Example sentences of "[prep] a 50 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining employers , during the negotiations which followed the mass meeting of 31 August and the threat of a strike , were still sticking at a compromise formula , one which Amelia McLean , putting the women 's case in The Vote , said she was prepared to accept , viz : a five-year ban on women entrants from 1 January 1911 , and the establishment of a 50 per cent distribution of Monotype keyboards between men and women . |
| 2 | Suppose the firm 's income consists of a 50 per cent chance of £2000 and a 50 per cent chance of nothing . |
| 3 | Debt renegotiation talks during 1989 failed to achieve Venezuela 's target , proposed in July , of a 50 per cent cut in debt-service payments , and negotiations continued on the basis of a proposed 42 per cent reduction in payments for 1990 and a proposal by creditor banks to reschedule $21,200 million of debt over 17 years . |
| 4 | They were to be abolished as part of a 50 per cent reduction in the armed forces . |
| 5 | The introduction of strong energy efficiency measures could constrain consumption growth to about 28 per cent by 2020 , despite a 50 per cent increase in world population . |
| 6 | Then spiral the bandage , aiming for a 50 per cent overlap |
| 7 | There was no increase in the licence fee to pay for a 50 per cent jump in programme hours . |
| 8 | The statement called for a 50 per cent reduction , ‘ appropriately applied ’ , in their strategic arsenals , an interim INF agreement and appropriate measures to ‘ prevent an arms race in space ’ . |
| 9 | All these undertakings are companies , and hereafter are identified as such , except for a 50 per cent interest in a general partnership [ Unimar Company ] which is consolidated on a proportionate basis . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman represents a party that has called for a 50 per cent . |
| 11 | Part K , adopted by 134 votes to none with 18 abstentions ( the 16 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — NATO — Japan and Israel ) urged the United States and the Soviet Union to conclude a treaty for a 50 per cent reduction in strategic nuclear weapons . |
| 12 | The principal demands were for a 50 per cent increase in wages and pensions , a six-hour working day ( and no night-shifts ) for women , and the bringing to justice of those responsible for the deaths in Shkodër in April [ see p. 38160 ] . |
| 13 | News broke in late June about a 50 per cent reduction in Japanese duty on imported spirits . |
| 14 | But the company has an opportunity to make other gains through a 50 per cent stake it has secured with BP in five surrounding blocks where an intensive exploration programme will begin later this year in an attempt to discover other ‘ elephant ’ fields . |
| 15 | The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate . |
| 16 | The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate . |
| 17 | The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate . |
| 18 | Consider for example the proposition that the average human possesses one breast and one testicle , a grievous misapplication of statistics no doubt , but less of an affront to logic than the argument of the weather forecaster , seized on by John Allen Paulos : with a 50 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 50 per cent chance on Sunday , he declared , ‘ it looks like a 100 per cent chance of rain this weekend ’ . |
| 19 | The ministries of Health and Social Security , Peasant and Agricultural Affairs and Education would be particularly affected , with a 50 per cent cut . |
| 20 | Initially the response was sparse , but following the sending of reminder letters , by the end of 1983 ( the ‘ closing date ’ ) , just over a 50 per cent response rate was reached . |
| 21 | Thus it was that the 30 mph ( 50 km/h ) speed limit in built up areas led to a 50 per cent reduction in pedestrian deaths in London by 1935 . |
| 22 | The voluntary agreement commits the industry to a 50 per cent . |
| 23 | On July 23 , representatives of Zambia 's creditor countries , meeting in Paris , agreed in outline on a 50 per cent debt reduction scheme , the details of which were yet to be decided . |