Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] of [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are essentially of two kinds : ‘ fair rent ’ , a system by which tenants pay a rent determined by a rent officer , and ‘ co-ownership ’ , where part of the tenant 's rent goes towards partial ownership of the dwelling . |
| 2 | In fact , the brochure shows that more than 90% of the company 's holidays are package deals . |
| 3 | From the ivory tower of a teaching hospital this may seem unfair , but Dixon may be surprised to learn that of the 60 or so practitioners participating in the Gloucester Independent Dentists ' Group , fewer than half were drawing more than 80% of the government 's target net income before the reduction in fees , which , incidentally , was 17.5% gross rather than the publicised 7.5% . |
| 4 | A mysterious strike at Bangkok 's port , which handles more than 80% of the country 's trade , was settled only after the general intervened . |
| 5 | Finally , by teaching mothers about the lobon-gur mixture by word of mouth , the fact that more than 80% of the country 's population was illiterate became of no consequence . |
| 6 | Both Mr Mitterrand and Mr Balladur seem happy to accept that foreign policy and defence should now be shared ( domaine partagé ) rather than part of the president 's exclusive preserve ( de Gaulle 's famous domaine réservé ) . |
| 7 | Green 's memorandum reflected the WEA 's dissatisfaction with its original 1932 representation on the RAC in that although the District was recognised by the Board of Education as the most important providing body for Chapter III courses in the region , it had less than 25% of the committee 's membership which thus failed to recognise the WEA 's national or regional status . |
| 8 | More than 10% of the city 's hospital beds closed in the 1980s , including more than 20% of the beds in the municipal hospitals . |
| 9 | Thinking of a boy 's name is harder than thinking of a girl 's . |
| 10 | This has since been employed in the wide variety of commercial designs that have arrived following the introduction of the Hawaiian ; but for a simple and long-standing development one need look no further than Top of The Line 's own ‘ Spin-Off ’ . |
| 11 | But other European car makers produce less than 30% of a car 's value , which suggests that German firms have more out-sourcing to do . |
| 12 | More than 85% of the industry 's work force is now covered by such policies . |
| 13 | Advice has been received that such work would not be more than 5% of the adviser 's time . |
| 14 | Using these criteria GIRA SIC found that chains produced more than 70% of the UK 's fast food meals in 1990 , with American groups dominating the market . |
| 15 | Although 70% of the company 's revenue was from Unix in the last fiscal year , Progress defended its support of the AS/400 : IBM is refocusing it as an open platform and database server which means it can be combined with Unix , commented Wark . |
| 16 | Thus , most of the lunar surface is extremely old : probably only about 1% of the surface is younger than 3000 Ma , whereas less than 1% of the Earth 's surface is older than this . |
| 17 | According to Standard Life 's marketing manager Bruce Wallace , less than 18% of the UK 's working population has arranged any form of income protection , although one in five people are likely to be off work for more than three months during their working life . |
| 18 | Less than 40% of the country 's £500m annual expenditure is reckoned to be channelled into Scotland 's domestic industry , a proportion that the Forum intends to increase by around 50% . |
| 19 | The view is gaining ground that , if Ms Campbell does not win more than 40% of the delegates ' votes on the first ballot , Mr Charest will take the crown with the help of Mr Edwards 's backers . |
| 20 | Er if part of the package cont contains something that they do n't want |
| 21 | Anarchist risings in January 1932 , January 1933 and December 1933 , while highly regionalized and easily suppressed , provided evidence of the Republic 's failure to embrace a large part of the Spanish lower class and at the same time helped convince many middle-class Spaniards that Republican democracy was the breeding ground of disorder and revolution . |
| 22 | If word of the DUS 's discomfort reached beyond his office then there would be a titter around Century House , from Library in the basement to Administration on the Tenth . |
| 23 | It can also be argued on behalf of management that transfer notices should not be mandatory if cessation of the executive 's employment with the company results from wrongful dismissal , redundancy , retirement at normal age , retirement due to ill-health or disability or death ; or if a majority of the non-executive directors and/or the directors so resolve with the investors ' approval . |
| 24 | The inquiry inspector , Sir Frank Layfield , must decide if Friends of the Earth 's challenge is valid . |
| 25 | Such quantities can not be ignored if measures of the program 's performance are to be valid . |
| 26 | The USA had never needed to undertake such policies previously , since acceptance of the dollar 's role as a key reserve asset had meant that she could meet any payments deficit simply by increasing the supply of dollars . |
| 27 | The city is growing at the rate of 6,000 people a month , whilst 90% of the state 's water supplies are currently used by just 6,000 farmers . |
| 28 | Remembering the events of the fatal Second Council the strength of Phoenix Guard was doubled , and they were sworn to silence lest word of the princes ' deliberations fall into the hands of spies . |
| 29 | After hearing of the youngster 's plight , charity group Help International 's local representative , Mike Whiting , of Woolton , Liverpool , set about raising £5,000 to pay for both the boy 's flight to Britain and medical treatment . |
| 30 | er , progressing through the years I doubt whether samples of the child 's work are kept officially in any other form or anywhere else |