Example sentences of "[n mass] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hartford Meadows is a banker for large tench on double caster , bream will show at Hulse 's Island and there should be small fish everywhere . |
| 2 | Some 56% of this goes on software , 12% on support , 14% on administrative tasks , such as upgrades , and the remaining 18% on operating the machine . |
| 3 | A surge in borrowings from 29% to 55% of shareholders ' funds was largely due to a buying spree during the year when NFC shelled out £75m on 16 businesses . |
| 4 | Figures released yesterday for the first four months of the year show total crime in the county is up 12pc on this time last year , with the detection rate down by 3pc . |
| 5 | At 7,400 rpm on one engine the aircraft will maintain a speed of approx 330 knots in level flight below 5,000ft . ’ |
| 6 | The pilot maintained the aircraft in the clime attitude and the commander , who was checking the aircraft 's instruments , noticed the RPM on both engines running down very fast , he also observed the engined pressure ratio ( EPR ) , and exhaust gas temperature ( EGT ) instrument readings dropping . |
| 7 | Labour calculated this included a loss of £3.07 for National Insurance payments , £2.31 on MIRAS ( tax relief on interest payments on home loans up to £30,000 ) , £1.87 on married couples ' allowances , £1.03 on VAT on fuel , 43p on single per-son 's income tax , 23p on vehicle excise duty and 63p on excise duties . |
| 8 | Mick , who has taken a number of 20 lb pike from Essex waters this winter , travelled further afield from his Basildon home and fished a Predator Baits ' frozen mackerel on 11 lb line and two size 8 barbless trebles . |
| 9 | Overall , the company will invest $1,600m on new plants and equipment this year , while expanding its US-based manufacturing workforce by about 18% . |
| 10 | Chris Baines , in his excellent report on the tyranny of the car ( October ) , omitted to mention one obvious solution : to reduce the speed limits to 60mph on motorways , 45mph on open roads and 25mph in built-up areas . |
| 11 | In the fixed-commission mid-1960s , profit margins were about 25% on total revenue . |
| 12 | Which it does in the UK , e.g. 20% on the first f2,000 of taxable income 25% on taxable income up to f23,700 and 40% on higher income ( 1992/3 ) |
| 13 | Men with £3 — £4 were probably smallholders , but , although £2 attracted the same rate of tax , men at this level tended to overlap with those beneath , their assessments being reduced to £1 on some occasions . |
| 14 | In order to attract foreign investment , the Malaysian government introduced legislation in 1990 , abolishing withholding tax and providing for a basic tax rate of 3% on net profits for certain activities undertaken in Labuan . |
| 15 | That still leaves Swiss banks with a handicap : an indecisive government , still dithering over the reform of a stamp tax of up to 3% on some transactions . |
| 16 | Overall sales were down 55% on last year when profits from autioneering were $139 million . |
| 17 | Children under 2 years at the time of the return journey travel for just £15 on all flights . |
| 18 | Another night at some scruffy place full of hooded locals , we spent £15 on similar dishes . |
| 19 | The alarm was raised by team leader Chris Bonington — who also fell 150m on steep ice as he went to Venable 's assistance , miraculously emerging with no more than a minor facial wound . |
| 20 | By resisting Sperrle 's request for aircraft on 11 April , Franco had caused a temporary hiatus in the progress of the northern campaign while he focused his full attention on its internal political aspect . |
| 21 | Yes , we 'll have , at present we 're scheduled to have about 30 aircraft on static display , and these are aircraft from er the third air force bases , the bases within the United Kingdom , you 're just about assured of being able to see an F15 , up close , an F16 up close , an A 10 , and some other aircraft that are stationed in and around er Europe . |
| 22 | I do n't think anyone is sure what happened to cause it , but it is certain that one aircraft loaded with incendiaries started to burn and the fire spread to the two aircraft on either side . |
| 23 | Next comes the establishment of the attitude of the aircraft on initial impact with the ground . |
| 24 | The Safety Commission of the International Air Transport Association , IATA , has recommended a partial ban aboard aircraft on electronic devices such as computer games made by Nintendo Co Ltd , to avoid interference with aircraft systems : it calls for a ban on the use of all passenger-carried electronic devices during taxi , takeoff , initial climb approach and landing in a confidential letter written by the committee and obtained by Reuters . |
| 25 | About half an hour before the return of the aircraft on operational nights we would wake up the duty Met Officer , who was usually snoozing in the ante-room , so that he could mug up on the weather situation before the first of the returning crews came in . |
| 26 | Oceanic controllers there , as well as in Honolulu and Auckland , watch the blips on their radars , or plot positions of unseen aircraft on immense plastic charts , as do French-speaking specialists hunched over their radar screens outside Papeete , in Tahiti . |
| 27 | They found that the Gestapo had broken up Liewer 's former group of saboteur friends between Rouen and Le Havre ; they returned to England by light aircraft on 30 April . |
| 28 | He also recognises the potential problem of UK operators being at a financial disadvantage when the UK market is wide open to Continental competition after the EC 's Third Liberalisation Package is adopted and , since it appears that AOC holders may be able to operate aircraft on any EC register , in the absence of action from the JAA and CAA , he foresees a situation where UK air taxi and charter operators will ‘ go offshore ’ or operate under ‘ flags of convenience ’ . |
| 29 | Local authorities ' expenditure on education amounted to 17 billion , 74% of it on schools and approximately 10% on further education ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Tables 11.1–2 , 15.2 , 16.1–2 and 21.4.8–9 ) . |
| 30 | Price cuts of 10% on basic cable services are already being imposed . |