Example sentences of "[n mass] [num] [conj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second largest exporting sector is Mechanical engineering , representing more than £102 million or 29% of total exports . |
| 2 | The actual work of constructing the Sighthill Bypass was undertaken by Messrs Balfour Beatty Construction ( Scotland ) Limited under the terms of a contract valued at just under £13 million and supervision of this work was provided by Department of Highways staff , the Director of Highways being the Engineer for the Works . |
| 3 | In 1987/8 total public expenditure for the United Kingdom was over £140,000 million and expenditure on social services , including housing and environmental services , amounted to around £98,000 million . |
| 4 | Drugs accounted for 40% of Zeneca 's 1992 sales of £4 billion and 80% of its trading profit of £587m . |
| 5 | Tate & Lyle 's 1989 profits rose by 67 per cent to £200 million and earnings per share by nearly a third to 31.6p . |
| 6 | The Office machinery and data processing sector accounted for £2.8 billion or 33% of Scotland 's exports . |
| 7 | Turnover rose to £2.3 billion from £2.09 billion but earnings per share slipped to 3.5p from 3.9p . |
| 8 | Burtons were the biggest with a card portfolio of £580 million and profits in 1989 of £40 million . |
| 9 | The Paper and printing industry is the most significant export sector , providing a contribution of more than £105 million or 30% of the overall value . |
| 10 | ( Jiacha 's ‘ financial reasons ’ were understood to be a reward of $4 million and resettlement in California under the Federal Witness Protection Program . ) |
| 11 | Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were prepared to assist , and on Feb. 17 the company , which declared assets in excess of $3,600 million and liabilities in excess of $3,000 million , made 5,000 employees redundant . |
| 12 | It has been held that such supply amounts to a breach of these warranties ( see Niblett v Confectioners ' Materials [ 1921 ] 3 KB 387 and Microbeads v Vinhurst [ 1976 ] RPC 19 ) . |
| 13 | If you can not get to your own branch , you can withdraw between £ 100 and £200 in cash from HICA by presenting your Midland Auto Cheque Card , which must have been issued on a Current Account held at the same branch as your HICA . |
| 14 | Scotland 's most significant exporting industries are Office machinery and data processing equipment [ £2.792 billion or 34% of total exports ] and Food and drink manufacturing [ £1,991 billion or 23% of total exports ] , this sector is dominated by whisky exports , which increased by 17% to a new level of £1.712 billion . |
| 15 | America was the second biggest market with 64 sales worth $2 billion and Britain in third place with 61 companies sold for $1.5 billion . |
| 16 | See Putsman v Taylor [ 1927 ] 1 KB 741 and Lyne-Pirkis v Jones [ 1969 ] 1 WLR 1293 per Edmund Davies LJ . |
| 17 | The problem of incorporation of standard terms and conditions has been dealt with in a series of cases generally known as the " ticket cases " , which arose from the practice of printing terms and conditions on a variety of documents from railway or steamship tickets , to deck chair or swimming pool tickets , which were intended to govern the contract between the proprietor and the person using his services ( see for instance Parker v South Eastern Railway ( 1877 ) 2 CPD 416 , Hood v Anchor Line ( Henderson Brothers ) Ltd [ 1918 ] AC 837 , Chapelton v Barry UDC [ 1940 ] 1 KB 532 and Thornton v Shoe Lane Parking Ltd [ 1971 ] 2 QB 163 ) . |
| 18 | The gunmen had been demanding $6 million and changes in the Nicaraguan government . |
| 19 | Just at the moment , indeed , the chief beneficiaries of the EC 's bounty are the two largest borrowers in Eastern Europe , Poland and Hungary , with gross debts of $41 billion and $17 billion and populations of 37 million and 10.5 million respectively . |
| 20 | WOLSELEY , the West Midlands-based maker and supplier of bathroom furniture , drove sales up 30 per cent to £1,145 million and profits by 41 per cent to £47.6 million before tax in the six months to 31 January , and is now knocking on the door of the FT-SE 100-share Index , writes Clifford German . |
| 21 | Scotland 's most significant exporting industries are Office machinery and data processing equipment [ £2.792 billion or 34% of total exports ] and Food and drink manufacturing [ £1,991 billion or 23% of total exports ] , this sector is dominated by whisky exports , which increased by 17% to a new level of £1.712 billion . |
| 22 | THIRD World governments are allocating half their total spending to armaments and debt servicing , at a cost of nearly $1 billion or $400 for every family , according to Unicef 's annual report , The State of the World 's Children , published yesterday . |
| 23 | It is tempting to think that slashing the defence budget , which was £24 billion or 10% of total public spending in 1992–93 , would be enough . |