Example sentences of "of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The impact on MB Group 's balance sheet of acquiring sizeable goodwill in both ABS and Caradon is mostly offset by the issue of $150m US preferred stock and a handy £80m revaluation of its CMB stake to leave pro forma gearing at 24 per cent . |
| 2 | Targets already announced for the year are 4705m capex , and savings of $150m , which will include job cuts and savings across the board . |
| 3 | Storage Technology Corp , Louisville , Colorado offered 3m shares of convertible exchangeable preferred stock with a liquidation preference of $50 per share to raise a total of $150m . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , AT&T is going it alone , installing network-management systems in nine European countries at a cost of $150m . |
| 5 | D&B says it has done $5m of business on SmartStream since its debut last summer , has some 30 customers , with five orders worth over $300,000 : the software is aimed at organisations with revenues in excess of $150m . |
| 6 | The first round of the presidential elections was notable for the fact that both main candidates attracted substantially more votes than their parties had received in the parliamentary elections , even though in the case of Constantinescu , the rector of Bucharest University , he had only been named as a compromise choice at the July 27 DCR Congress ( the NLP having left the alliance after its unsuccessful bid to persuade ex-King Mihai ( Michael ) to stand as a presidential candidate ) . |
| 7 | Rochester Telephone Corp has completed the sale of Statesboro Cellular Inc in Statesboro , Georgia to AllTel Corp on undisclosed terms . |
| 8 | Ah 've seen pictures of drinkin' vessels where the only way of gettin' at the liquor is through the penis , but Ah 've never seen fellatio depicted or pictures of miniatures like this … |
| 9 | The assembled guests well knew they were after bigger quarry than hare or stag and it the small town of Kirkmichael , Mar , on Tuesday 6 September , formally proclaimed James King of England , Scotland and , as tradition required , France , a poor return for all the help the Bourbons had given to the Jacobite cause . |
| 10 | , William ( ‘ Billy ’ ) ( 1672 ? –1792 ) , ‘ king ’ of the Galloway tinkler-gypsies , was born either in the parish of Kirkmichael , Ayrshire , or in Minnigaff , Kirkcudbrightshire . |
| 11 | For instance , a new breakfast food marketed under the brand name of SLUB would stand little chance of success ; on the other hand , a flashing beacon called a GLEEPER ( on the analogy of bleeper ) might have some chance of succeeding . |
| 12 | Intra-arterial infusion of PYX ( 0.1–1.0 µmol/l ) did not significantly ( p>0.05 ) change carbachol stimulated ileal motor activity . |
| 13 | Similarly , infusion of PYX did not prevent bile inhibition of ileal motor activity . |
| 14 | Furthermore , preinfusion of PYX , a specific competitive antagonist of PYY , did not reduce bile inhibition of ileal motor activity . |
| 15 | There 's Ziggy 's career , and the Wailers Band , and the success of Tuff Gong , whose future is now beyond the doubt of innumerable posthumous legal wrangles . |
| 16 | Start from the layby next to the Dundonnell River which is two and a half miles south of Dundonnell on the A832 . |
| 17 | When An Teallach passes from sight behind foothills , the road turns down to scenery of a very different character , to the beautiful trees and parklands of Dundonnell and vistas of sylvan charm . |
| 18 | The town centre is a huge jumble sale : combs , mirrors , ballpens , lipsticks , exercise books , clothespegs , Chiclets , knickers , buttons , baseball caps , sweetcorn , dried fish , the Encyclopedia of Sex ( in eight Roneo-ed pages ) , belts , scissors , batteries , plates , machetes , crucifixes , razor blades , padlocks , strips of mango in plastic bags , everything well-fingered . |
| 19 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
| 20 | If it was n't such a poor country , in necessary debt to America — remember the invasion of Grenada ? — and the vagaries of the bauxite and tourist industries , this would be an Eden of mango and banana trees . |
| 21 | It will be overseeing the installation of a small-scale hydro-electric generating scheme bringing heating and lighting to the village of Mango in the foothills of the Karakoram range . |
| 22 | He helped himself to a glass of mango juice before he replied . |
| 23 | He was pleased with the menu : liver pate , followed by scampi with avocado and a julienne of mango , Summer Pudding and petits fours . |
| 24 | a layer of mango lay above the guava . ) |
| 25 | ‘ Three poppadams , ’ he said , ‘ and a little piece of mango chutney ! ’ |
| 26 | Lunch was an avocado and prawn sandwich and a carton of mango juice , which I admit were a bit out of character but otherwise I looked for all the world like a real musher . |
| 27 | More like the diabolical Guy , Virginia thought sourly , going distractedly into the kitchen and pouring herself a glass of mango juice . |
| 28 | Combining a delicate blend of mango , pistachio and tutti-frutti flavoured ice cream sprinkled with cashew nuts . |
| 29 | Looking back through the old progs I do n't see much sign of Forrester at all ! |
| 30 | It was also signed by two captains , Javier Licona and Jesus George Balma , known to be unhappy at recent promotions of majors loyal to the general , at the expense of officers considered of questionable loyalty . |