Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 Many people will not realise that there is a property element built in and that they qualify only for the 25 per cent .
2 And although the City Council has managed over the years to old council house rents down , I think for three years there was absolutely no rent increase and then only about a nine per cent increase , although we 've managed to hold council house rents down until
3 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 .
4 Only after a 10 per cent .
5 Fifty-three were the sons of MPs ( 18 per cent , much like the 17 per cent of Liberals ) and twelve of these sat for the same seat , although few like Stanley Baldwin succeeded directly ; fifteen of these fifty-three were sons of Liberals , further evidence of the value of recruits brought over in 1886 .
6 The Deminex package includes LASMO 's interests in the Bruce , Keith and M fields together with a 25 per cent interest in block 16/12a containing the ‘ Tree ’ fields .
7 That , together with the 20 per cent or so the socialists were hoping to pick up , plus a few more votes taken from the Communists and the Centrists , could have made a respectably sized movement .
8 Sublime grace and accuracy , a ballet of two blades almost dancing together in an aerial pas de deux was the aesthetic of the duel — for a minute , two minutes , three , till a single quicksilver cheek wound decided the contest .
9 Because they had n't done any management , Debbie felt Landlords were entitled only to the 10 per cent tenant-finding fee and therefore owed her £2,400 ( 3 months ' rent plus the deposit ) .
10 Despite this concern , from the point of view of health care planning , the principle of funding authorities basically on a weighted per capita basis , with no allowance for cross-boundary flow , is to be welcomed .
11 Wild-type enzyme and CRP bind cooperatively to the strong lac UV5 promoter whereas the truncated enzymes show exactly the same affinity in the presence or absence of CRP ( Table I ) .
12 The engineers at Dacia , cossetted perhaps by a 99 per cent share of the local market , offer no relief .
13 ‘ I ended the relationship shortly after the Portuguese Grand Prix two years back . ’
14 Although the Greens increased their share of the vote from 2.9 to 4.9 per cent , this left them just below the 5 per cent threshold required for representation .
15 He maintained that the rule was an essential concomitant of the poll tax because it was a personal tax , yet we are told that in respect of the council tax , which is also , at least as to 50 per cent. , a personal tax , there is no difficulty in doing away with the 20 per cent .
16 Initially the response was sparse , but following the sending of reminder letters , by the end of 1983 ( the ‘ closing date ’ ) , just over a 50 per cent response rate was reached .
17 SHAREHOLDERS in Pacific Horizon Investment must be congratulating themselves on their decision last August to switch the trust 's investment management from Jupiter Tyndall to Edinburgh 's Baillie Gifford , after news yesterday of a 38.8 per cent leap in net asset value per share at halfway , writes George Duthie .
18 PREMIER John Major hailed the start of economic recovery yesterday despite a nine per cent fall in retail sales .
19 The Swiss romped home with an 83 per cent satisfaction rate .
20 By the end of last week , Conservative strategists were talking about broadening Tory support still further from the 42 per cent achieved on Thursday .
21 These expansion moves were announced yesterday alongside a 22 per cent rise in Devenish 's profit to £14million for the year to September 30 .
22 THE pub and brewery industry , which employs thousands of people in East Anglia , hit out yesterday at the five per cent duty increase on most alcoholic drinks .
23 The latest reduction , agreed after several days of wildcat strikes beginning on April 27 and involving some 250,000 employees , averted the prospect of a national strike in support also of an 8.5 per cent pay rise .
24 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 .
25 In his Fifth Book ( 1605 ) he introduced the continuo and — also in the three-part Scherzi musicali ( 1607 ) — instrumental sinfonie and ritornelli .
26 Apicella will drive at Monza and probably in the Portuguese Grand Prix a fortnight later .
27 Inflation reached 4 per cent in 1989 , slightly over the 3.8 per cent registered in 1988 , while salaries rose by 4.3 per cent in real terms .
28 WORLD 500cc motorcycle champion Wayne Rainey is critical in hospital after crashing badly in the Italian Grand Prix at Misano .
29 PAY rises are falling , with many deals now below the 3.7 per cent inflation rate , according to a new report .
30 PAY rises are falling , with many deals now below the 3.7 per cent inflation rate , according to a new report .
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