Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] a [num] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shares are selling on a 25 per cent discount to assets and ‘ there is virtually no downside risk but at least 25 per cent upside potential ’ . |
| 2 | The 3.9 V8 has been replaced by a 4.2 V8 unit which now has a catalyst . |
| 3 | At the end of this period , it could only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the current 26 voting members . |
| 4 | At the end of this period , it can only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the present 26 voting members . |
| 5 | Specialised materials , which Tootal promised would be an engine of growth , has yet to prove its worth , though continued heavy investment could be blamed for a 40 per cent fall in profits . |
| 6 | Up to five µl of the final cDNA synthesis reaction could be added to a 100 µl PCR reaction without inhibiting amplification . |
| 7 | At a summit meeting in June US President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev formally confirmed that a START treaty , which they expected to be completed by the end of 1990 , would be based on a 30 per cent overall cut in long-range nuclear missiles over a seven-year period . |
| 8 | The cash will be raised by a five per cent levy on all transfer fees received by the clubs and a 10 per cent cut of their end-of-season prize-money from the League . |
| 9 | Dutch manure and fertiliser rates are due to be reduced until a 50 mg/litre soil water concentration is achieved at 2m depth , later to be cut to 25 mg/litre . |
| 10 | In fact the rot set in 15 years ago when Dr Coggan asked for a meeting with Jim Callaghan to lobby for the Church to be exempted from a two per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 11 | According to the draft budget for 1990 which was presented to Congress on Nov. 15 , 1989 , real expenditure was projected to increase by 4.7 per cent ( to be financed by a 13.4 per cent increase in public revenues ) and external debt interest payments would be reduced from 3.8 to 2.6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 12 | Foster et al show a long-run tendency for ‘ a 1 per cent increase in real income per head … to be associated with a 3 Per cent increase in local current expenditure per head ’ ( Foster et al . |
| 13 | It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback . |
| 14 | As well as the qualitative benefits brought about by greater accuracy and timeliness of information , the efficiency of the system meant that it was possible for the integration of the personnel records and wages departments to be achieved with a 40 per cent reduction in staff , natural wastage and redeployment within the organisation accounting for some 20 individuals . |
| 15 | Tariff barriers on basic grains were to be eliminated across the region by the end of the year , and duties on all agricultural produce by June 1992 ; duties on most other products should be held below a 20 per cent ceiling from the beginning of 1993 . |
| 16 | In fact one study ( Armstrong 1984 ) reports that over the last century in Britain each 4 per cent increase in hourly wage rates for males has been followed by a 1 per cent reduction in hours worked per year . |
| 17 | All injections were given as a 200 µl bolus of neuropeptide Y ( Peninsula , Belmont , CA , USA ) dissolved in sterile 0.9% saline containing 0.1% dog albumin ( Sigma , St Louis , MO , USA ) or the carrier alone as control . |
| 18 | In vitro kinase assays were performed in a 30 µl reaction which contained the following ; 10 µg HeLa nuclear extract ( 28 ) or 200 ng of purified DNA-PK ( a gift from C.Anderson ) , 250 ng substrate protein , 25 mM Hepes pH 7.5 , 12.5 mM MgCl 2 , 20% glycerol , 0.1% NP-40 , 100 mM KCl , 50 µM ATP ( containing 10 µCi [ γ 32 P ] ATP ; 6000 Ci/mmol ) and 1 mM DTT. 200 ng of linearised DNA template was added to the appropriate reaction as indicated in the text . |
| 19 | Of the accepted bids , 85.8 per cent included bonds which were issued at a 35 per cent discount in exchange for bank loans . |
| 20 | These sharp gains were dampened by a 1.5 per cent decline in prices in both Germany and France and a 2.7 per cent fall in Italy . |
| 21 | If they are to return to a 10 per cent liquidity ratio , they need only retain £11 billion as balances at the Bank of England ( £11 billion £1 l0 billion = 10 per cent ) . |
| 22 | Recent activity is explained by a 1 per cent shareholding , built by Fininvest , a Milan-based media group run by Silvo Berlusconi . |
| 23 | The government is committed to a 60 per cent reduction over the same period . |
| 24 | A four-year investor is looking for a 25 per cent return here , against a Japanese counterpart only asking for 7 per cent over 14 years . |
| 25 | However , Grundy ( 1986 ) , using data from the OPCS Longitudinal Study which is based on a 1 per cent sample of the 1971 Census linked to records from the 1981 Census , reports a similar pattern . |
| 26 | The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) is calling for a 40 per cent cut in North Sea fishing fleets in order to conserve fish stocks , particularly those of cod and haddock , which it warns could disappear from the area within five years if present catch rates continue . |
| 27 | The basic ABTA fund is financed by a 10 per cent levy on ABTA licensed members and 15 per cent on non-ABTA operators . |
| 28 | But there is also be a performance-related fee of 5 per cent , plus VAT , of any annual out-performance by the trust 's NAV of ‘ target performance ’ — which is defined as a 2 per cent margin over the Frank Russell 2000 Index , the standard index of US small company performance . |
| 29 | According to one study based on data for 29 WFS countries ( Rutstein , 1983 , p.32 ) , among toddlers aged one year , this difference in spacing is associated with a 46 per cent higher mortality of those born less than 24 months after the earlier sibling . |
| 30 | For example , our hypothetical Phillips curve shows that a 4 per cent per annum wage increase ( equivalent to 2 per cent inflation with a 2 per cent productivity growth ) is associated with a 3 per cent unemployment rate , and that a 9 per cent annum wage increase ( equivalent to 7 per cent inflation ) is associated with a 2 per cent unemployment rate . |