Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] 1 [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every day your body needs about 1 ½ litres of water to function normally . |
| 2 | The changes were designed to save a total of 4,400,000 guilders , representing about 1 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) . |
| 3 | Commentators noted that for the first time since 1986 , the 1990 defence budget would fall below 1 per cent of Japan 's gross national product ( GNP ) — the decline being due more , however , to rapid economic growth rather than budgetary restraint . |
| 4 | The institute has stuck to its November forecast that the economy will pull out of recession this year , with growth set to reach 2 per cent , although it could fall below 1 per cent or top 3 per cent , given the margin of error involved . |
| 5 | B : Inhibition of the binding of AR , RJ2.2.5 and Raji nuclear extracts to the X-box by anti-Fos antiserum ; binding reactions which did not contain anti-Fos ( — in lanes 3 , 6 and 9 ) were supplemented with 1 µg of non-immune antiserum . |
| 6 | COS 7 cells ( 2 106 ) were transfected with 1 µg DNA and 500 µg DEAE-Dextran ( Pharmacia ) in 1 ml Hanks-balanced salt solution ( Kantonsapotheke Zürich ) for 30 min , shocked in 25% DMSO solution in Hanks for 3 min and then incubated for 30 hr in fresh DME-Medium containing10% FCS . |
| 7 | Regular smoking ranged from 1 per cent of 10 year olds to 30 per cent of 15 year olds . |
| 8 | Investment will decline by 2 per cent and employment will fall by 1 per cent , ie twice the 1991 rate . |
| 9 | In an affidavit to be presented to the hearing , the auditor calculated that Hammersmith could lose £74m at current levels of interest rate and £186m if rates rose by 1 per cent . |
| 10 | Also in August to October sales by food retailers rose by 1 per cent compared with the previous three months ; those by mixed businesses were 1.5 per cent lower ; and those by specialist non-food retailers were 1 per cent lower . |
| 11 | In the third quarter of this year , our exports rose by 1 per cent . |
| 12 | This is optimal and the optimal solution has x 1 = 3⅔ , σ 2 = σ 3 = 0 , which means ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) = ( 3⅔ , 7 , 2 ) . |
| 13 | In the early 1970s the price of investment goods rose slightly faster than the price of output , whereas in the 1960s the price of output had risen about 1 per cent faster than the price of investment goods . |
| 14 | Employment expanded about 1 per cent per annum faster in the South than the North . |
| 15 | The final diameter of the injection pipette will depend on what is to be injected ( ranging from 1 μm for intracellular injection to 60 μm for large pieces of tissue ) . |
| 16 | The nuclei on the slides were stained with 1 µg/ml of 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole dihydrochloride ( DAPI ) ( Sigma , USA ) in 0.2 M TRIS chloride buffered saline for one hour at room temperature in the dark . |
| 17 | Transcription reactions were performed with 1 µg of linearized plasmid in the presence of 100 µCi of [ α-32P ] UTP ( Amersham , 800 µCi/mM ) , 2.5 mM unlabelled ribotriphosphates and 15 U of T7 RNA polymerase or SP6 polymerase ( Promega ) , in a final volume of 20 µl . |
| 18 | The data also show that immunohistochemical techniques were much better than histological analysis , despite measurements performed on 1 µm epon sections observed under oil-immersion opics . |
| 19 | in 1990 , compared with 1 per cent . |
| 20 | It is instructive to note that 24 per cent of professional workers and 22 per cent of employers and managers were covered by private insurance in 1986 , as compared with 1 per cent of unskilled workers , 2 per cent of the semi-skilled and 3 per cent of skilled manual workers . |
| 21 | A 3 per cent growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) was anticipated , compared with 1 per cent in 1991 . |
| 22 | Total intraepithelial lymphocytes ( surface and crypt epithelium combined ) as assessed in 1 µm toluidine blue stained epon sections differed insignificantly from treated patients or disease controls in the untreated gluten sensitivity groups ( Fig 2 ) . |
| 23 | Looking at the outlook for Europe in 1992 , Cefic predicts a weak 1.9 per cent growth in GDP , compared to 1 per cent in 1991 . |
| 24 | Generous discounts were available : 33 per cent off the market value for tenants of three years ' standing , rising by 1 per cent a year up to a maximum of 50 per cent after a total of twenty years as a tenant . |
| 25 | Boulogne is one of the French ports and if you went there on a day trip with your parents le ferry would take about 1 heure 40 minutes to cross the English Channel . |
| 26 | Milk production was to be reduced by 1 per cent a year over the next three years . |
| 27 | In the most sensitive cases yields were reduced by 1 per cent for every 1 per cent cut in the ozone layer . |
| 28 | If the discount applied to the lire were only 1 per cent as suggested above , then clearly it would be possible to gain over all by earning an extra 2 per cent on the lire deposit and accept that this would be reduced by 1 per cent as the cost of forward cover , making a 1 per cent gain overall in comparison with staying in sterling and importantly be fully hedged . |
| 29 | He expects the experimental error to fall to 1 per cent . |
| 30 | According to unofficial estimates M0 grew about 1 per cent in March , pushing the annual rate to about 5pc . |