Example sentences of "[verb] [n mass] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun claims to have developed 80% of Unix System Labs Inc 's Unix SVR4 operating system , and SunSoft is disappointed that its former technology partner had chosen to go into competition against Solaris . |
| 2 | At the same time Amersham is to issue $30m of loan notes and will make a cash payment of $12m from its own resources . |
| 3 | This year , the Royal had nine overseas pavilions , but 51 countries were represented on exhibitors ' stands and , contrary to the impression of John Rennie 's piece , we sold 97% of the space to a record 1546 exhibitors . |
| 4 | Each half was to operate for half of each day , allowing 50% of the pilots to be off duty at any one time . |
| 5 | Further extension to include 90% of the curve yields the inclusive graphic standard deviation σ 1 , ( Folk & ward , 1957 ) , which uses the 5th and 95th percentiles to define a spread corresponding to 1·65 standard deviations on either side of the mean . |
| 6 | If it is not feasible to move the fish , then change 50% of the pondwater , once again replacing it with dechlorinated water at the right temperature . |
| 7 | 15% of dairy farmers producing 50% of the community 's milk . |
| 8 | 70% of beef farms producing 50% of beef cattle . |
| 9 | The Met got 50% of its budget from the city in 1969 . |
| 10 | William Booth had once instructed that if anyone notified Headquarters of an intended engagement they should " Put a few hundred miles between them . |
| 11 | A thumping 83% of both bosses and outside directors said , ‘ represent shareholder interests ’ — way ahead of any other function . |
| 12 | Three major companies were then producing 83% of American cars : Ford , General Motors and , the most recent , Chrysler . |
| 13 | The company 's current output is 40,000 units per month , which represents 90% of the company 's productive capacity . |
| 14 | Opening the council on 25th May 1863 , Hale made the incredible proposal that the Nez Perce sell 90% of their 10,000 square mile reservation , and retire to a 600 square mile area on the south fork of the Clearwater . |
| 15 | Ralph Snaith , a yeoman of the crown who was bailiff of Pontefract , lent £40 of his own and a further £30 from the revenues of his office . |
| 16 | Ralph Snaith , a yeoman of the crown who was bailiff of Pontefract , lent £40 of his own and a further £30 from the revenues of his office . |
| 17 | Yet West Germany 's Bayer and Hoechst went on to dominate the industry ( by 1913 Germany produced 90% of the world 's dyes ) because , unlike British companies , they made the essential first-mover investments in production , distribution and management . |
| 18 | Legal & General 's Business Protection Plan now enables firms to claim 80% of the sum assured when terminal illness is diagnosed and death is expected within 12 months . |
| 19 | For all their clout — and Garth Brooks last year sold 17% of all the records sold by EMI — country has still to win critical acceptance . |
| 20 | During the 24-month experiment the crew produced 80% of its own food , the other 20% coming from seed stock and crops grown and stored in the biosphere before its closure . |
| 21 | Just a year after chairman Peter Adams and his team completed a £72.5m buyout from Bass and Courage in May 1991 ( which between then owned 80% of the stock ) , the group went public . |
| 22 | For locations , see Figure 4.5 ( From Harden Jones 1968 , using data of Wisby and Hasler ) . |
| 23 | When A calls B , it sends data of type D to B. When B terminates , it returns data of type E to A. Similarly , A communicates with C using data of types E and G. |
| 24 | In this paper we describe a suite of programs for building the physical map of a genome , using data of hybridisations of probes onto unordered clone libraries . |
| 25 | The U.K. , Germany and France have three of the top five pharmaceutical companies in the world and Europe supplies 25% of the world 's sales of pharmaceutical products . |
| 26 | Allied Provincial Securities Ltd will place 8.87m shares at 155 pence per share — while this represents 25% of equity , March 1993 also saw three of the group 's shareholders pay £3m for shares representing approximately 2.9% of the group 's total enlarged share capital . |
| 27 | About half of Paramount Publishing 's revenues now come from education , with consumer publishing generating 25% of sales . |
| 28 | The six-figure investment in the Marks and Spencer store will expand the food and drink section , which produces 60pc of the takings , despite occupying only one third of the floor space . |
| 29 | He ordered the inspection of all UK registered aircraft of the type to be carried out , before the next flight if possible . |
| 30 | It was approved for installation on United States registered aircraft of this type under a Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) Supplemental Type Certificate ( STC ) . |