Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [prep] [n mass] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Council of Economic Advisers produced startling figures : 9.3 million ( 20% ) of Americans were living below a poverty line drawn at the income of $3000 a year . |
| 2 | For the majority of people the response to an odour is instantaneous , disappearing immediately the odorant is removed . |
| 3 | Sir , — I believe to the majority of people the addition of VAT to domestic fuel bills will be as welcome as a large hole in a lifeboat would be . |
| 4 | Shortly before the plague , entry fines on the Glastonbury estates were high , at the level of £12 a virgate , but a century later they were nominal . |
| 5 | But as long the rent of £10,000 a year continues to be paid , council officers are n't bothered if Mrs Maxwell lives there or not . |
| 6 | At Surrey the ‘ amateur ’ W. W. Read was employed as ‘ assistant secretary ’ to the club for £250 a year — a post he relinquished when he ceased to play . |
| 7 | The fines imposed upon the Earl of Lancaster and his followers were remitted , and Lancaster received confirmation of his right to Pontefract , Tutbury and Leicester , which he had not been able to recover after the revolution of 1327 , though he had to lease Pontefract from the queen for £1,000 a year . |
| 8 | So it remains the case that everyone earning over the threshold has to pay contributions on every pound earned , up to the ceiling of £325 a week . |
| 9 | The pattern is not greatly different from that reported by Jevons for Victorian Britain — the family on $35 000 paying , if anything , a lower percentage than the household on $10000 a year . |
| 10 | On Grey 's becoming prime minister in 1831 , Creevey got the post of treasurer of the ordnance at £1,200 a year . |
| 11 | MouseMan Cordless is exempt from UK radio licensing regulations.The Lithium DL123A 3V battery represents approaching a tenth of the cost of the package at £7 a go . |
| 12 | Consequently , by selling a stake in the business for £200m the first effect is to raise the solvency margin on the with-profits business . |
| 13 | Over one year , while seven funds beat the sector on the basis of £10 a month invested , with the best performing fund — Friends Provident Stewardship North American — now worth £168.89 , the rest fall below the average , although in no cases would the building society have been a better bet . |
| 14 | Assuming unchanged interest rates , interest on the £50,000 mortgage comes to £4,656 , but if the £10,000 were taken off deposit and used to diminish the mortgage to £40,000 the annual cost falls to £3,564 . |
| 15 | They were no less enthused when Mr Rice put up some film of seriously ordinary people , the sort of folk the average celebrity sees across a crash barrier . |
| 16 | They were local women and had joined for a job , but they were grandmotherly in a way , just the sort of people the younger girls needed . |
| 17 | Wages rose with inflation after the war to £8 a week but only a minority of players on a club 's books received this . |
| 18 | But if I do that , well , I copy the C four , C six down have C five , C seven and then when I go in and insert the extra rows then er , well that formula 's not going to refer to those new rows that I insert it 's still cell the right of price and the right of sales the wrong sales certainly . |
| 19 | Some speakers , like Heseltine , come across more powerfully and capture the imagination of people a little better … ’ |
| 20 | The Zombies take on the appearance of people the adventurers know ( and preferably care about or at least like ) and reach forward to them as if in greeting . |
| 21 | Customers were invited to join in the fun for 50p a throw . |
| 22 | Rivals like Clarify , it says , are over the top at $5,000 a seat . |
| 23 | Normally £19.50 , they have reduced the price to £4.95 a gift most children 's pocket money will stretch to . |
| 24 | Pritchard , wearing a grey skirt and jumper , offered to pay the fine at £60 a week . |
| 25 | The defence agent , Alex Prentice , said that Walters , now of 3 Eagles Nest , Little Sandhurst , Surrey , and earning £12,000 to £15,000 a year , could pay the fine at £200 a month . |
| 26 | The nightclub , called ‘ Lipps ’ , sells the beer at $20 a can , and claims to be the cheapest place in town . |
| 27 | b ) Now work out the area of 10m the small rectangle . |
| 28 | At the interim stage , Pilkington turned in pre-tax profits up 6per cent to £147 million and a 10per cent increase in the dividend to 2.93p a share . |
| 29 | At the interim stage , Pilkington turned in pre-tax profits up 6per cent to £147 million and a 10per cent increase in the dividend to 2.93p a share . |
| 30 | Relief on the rest will be taken at the rate of 5% a year . |