Example sentences of "[prep] 50 per cent " in BNC.

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1 Those in a correlated condition experienced the light only after a correct response in the presence of one of the cues ( and thus , as the task was learned , increasingly often along with this cue ) ; those in an uncorrelated condition received the light after 50 per cent of rewarded responses whether these were in made in the presence of the tone or of the clicker .
2 I have also heard it argued that the term Weizenbier offers a better guarantee that the beer was made according to the convention that specifies a minimum of 50 per cent wheat .
3 Only for five years between 1945 and 1983 has approval for the Prime Minister exceeded that of his party by more than 10 per cent , and Harold Wilson , and Harold Macmillan are the only post-war premiers to have retained the support of 50 per cent or more of the electorate for two successive years .
4 In Ivory Coast the transfer of ownership has been essentially from the foreign private investor to the local private investor : government remains the owner of 50 per cent of corporate capital ( as it has been since the 1960s ) and the foreign investors ' share has been reduced to 30 per cent , with the local private sector taking the remainder .
5 All of these people would be affected by the Labour proposals to introduce a new top income tax rate of 50 per cent , and to extend national insurance contributions on salaries above £21,000 .
6 That means we support a top tax rate of 50 per cent , but not higher — and it would only bite on incomes above £50,000 , not the £40,000 where Labour 's 59 per cent begins . ’
7 These machines have a gross margin of 50 per cent .
8 A new top rate income tax of 50 per cent will apply to individuals with an income of at least £40,000 this year .
9 Muscular-skeletal changes also occur , with an average loss of 50 per cent of muscle tissue by the age of 80 .
10 This is composed of 50 per cent scientists and a leavening of employers ' and employees ' representatives .
11 Rabbit clearance societies were formed , there was liaison between the Ministry of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food , landowners and farmers and a grant of 50 per cent of all campaign costs was provided .
12 The new ‘ F ’ range from Crucial Trading is a blend of 50 per cent sisal and 50 per cent wool .
13 If there is n't , ask what is a realistic period in which you can expect your accounts to be paid , add a margin of 50 per cent and allow for this in your profit margins and liquidity levels .
14 As the managing director had held this controlling shareholding interest for at least two years , it attracted business assets relief of 50 per cent .
15 However , this suggestion would have given the combined group a market share in excess of 50 per cent of the British market , which would have fallen foul of the MMC guidelines .
16 The sale to the public of 50 per cent of British Telecom ( BT ) in December 1984 was , at the time , the largest privatisation issue and it provided a major spur to the whole programme .
17 Even when compared with the 1983 landslide victory , the Conservative share of the vote increased in the South East ( including Greater London ) , East Anglia , West Midlands and East Midlands , and registered only a marginal decline in the South West ( albeit with a share of the vote still in excess of 50 per cent ) .
18 Employment and training programmes will increase by 500,000 places next year , a rise of 50 per cent .
19 Forty-five per cent of the first group ( i.e. 45 per cent of 50 per cent ) thought them to be a true measure of ability and a third saw them as useful indicators of attitude .
20 The nine o'clock news regularly held the attention of 50 per cent of the population , and comedy and variety 40 per cent .
21 Callam et al 's ( 1981a ) detailed investigation of 600 patients supports this hypothesis : they showed the percentage probability of ischaemic involvement increases steadily with age , reaching a probability of 50 per cent by the time the ninth decade is reached .
22 The profits in excess of 3 million Hungarian forints in any one current year carry a corporation tax of 50 per cent .
23 This REM sleep " rebound " may be of the order of 50 per cent over baseline levels , although the total amount of REM sleep " lost " during the period of selective deprivation is rarely made up entirely .
24 Indeed , where success is possible with a pass mark of 50 per cent or less and there is a choice of questions on the examination papers , two pupils may pass who have little in common beyond having attained the same grade .
25 Five questions produced success rates of 50 per cent or more for the bottom band pupils , and for seven questions between 40 per cent and 50 per cent obtained the correct answer .
26 Suppose the price-cost margin is one-third ( this implies a mark-up of 50 per cent , which may be a bit high , but let us underestimate K , at unity ) .
27 Basically , however , secure tenants of three years ' standing can buy their houses at discounts ranging from 33 per cent of market price to a maximum of 50 per cent .
28 On the other hand , the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or above accuracy levels of 50 per cent and the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or below accuracy levels of 50 per cent .
29 On the other hand , the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or above accuracy levels of 50 per cent and the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or below accuracy levels of 50 per cent .
30 ‘ In Great Britain , the growth of numbers over the whole century ’ , wrote the Royal Commission on Population , ‘ was of the order of 50 per cent .
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