Example sentences of "a [noun] of [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They soon had to leave the School Cottage where they had lived , but they were granted a payment of £5 for " the bath and fittings " left in the cottage , which was quickly rented out to provide a valuable £35 a year of extra income . |
| 2 | The allowance will be based on a payment of £100 for each £1000 of agreed house price difference . |
| 3 | Under an alleged agreement with the committee , Mr Thomas Ward , who was a member of the committee , received a payment of £5.2million for advice and services in connection with the bid . |
| 4 | Miss Shand added that there had already been a payment of £50,000 by the board , which was not opposing the move for a second payment of the same amount . |
| 5 | Farmer Input : a payment of £6-£7 per farm plus £1.25-£1.50 per arable acre per year for general administration ; a list of all machinery ( make and year of manufacture ) that he is willing to ‘ hire out ’ to the machinery group . |
| 6 | I note the agreement for a payment of £200 for the use of the animated dinosaurs for the purposes of filming . |
| 7 | This must be accompanied by a payment of £10.00 per booking ) to cover our administration cost . |
| 8 | Employees also receive a payment of £150 for each dependent child under 18 ( although children aged 16–18 must be in full-time education for employees to qualify for this payment ) . |
| 9 | This device is found in a variety of species including the grass snake ( right ) and the hognose snake ( below ) . |
| 10 | In certain areas , particularly on islands and in places where there are species which are not at all adapted to cope with cats as predators ( and that includes the whole of Australia ) , there have been dramatic adverse effects on populations of a variety of species of small animals because cats are allowed to roam around . |
| 11 | That there should be such a variety of species of one kind of creature astounded him . |
| 12 | I have never had fewer than three and often four dogs , since there is a use for a variety of species within the wide aspect of shooting and the countryside . |
| 13 | The Labour Party spokesperson on trade and industry on Dec. 7 , 1989 , published letters leaked to him which principally disclosed that Lord Young of Graffham , Trade and Industry Secretary at the time of the Rover sale , had offered to BAe chairman Roland Smith a variety of means by which both the government and BAe could avoid parliamentary and EC scrutiny , relating to the date on which the purchase price of Rover would be paid . |
| 14 | In Punjab the confrontation between the central government and the administration of the Chief Minister , Nawaz Sharif , leader of the opposition Islamic Democratic Alliance ( Islami Jamhoori Ittehad-IJI ) , worsened as each side tried to destabilize the other by a variety of means after the failure in March 1989 of the PPP 's attempt to win a no confidence vote against Sharif in the provincial assembly ( see p. 37150 ) . |
| 15 | By contrast , in " pre-industrial " societies there are often a variety of media of exchange which circulate in different social spheres but which are not interchangeable in any straight-forward fashion . |
| 16 | Given the likely involvement of a variety of people as a Decision Making Unit in purchase decisions , and the likelihood of particular contingencies affecting its Outcome , it will be important for the marketing function in supplier companies to : * understand how buying decisions are made ; * understand how the Decision Making Unit is constituted ; find out who are the most influential figures in the decision-making process . |
| 17 | I had found it really gratifying to hear from a variety of people of the high regard held for our staff . |
| 18 | Finally , an important aspect of administering legislation is the application of the same provisions to a variety of people with different characteristics and the consequent need to use ‘ discretion ’ . |
| 19 | We are not anxious to sell the company , but we are in discussion with a variety of people about co-operation and prospective linkages of various sorts . ’ |
| 20 | Eileen has treated a variety of people from different backgrounds for a range of conditions including back problems , PMT and stress . |
| 21 | Exemptions have been raised from a base of £10,000 to £45,000 . |
| 22 | With financial help from the Rockefeller family and Gere 's own money the organising committee had a base of £300,000 from which to create the exhibition . |
| 23 | An old man was sitting on an upturned beer crate , a plastic bag for bait and a bucket of fish beside him . |
| 24 | But the captain has informed me that there is a case of smallpox in the steerage . |
| 25 | So I 'll get a bit of fish for myself . |
| 26 | A loan will be repayable when the student 's earnings reach a level of 85% of the national average wage , and a period of 5 to 10 years allowed for the repayment ( CIPFA , 1989 , p. 17 ) . |
| 27 | Problems were compounded by severe food shortages , with the introduction of bread rationing at a level of 250g per person per day . |
| 28 | Maintenance contracts now give the company a cushion of £1.5m of income . |
| 29 | And he said : ‘ A budget of £1.4m across the country simply is n't enough — but at least it 's a step in the right direction . ’ |
| 30 | A budget of £7.17.10 in 1910 meant that only twenty-five babies per week could be seen at the clinic ; but the work continued , and expanded . |