Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fasting state , G17 represented only 23% of the total immunoreactive gastrin in molar terms in the presence of H pylori and this fell to less than 10% after eradication of the infection . |
| 2 | Land in this category tends to sell at inflated prices , over the current use value , varying from a marginal surcharge , to perhaps 50% over the value of building land , depending on the degree of hope that the site will receive planning approval in due course . |
| 3 | THE clobbering of their portfolios by Tokyo 's tumbling stockmarket ( down 23% on the Nikkei index since January ) has made 1990 a terrible year for those Japanese companies that dabble in stocks as a way of boosting their business profits . |
| 4 | It dipped further on occasions when an end to the war seemed in prospect , notably on Feb. 15 and again on Feb. 19 , when it went briefly below $16 for the first time since July 1990 . |
| 5 | Homology between the two marsupial genes reaches 84% with conservative substitutions , but falls below 50% outside the HMG-box region . |
| 6 | In a year of minimum rainfall only 17% of the total falls as rain in the 5 month period June to October . |
| 7 | Only 17% of the top 100 companies provided accounting policy information ( 13% overall ) . |
| 8 | The aircraft was seen by a reliable observer as it initiated its first overshoot ; within two minutes he had telephoned saying that the aircraft was only 50m above the ground and heading south . |
| 9 | In Tenerife , seven nights at the Laguna Park II Apartments starts at £159 per person and only £225 at the hotel Oasis Paradiso on half board during December , just when everyone is shivering in Britain . |
| 10 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 11 | The nitrogen level in the microbial biomass was only 50% of the original 1 year after clearing and remained low ; little mineralized nitrogen was lost to the atmosphere by denitrification but much may be retained low in the soil profile . |
| 12 | By the end of the third year only 50% of the original starters have not left . |
| 13 | However , only £290 of the haul was in cash and the young woman was able to give a very full description of the thief . |
| 14 | Crop yields below 80% of the national average . |
| 15 | In a recent study , 10% of Barro Colorado Island was used in sampling and only 80% of the known flora was found . |
| 16 | At turn-off the phase current decays exponentially from its initial value of +2 A towards a final value of -2 A. If the phase electrical time constant is T and turn-off begins at time t = 0 , the instantaneous current is : which , taking the first two terms of the exponential series expansion , can be approximated by : Initial energy stored in the inductance = , so 50% of the stored inductive energy is returned to the supply at turnoff . |
| 17 | Turnover was down 50% from the $47.3m reported for the fourth quarter to December 31 , with product revenue down 24% from a year ago at $27.8m , and technology revenue dwindled to just $2.5m from $16.2m a year ago . |
| 18 | They are among the most important disseminators of plant seeds ; and they eat perhaps 90% of the corpses of small animals . |
| 19 | In HWIM the correct phoneme was included in the top two scores of the vector only 65% of the time . |
| 20 | Loggers , they said , were getting a crack at 74% of the forests — with only 14% of the region receiving new protection . |
| 21 | Ninety ( 72% ) patients were over 70 , although only 14% of the population studied were above this age . |
| 22 | Three principal features distinguished the 17 malignant from the 53 benign strictures in this series : ( 1 ) appearance late in the course of ulcerative colitis ( 61% probability of malignancy in strictures that develop after 20 years of disease v 0% probability in those occurring before 10 years ) ; ( 2 ) location proximal to the splenic flexure ( 86% probability of malignancy v 47% in sigmoid , 10% in rectum , and 0% in splenic flexure and descending colon ) ; and ( 3 ) symptomatic large bowel obstruction ( 100% probability of malignancy v only 14% in the absence of obstruction or constipation ) . |
| 23 | There is a primitive look to them : they are small ( perhaps 100cm at the withers , and weighing 280–300kg , though they probably used to be larger ) and very narrow in the hindquarters . |
| 24 | Last month 's underlying decline of only $142m in the reserves seems an especially unrealistic guide to the actual level of intervention by the Bank of England — in concert with other central banks — to depress the dollar , and also — on its own account — to defend the weakening pound . |
| 25 | For bonds which do not fall in value below £20,000 on the first anniversary there is a bonus of 0.4% gross ( 0.3% net ) . |
| 26 | The illustrative programme of additional expenditure from January 1993 , set out in Appendix 1 of The Future of Our Qualification , does include programmes ‘ to enhance firms ' profitability ’ and ‘ to help firms translate audit regulation into a profitable opportunity ’ , but these activities account for only £210,000 of the total additional expenditure of almost £2m . |
| 27 | In order to keep the diagram simple only data for the most central twenty boys are included . |
| 28 | Even if 150,000 tons of traffic had been carried as Gordon Thomas hoped , the lockage would have represented only 25% of the total . |
| 29 | Although this did not attain statistical significance in individual groups , the proportion of γ-interferon expressing intra epithelial lymphocytes in untreated coeliacs was only 25% of the value found in normal mucosa and a similar reduction was found in other groups with mucosal pathology ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 30 | Only 25% of the population are covered by the basic health care system provided by the State , and the rest have to look after themselves . |