Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a [num] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although both General Motors and Ford would like to forge a liason with Jaguar , that interest does not translate automatically into a 28 per cent increase in the share price in a week . |
| 2 | Aggreko generator hire , Salvesen 's world market leader which provides power for customers from pop concerts to the oil industry , contributed strongly to a 37 per cent growth in trading profits in the industrial services division . |
| 3 | The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate . |
| 4 | The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate . |
| 5 | The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate . |
| 6 | The revised output figures , confirming an 0.2 per cent rise in gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of last year , made up of a 6.3 per cent rise in oil and gas production , a static service sector , and falls of 0.2 per cent in manufacturing , 0.8 per cent in construction and 1 per cent in farming , provided little fresh inspiration . |
| 7 | The trust at this stage had not one penny to its name but the Historic Buildings Council came forward with a ninety per cent grant for emergency works . |
| 8 | The engineers at Dacia , cossetted perhaps by a 99 per cent share of the local market , offer no relief . |
| 9 | Some predict up to a five per cent average rise by the end of the year . |
| 10 | Ford later said that the Jaguar-GM talks had not affected its own plans ‘ Today 's announcement does not affect our view in any way , and we still plan to acquire up to a 15 per cent holding in Jaguar , ’ said a Ford spokesman in Detroit . |
| 11 | The challenge for Europe 's left parties will be to overcome party patriotism and work out how to construct majorities in the new era , for traditional parties of the right , also , can manage only about a 40 per cent turnout , if that . |
| 12 | These expansion moves were announced yesterday alongside a 22 per cent rise in Devenish 's profit to £14million for the year to September 30 . |
| 13 | foot size is a two , they usually end up in a three erm in flat shoes like this for the width I 've got very big feet |
| 14 | The work really began when Kaufman noticed that if mouse eggs were exposed briefly to a 7 per cent solution of alcohol a significant proportion ( up to 20 per cent ) of the embryos which developed were aneuploid ( Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology , vol 7 1 , p 139 ) . |
| 15 | The new League kicked off with a 25 per cent drop in attendances compared with the old First Division a year ago . |
| 16 | Inevitably difficult calvings cause a whole range of problems and here Mr Barwise-Munro remarked : ‘ Up to 2.5 per cent of first calving heifers involved in such circumstances die but with those which survive , many will suffer up to a 10 per cent drop in milk yield and consequently weaning weight of calves will be lower and of course there can also be major fertility problems in getting the cows back in calf . ’ |
| 17 | And the overall engineering figures seemed to have been held back by a ten per cent drop in the fourth quarter , pulling it down to the overall UK trend for the year of minus five per cent . |