Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] an [adj] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the airline 's point of view , the gift ( disguised as an 8.8 per cent investment stake by BNP ) could therefore not have been more conveniently timed . |
| 2 | Four Quartets was recognized as an extraordinary tour de force , however , in which the balance between stylistic adaptation , lyric statement and dramatic narrative had been maintained throughout . |
| 3 | In one school , the formulation of the library proposal became subsumed within an active ad hoc lower-school curriculum development committee led by an energetic and inspirational coordinator . |
| 4 | UK industry has already agreed to an 85 per cent interim cut in CFCs and carbon tetrachloride for 1993 and representatives of user industries and manufacturers have been meeting Department of the Environment officials to discuss the practicalities of cutting 1,1,1-trichloroethane and halons . |
| 5 | Comparison of the C-terminal regions of DRP and the dystrophins ( Fig. 2 ) shows that this region is highly conserved with an 80 per cent exact match and about half of the remaining residues conserved . |
| 6 | Violence , dishonesty , fire raising , indecency and drugs offences have risen 17.2 per cent since 1990 , compared with an 11 per cent Scottish average , said HM Chief Inspector Colin Sampson . |
| 7 | Over the long term there has been an ‘ age-migration ’ of the accident statistics , whereby the number of under-15s killed per annum has fallen by 61 per cent from 1927–82 compared to an 80 per cent increase for the 15–24 year old group . |
| 8 | East Africa , Greece and South East Asia all contributed to an 11 per cent rise in pre-tax profits in the half-year to end-November . |
| 9 | The budget kept within the overall expenditure limit set in 1988 , and provided for an 11.3 per cent increase in expenditure to ECU65,200 million , as compared with a rise of 19 per cent budgeted for 1991 . |
| 10 | Seventeen records are to be stored as an 85 per cent packed direct file . |
| 11 | Until this meeting the provincial administration had refused to consider holding negotiations on the rent strike with anyone other than the township 's black councillors , who had been elected in an 11.5 per cent turnout in October 1988 [ see p. 36333 ] . |
| 12 | As we have described the research was initiated following an 83 per cent increase in public referrals between 1985/86 and 1986/87 . |