Example sentences of "[art] 25 [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KLM 's part in the NorthWest deal falls short of the 25 per cent limit placed on foreign ownership by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 . |
| 2 | His is just one example of the new enterprises supplying fish to shops or restaurants that cut out Billingsgate market ; for they also cut out the 25 per cent or so that trading through the market adds to the cost of fish . |
| 3 | That suggests a successful Dixons takeover would give Kingfisher more than 26 per cent of the market — above the 25 per cent threshold which normally triggers a monopolies inquiry . |
| 4 | That suggests a successful Dixons takeover would give Kingfisher more than 26 per cent of the market — above the 25 per cent threshold which normally triggers a monopolies inquiry . |
| 5 | Kingfisher claims the combined company would have a market share of 22 per cent , though other estimates are that it would be above the 25 per cent threshold for a reference . |
| 6 | This was the first piece of silliness : Comet already has 8.8 per cent and Dixons has almost 18 per cent — quite enough when merged to breach the 25 per cent ceiling which triggers a Monopolies Commission inquiry . |
| 7 | He accepts that it has to be traded off against the 25 per cent improvement in fuel consumption and longer engine life . |
| 8 | Medium term uses such as electronics ( 10 per cent ) and cars ( 7 per cent ) take up a proportion , while other consumer durables and mechanical engineering uses are included in the 25 per cent going to ‘ other sectors ’ . |
| 9 | The new grant will be paid by central government , thus abolishing the 25 per cent contribution that local authorities have made to UDG . |
| 10 | Since the virus can spread through blood , transfusions could account for the 25 per cent of AIDS victims who are not gay . |
| 11 | There are three different rates of income tax : the new 20 per cent rate introduced in the 1992 Budget which applies to the first £2,000 of your taxable income ; the 25 per cent basic rate tax which applies to the next slice of taxable income between £2,000 and £23,700 ; and the 40 per cent higher rate tax which is levied on all taxable income over £23,700 . |
| 12 | Even so , a rise in the proportion of appliance sales on hire purchase from only a tenth on nationalisation to nearly a half ten years later enabled them to retain their share in the growing retail market for electrical goods at about the 25 per cent level which they inherited on nationalisation . |
| 13 | Southern 's absentee landlordism ( the 25 per cent holding of D C Thomson of Dundee ) was a continuing embarrassment to the regional principle , and the company 's programme policy lacked freshness and a clear regional emphasis . |
| 14 | The age component was essentially a revival from pre-war wage systems but the 25 per cent merit components soon grew in weight giving management more opportunity to distinguish between individual workers . |
| 15 | He felt sure he could sweet-talk Antonio and get the 25 per cent equity he needed to put the new deal to bed . |
| 16 | The effect of the 25 per cent reduction in fares would be to place an inordinate burden on the ratepayers , particularly because this would be accompanied by a known loss of rate support grant . |
| 17 | By 1931–32 married women were experiencing 140 per cent more sickness than the insurance commissioners had anticipated , compared with the 25 per cent more sickness experienced by unmarried women and the less-than-expected sickness rates of men . |
| 18 | Then it was presented with a list of terminal patients and had to skim off the 25 per cent who would be okayed for resurrection . |
| 19 | He was particularly pleased with the 25 per cent success rate of the initial sessions at Coalport , which started in November . |
| 20 | There are now two grounds for referring a prospective merger to an investigation by the MMC : ( 1 ) that the merger will promote a new monopoly as defined by the 25 per cent market share used in deciding references for existing monopoly positions , or ( 2 ) that the merger involves the transfer of at least 30 million worth of company assets . |
| 21 | In the light of those representations will he reconsider the Government 's attitude towards the 25 per cent . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend reminds the House of the 25 per cent . |
| 23 | If it must be two , the 25 per cent . |
| 24 | Many people will not realise that there is a property element built in and that they qualify only for the 25 per cent . |
| 25 | We have the 25 per cent . |
| 26 | As a result of his son 's status , that householder automatically gets the 25 per cent . |
| 27 | As I understand it — of course , I am open to correction — the discount system which Conservative Members have praised to the sky will be entirely financed within the system , so others who are not getting the 25 per cent . |
| 28 | The 25 per cent . |
| 29 | My hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) asked us to review the 25 per cent . |
| 30 | My right hon. Friend is probably aware that there is considerable pressure from single-person households for an increase in the 25 per cent . |