Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] a [adj] [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our vote had collapsed to a paltry 7 per cent and the alliance of the centre now seemed capable of taking everything before it . |
| 2 | The catastrophic effects of the most recent drought can be gauged fact that in 1967 the country imported over 30 per cent of its food requirements and yet only seven years later this figure had risen to a colossal 96.5 per cent in what is nominally an agrarian economy . |
| 3 | Promoted by an alliance of environmental groups and backed by film stars and a $10 million advertising campaign , the bill initially looked set to pass , but was finally defeated by a decisive 64-36 per cent . |
| 4 | Company profits are now expected to be level this year compared with a near 2 per cent fall last November , but next year 's improvement has been cut from 4.4 per cent to 2.9 per cent . |
| 5 | The Bank of Sweden on Sept. 14 reduced its marginal rate from 75 to 20 per cent , but in the face of huge renewed outflows the maximum level was on Sept. 16 raised to a draconian 500 per cent although this maximum was cut a week later to 50 per cent and on Sept. 28 to 40 per cent . |
| 6 | This may help to explain why the country has a national debt of about 120 per cent of GNP , one of the highest in the world , compared to a modest 35 per cent in Britain . |
| 7 | Provision of nursery education is like a geographical lottery , says Ms Robinson , with as many as 68 per cent of Hounslow tots catered for , compared to a meagre 19 per cent in North Yorkshire . |
| 8 | Revenue-raising measures under the plan included ( i ) the stamping out of tax evasion , especially of capital gains tax , and reform of the tax penal law ; ( ii ) increases in general taxes on assets ( up by 2 per cent ) and on assets in the services sector ( up by 4 per cent ) ; ( iii ) higher taxes on the purchase and sale of foreign exchange , although the stamp tax would be eliminated and import tariffs cut to 11 per cent for semi-finished goods and raw materials , while previous item-specific duties would be replaced by a single 22 per cent duty ; ( iv ) the elimination of remaining tax discrimination favouring foreign investments ; ( v ) the increase of value added tax ( VAT ) to rates of between 16 and 25 per cent and increased taxes on bank loans ; and ( vi ) rises of 33 per cent in fuel taxes and adjustments in the rates charged for all public services , which acknowledged the continuing steep fall of the austral against the dollar . |
| 9 | There is no doubt that the Brussels Agreement provided for a significant 25 per cent expansion in the resources available to the EC . |
| 10 | By contrast , the annual baseball World Series pulled in 20 per cent of the potential U.S. television audience , while the Super Bowl pulled in a whopping 40 per cent share . |
| 11 | WORLD WAR II UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE BASES IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE … can be linked on a nostalgic 60 mile/100 kilometre journey through the picturesque countryside of Northamptonshire . |
| 12 | SOLVENT emissions have been reduced by a massive 89 per cent at the Courtaulds Aerospace coatings site in Berkeley , California . |
| 13 | The weight of the humble plastic carrier bag , for instance , has been reduced by a staggering 70 per cent in the past 20 years . |
| 14 | Ten other subjects experienced nausea and heartburn in association with acid perfusion of the oesophagus and median salivary bicarbonate secretion increased from a basal 401 µmol/15 minutes to 497 µmol ( p=0.02 ) and 1100 µmol during the two 15 minute periods of acid perfusion ( Fig 7 ) . |
| 15 | The percentage of all rape cases reported in our sample of newspapers increased from a steady 25 per cent over the two decades , 1951 to 1971 , to very nearly 40 per cent in 1978 . |
| 16 | These received exposure in which the stimulus was followed on a random 50 per cent of occasions by the presentation of a reinforcer . |
| 17 | According to studies into the side on which men ‘ dress ’ , seventy-five per cent have penises that lie to the left when they 're fully clothed as opposed to a mere seventeen per cent that have penises that lie to the right . |
| 18 | Long-term benefits such as pensions were increased by 7 per cent , whereas child benefit was increased by a mere 2.2 per cent . |
| 19 | She added : ‘ Even allowing for inflation , prescription charges have already increased by a staggering 650 per cent since 1979 . ’ |
| 20 | That contrasts with the time when Labour was in power when pensioners ' incomes increased by a modest 3 per cent . |
| 21 | He went on to say : ‘ Student numbers in Scotland have increased by a remarkable 25 per cent since 1983 to nearly 110,000 and we fully expect by the end of the century that more than 40 per cent of young Scots will enter higher education . |
| 22 | Education is now better resourced , with spending on each schoolchild having increased by a massive 42 per cent in the last 12 years . |
| 23 | The 1990 budget presented on Jan. 1 , 1990 , announced an increase of 8 per cent in government expenditure to US$4,600 million , coupled with a predicted 18.5 per cent growth in revenues to $3,771 million and a lower projected budget deficit of $826.3 million . |
| 24 | The federal government 's 75 per cent share in Usiminas was sold for US$1,170 million , mostly to Brazilian investors ; the share of foreign capital accounted for a disappointing 5.9 per cent of the total . |
| 25 | His prophecy had proved to be correct , for the trade he brought her way currently accounted for a good thirty per cent of her income . |
| 26 | The evening paper flung aside violently and scattering into its separate half-dozen sheets accounted for a good fifty per cent of the chaos . |