Example sentences of "[unc] share [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Importers took a 54.86% share of the market last month compared with 57.95% in October 1991 . |
| 2 | As a consequence the bid for Distillers was referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission because the combined Guinness/Distillers share of the whisky market was in excess of 35 per cent , which was considered to confer too much market-power on the combined company . |
| 3 | " THE simplest thing , I think , " Matthew Preston said to Sara , " would be for me to buy you out — your share of the house , I mean . |
| 4 | Excluding its OEM partners , which include Fujitsu Ltd , Toshiba Corp , Fuji Xerox Co , Nippon Steel Co , Matsushita Electric Industrial Co and other powerful players , Sun had an 11.4% share of the market last fiscal , putting it in fourth place , but if the OEM sales are included it shoots to the top with a 22.7% share . |
| 5 | Cal-Volair had the lion 's share of the modification work . |
| 6 | This is the County Council 's share of the expose surplus for nineteen ninety- two , ninety-three . |
| 7 | Note , in particular , that only the group 's share of the goodwill arising on the acquisition of Harris plc is deducted in this calculation . |
| 8 | It is true that the families , because of their own determination and because the course of events dictated the coverage , got the lion 's share of the publicity . |
| 9 | This was designed to build up English exports , to encourage English shipping and increase England 's share of the carrying trade , of which the Dutch had the lion 's share at that time . |
| 10 | The lion 's share of the braking is done in a straight line but the time comes when the rider must set in motion the chain of events which will take him through the corner . |
| 11 | If this is done , care must be taken to ensure that each slice receives its proper priority in order of payment , otherwise one party may take the lion 's share of the income at the expense of the other . |
| 12 | From about 1563 until his death in 1590 they were held by Charles Fox , although he had to share the Signet with John Dudley ; and in 1590 Fox was succeeded by Fulke Greville , who had already taken over Dudley 's share of the Signet and had acquired reversions to the Clerkship of the Council in 1577 and the Secretaryship in 1583 . |
| 13 | Partly this is due to better treatment , but the lion 's share of the credit must go to the invention of the smear test , which means that small growths can be picked up and destroyed before they get out of hand . |
| 14 | But he gave the lion 's share of the credit for the victory to Snodin , playing his first full 90 minutes for two and a half years after a series of hamstring and knee injuries put his career in doubt . |
| 15 | They fear that having separated post and telecommunications , France Telecom will receive the lion 's share of the budget and may ultimately be privatised altogether . |
| 16 | Public Choice theorists explicitly examine the motivation of bureaucrats and suggest that , in crude terms , the most important motivator is the desire to increase one 's share of the budget which leads to increased status . |
| 17 | One male sits by , watching , and takes the lion 's share of the kill . ’ |
| 18 | Taunton 's share of the cider market reached 35% , ranking it second to Bulmer ( 45% ) . |
| 19 | The government announced plans last October to build a further 30 reactors in the next 20 years , which would bring nuclear power 's share of the country 's electricity generating capacity to 17 per cent . |
| 20 | The Trustee Act 1925 , ss31-32 , should be extended ( see Williams on Wills 6th edn , Butterworths , 1987 , vol 2 , p1267 and 1275 ) if monies are to be retained until such child or children come of age , so that the trustees have flexibility in their use of both income and capital of a child 's share of the trust fund , as should the power of investment so that it is not limited by the Trustee Investments Act 1961. ( v ) Insurance — Section 19(1) of the Trustee Act 1925 limits a trustee 's power to insure to insurance against fire to three-quarters of the value of the property ; as the trustees will probably not have any cash , the occupier wife should be made responsible for insurance . |
| 21 | As in the Recruit scandal , the only party to be left out were the Communists , and the lion 's share of the money went to the the ruling Liberal Democrat Party . |
| 22 | But , before the programme can go ahead , the industrialised countries will have to contribute the lion 's share of the money . |
| 23 | She agreed to accompany me to the building society the next day so that we could withdraw Charlie 's share of the money . |
| 24 | The plaintiff 's share of the responsibility for the damage he had suffered in the accident arose out of the finding that either he ought to have known that the defendant 's ability to drive was impaired or , more likely , that he had drunk so much himself that he was unable to tell that the defendant 's ability was in fact impaired . |
| 25 | Britain 's share of the glory is long overdue . |
| 26 | The envoys — I do not know by what trickery they were deceived [ here Nithard bursts out into the first person ] — thus increased Lothar 's share of the regnum so that it extended as far as the Charbonnière . " |
| 27 | Because he knew all the individuals , he could keep track of who was getting the lion 's share of the meat . |
| 28 | Men are also able to gain the lion 's share of the floor in cross-sex talk because women provide them with ‘ hearer support ’ in the form of minimal responses ( like mhm , yes ) and questions — when you ask someone a question you cede the floor to them . |
| 29 | And while this may not apply in an ‘ equal opportunity ’ marriage , where the domestic jobs are shared equally between husband and wife , in a majority of households women still do the lion 's share of the cooking and cleaning . |
| 30 | Even though its vote was slightly up on that of October 1974 , Labour 's share of the poll had fallen to 36.9 per cent , the worst since 1931 , while the Tories had risen to 43.9 per cent . |