Example sentences of "[verb] a 50 [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liberal Democrats would introduce a 50 per cent subsidy tapered over five years ( ie 50 per cent in year one , 40 per cent in year two etc ) for salaries of scientists and engineers working on R&D in small and medium sized companies . |
| 2 | TODAY launched a campaign to raise £50,000 to boost supplies of the drug , which has a 50 per cent success rate , after Janet revealed a critical shortage . |
| 3 | Anadarko , which is a US company , has a 50 per cent share in the blocks , while Maersk , which is based in Denmark , holds the remaining 25 per cent . |
| 4 | Obando , which is offshore Gabon , is operated by British Gas , which has a 50 per cent share . |
| 5 | The multinational oil group , which has a 50 per cent stake in the Showa Shell Sekiyu refining company , was forced yesterday to write off £131 million in its 1992 accounts to cover liability for losses . |
| 6 | Having spent £25,775 on computerisation , the doctors might reasonably have expected a 50 per cent . |
| 7 | SHELL , which is due to report its 1992 results later this week , will be forced to write off £131 million through adverse foreign currency dealings involving a Japanese associate company in which it holds a 50 per cent stake . |
| 8 | I give him credit for that , although I can not give much credit to his policy of favouring a 50 per cent . |
| 9 | The year had seen a 50 per cent increase in expenditure on acquisitions , in order to strengthen the Group 's activity base . |
| 10 | On Feb. 7 Pérez authorized a 50 per cent rise in the minimum wage from $100 to $150 per month , plus a monthly public transport bonus of $15 and a 30 per cent increase in the pay of middle-ranking officers . |
| 11 | Italian farmers can claim a 50 per cent . |
| 12 | While the consortium had offered to put up £2,500 million in private capital the project would also have involved ERL taking over a £1,000 million government loan already allocated to BR to improve commuter services along the route , a further £400 million investment by BR ( in exchange for which it would have had a 50 per cent stake in commuter services along the route ) and a government " capital grant " of £500 million . |
| 13 | An MRC group reported in January 1989 that people receiving drinking water with high levels of aluminium stand a 50 per cent greater chance of suffering from Alzheimer 's disease . |
| 14 | Wage information from Yorkshire is similarly supportive of the Gilboy position , suggesting a 50 per cent increase in the money wages of craftsmen and labourers in the West Riding between 1750 and 1780 and in the North Riding an increase of 100 per cent for the former and 33 per cent for the latter . |
| 15 | Shares in Eurotunnel fell a further 50p to close at 600p , making a 15 per cent drop in the Anglo-French venture 's stock market value in the two days since it disclosed a 50 per cent rise in the cost of the tunnel to at least £7bn . |
| 16 | Local authorities will be given a 50 per cent grant towards the cost of each shelter . |
| 17 | , The Mexican state oil company , Pemex , is to implement a 50 per cent cut in the lead content of its cheapest petrol . |
| 18 | Both areas experienced a 50 per cent reduction in illegal parking in residents ' bays . |
| 19 | Last year Strathclyde experienced a 50 per cent rise in murders , with knives used in 47 of the 92 cases . |
| 20 | But he got a 50 per cent rise for taking the £120,000 CBI job . |
| 21 | Butler and Stokes got a 50 per cent positive response in 1964 and a 43 per cent positive response in 1970 . |
| 22 | The pattern is not uniform , though , with Dumfries and Galloway reporting a 50 per cent fall . |
| 23 | The government in January 1990 ordered a 50 per cent salary increase ( to a minimum of 55,000 francs CFA per month ) for all private-sector employees , a move aimed to bring the salaries into line with those of other member countries of the Central African Customs Union ( UDEAC ) . |
| 24 | Askoli suffers a 50 per cent child mortality rate , largely as a result of gastro-enteritis . |
| 25 | Argentina , along with Brazil , Colombia , Chile and Uruguay , were reported to have been willing to propose a 50 per cent reduction in tariff levels and a 10 per cent increase in the list of goods covered . |
| 26 | They should have a 50 per cent . |
| 27 | The new entity , in which each company will have a 50 per cent stake , will distribute in France the brands owned by the two companies , including Glenfiddich , Grant 's , St Raphael , Noilly-Prat and Otard . |
| 28 | Government offered a 50 per cent grant for such work , which remained in force after the War . |
| 29 | A deal was struck with GM , in which GM acquired a 50 per cent stake in Saab for $600 million . |
| 30 | The two men struck a deal and subsequently Trevaskis took a 50 per cent partnership in a new company to import ‘ Laura Ashley ’ fabrics and make them up locally according to agreed patterns and styles . |