competition since July 1989 ( 1 ) . |
| 28 | Nowadays , imports account for over 20 per cent of the UK carpet market and this percentage is increasing . |
| 29 | Investment accounts have offered competitive rates in the late 1980 's and now account for over 22 per cent of the total assets portfolio . |
| 30 | Advances are the major profit-earning asset for the banks and account for over 60 per cent of their sterling assets . |