Example sentences of "[unc] of the [adj] [noun] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1978 , thanks largely to Roche , Heidrick and Struggles were earning higher total fees than any other search firm ; charging 33.3% of the successful candidates ' remuneration , these reached $13.5m . |
| 2 | 10 March , receives support from the fieldsportsmen , the same people who in hunting counties , encourage foxes to bred in artificial earths , thus producing an increase in foxes which is a contributory factor in the decline of the hare ( being 20 per cent to 30 per cent of the rural foxes ' diet ) ! |
| 3 | I suspect that other considerations are in Mr MacGregor 's mind : appraisal would require the equivalent of an extra 1,828 full-time teachers , according to the steering group , and a total cost of £36-£40m — or 0.5 per cent of the annual teachers ' salary bill . |
| 4 | With 36 per cent of the manual workers ' vote in 1987 the party 's share of the working-class vote was the highest for any post-war election . |
| 5 | Despite the boost given by the price rise to exploration and production , OECD oil output rose only from 5 million barrels a day in 1973 to 6.3 million in 1980 , providing only 35 per cent of the seven majors ' refining needs . |