Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Gearbox and clutch failures account for 16pc of claims , steering and suspension problems 9pc , and electrical and fuel-system faults , 16pc . |
| 2 | The best size of gravel for goldfish is the 3mm size , which is too small to become trapped in their mouths . |
| 3 | Basically the ambient conditions in the British Isles are acceptable for goldfish at most times of the year . |
| 4 | What 's the best set-up for Goldfish ? |
| 5 | By 1986 UDGs worth £78 million had been approved for 177 projects , with a public-to-private-sector ratio of 1:4.5 . |
| 6 | Four other cases , brought on Sept. 10 and 12 , involved the improper grant of a contract to oversee a power scheme , the export of Pakistani cotton at below market rates , the sale of property in Islamabad worth £150,000,000 for a mere £500,000 to a foreign company managed by associates of her husband , Asif Ali Zardari , and the improper granting of permits to a close relation and to a friend enabling them to distribute liquified gas . |
| 7 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 8 | Under the existing byelaws , complaints relating to non-reserved work which account for 80% of all the complaints that the Institute receives — can only be investigated against individuals . |
| 9 | Sotheby 's Graf Douglas has ‘ complete confidence in Berlin ’ Private buyers account for 80% |
| 10 | The Autoglide can even be used on trackless doors of the canopy variety , which account for 80% of the garage doors installed in the UK , and which conventional garage door openers can not cope with The Autoglide works on a cable principle , with an advanced electronic control box . |
| 11 | The number of boxes it shifted also increased 59% to 40,000 , accounting for 80% of total group turnover . |
| 12 | Its proprietary VME environment accounted for 80% of operating system sales , 65% of information management revenues and 40% of its application business . |
| 13 | To detect a difference of 0.6 mmol/l 17 patients would be required for 80% power at the 5% significance level . |
| 14 | By 1989 , it accounted for 80% of profits of £71.4 million . |
| 15 | They accounted for 80% of the prenatal diagnoses in mothers under 35 and 25% of such diagnoses in older women , for whom maternal age is still the most common indication although in these the use of serum screening is increasing . |
| 16 | The Oxford Regional Health Authority introduced ‘ the 80/20 rule , ’ under which fundholders agreed to contract for 80% of their hospital services budget in the first year to go to the same hospitals as in the preparatory year , leaving them free to move the remaining 20% if they so wished . |
| 17 | For our answer we have made an arbitrary assumption that he uses his car for 80% of the time for business and that half the repairs etc. relate to that car . |
| 18 | So far as I knew there was no Indian name for Moose Jaw , but I had a brain-wave that might help . |
| 19 | When Sid Boyling gave us the light and waved us on , I read my brief prepared introduction and Mr Murray began : ‘ My friends , I speak to you from Melachusetuck , the old Indian name for Moose Jaw , and it is my pleasure to visit the studios of CHAB , your own community station , which your loyal support and encouragement over the years has made possible . |
| 20 | Drive to Beaver Creek , looking out on the way for moose and eagles along the roadside . |
| 21 | NGC 's physical security arm has now been sold for $20m . |
| 22 | Eye witnesses close to the crash site saw the aircraft spiral to the left in a 40° to 45° descent with between 60° and 90° of left bank and noticeable sideslip . |
| 23 | An increase in the incubation time did not change plating efficiencies ( data not shown ) and plateau values for adhesion to type IV collagen varied between 80% and 85% of total cells seeded . |
| 24 | The PL1 Onyx Diamond-Lite torch , which normally retails for £13.75 , is durable , shockproof and waterproof . |
| 25 | The winner and 100 runners-up will each receive three books from the Storia series , each worth £5.95 . |
| 26 | Solve all your present problems with gift subscriptions for our popular BBC cookery titles — and as it 's Christmas , we will include a free binder ( worth £5.95 ) with each subscription ordered before December 7 . |
| 27 | Effects of ip agents during ia saline were also compared by ANOVA with Newman-Kuels multigroup comparison . |
| 28 | None of the 5HT antagonists or the 5HT 4 agonist , SC53116 , significantly altered ICJ transit when they were given ip during ia infusion of saline ( Table II ) . |
| 29 | Carlsbad , California-based CCI Coded Communications Inc now has definitive agreement to acquire Decom Systems Inc : Decom holders will receive 0.238 CCI Coded share for each Decom held if the average price for CCI Coded is between $2.35 and $3.15 a share for the 20 trading days prior to the closing . |
| 30 | ( The government had agreed in March 1988 to sell Rover for £150,000,000 as part of its privatization programme — see p. 36504 — and the final terms of the sale had been agreed by the Commission of the EC in July 1988 . ) |