Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It began when four Hurricanes were scrambled at 0830 after a reported five Ju88s at 21,000 feet . |
| 2 | At the same time the non-TUC Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel voted by two to one against acceptance of a revised 9 per cent pay offer over 18 months . |
| 3 | Wolfgang Schäuble , parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , had on Aug. 31 suggested that financing for the east should be raised by the introduction of a compulsory 5 per cent interest-free investment bond , repayable after 1996 , ( i ) for those earning over DM5,000 per month gross who had not bought special eastern solidarity bonds ; or ( ii ) for businesses with more than 20 employees which had not invested in the east . |
| 4 | In the 1960s , out of a higher total level of gold production ( which peaked in 1965 ) much less than 10 per cent reached the reserves , constituting an increase of a mere 3 per cent . |
| 5 | in farm incomes this year on top of a massive 21 per cent . |
| 6 | After this bold statement of intention , the Secretary of State , in subsequent instructions to the newly formed committee , showed some awareness of the contradictory requirements of a satisfactory 18 + examination . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The most important amendment agreed as part of the compromise was the rescinding of a proposed 20 per cent tax on interest payments on consumer loans . |
| 9 | Data shows that the level fell from 0.6 parts per million [ ppm ] in 1970 to 0.3 ppm in 1973 , but remained the same for the next decade despite a huge 95 per cent reduction in the release of mercury into Liverpool Bay from ICI . |
| 10 | So it should be a good laugh like a good old er , jolly jaunt ! |
| 11 | He may need to do a bit of work on the accent , but McIntosh is beginning to sound like a natural Scottish no.8 . |
| 12 | Horsham were unable to find a way past the Town defence however much they tried and really looked out of their depth against a slick professional erm Town side . |
| 13 | Growth of 2.2 per cent ( against a predicted 1.4 per cent for 1991 ) and a deficit of F89,500 million ( 1.26 per cent of gross domestic product ) was predicted . |
| 14 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 15 | The federal government 's 75 per cent share in Usiminas was sold for US$1,170 million , mostly to Brazilian investors ; the share of foreign capital accounted for a disappointing 5.9 per cent of the total . |
| 16 | His prophecy had proved to be correct , for the trade he brought her way currently accounted for a good thirty per cent of her income . |
| 17 | The evening paper flung aside violently and scattering into its separate half-dozen sheets accounted for a good fifty per cent of the chaos . |
| 18 | This would be enough for a safe 250 nm at 75% power or 290 nm at 65% . |
| 19 | IBM Corp is using the show inter alia to announce that it has equipped all 30 models of its ValuePoint line with multi-media technology , which will be available on a built-to-order basis , using Creative Technologies Inc Soundblaster boards and other third party products : MultiMedia ValuePoints will range in price from $2,100 for an 80486SX model to about $3,500 for a high-end 80486 DX2 system . |
| 20 | There is no doubt that the Brussels Agreement provided for a significant 25 per cent expansion in the resources available to the EC . |
| 21 | The 11 countries attending the meeting agreed on a Saudi Arabian proposal for a voluntary 5 per cent production cut by all member states , which it was hoped would reduce their collective output by just over 1,000,000 barrels per day , to 22,300,000 bpd . |
| 22 | The Pb isotope data for other islands located in areas of old lithosphere , Fernando de Noronha , Cape Verdes and the oceanic Cameroon line ( Fig. 1 ) , tend to be only slightly high in 206 Pb/ 204 Pb for a given 207 Pb/ 204 Pb ( Fig. 2 c ) , as expected given the lower average U/Pb ratios of lavas from these islands ( Fig. 3 a ) . |
| 23 | The real swing to Labour was 8.45 per cent , but the newspapers and television had it as a mere 7.5 per cent . |
| 24 | For instance , the keyboard player may be using £5,000 worth of state-of-the-art technology while the bass guitarist is playing through a tired old AC30 . |
| 25 | ‘ We will use whatever influence we have to the full to ensure , for example , that you do n't tax middle-managers with a 49 per cent rate at £27,000 , and you do n't tax people above £40,000 with a combined 59 per cent rate . |
| 26 | The catalytic PLA2 activity was not invariably removed from serum , however , by immunoabsorption with a specific antipancreatic PLA2 antibody . |
| 27 | I really , strongly do not want to be ruled by such people — people with America 's political correctness , but without the American love of liberty ; people with the Continent 's dirigisme , but without a Continental breadth of culture ; people with a modern metropolitan 's contempt for his own country 's traditions , but a bumpkin 's ignorance of economics . |
| 28 | The 1990 budget presented on Jan. 1 , 1990 , announced an increase of 8 per cent in government expenditure to US$4,600 million , coupled with a predicted 18.5 per cent growth in revenues to $3,771 million and a lower projected budget deficit of $826.3 million . |
| 29 | Turner 's Mercury and Herse suffered a similar fate , dragging down the sale 's total to £1.2 million with a punishing 42 per cent bought in by value . |
| 30 | The Grand Coalition then became crippled and although the CDU emerged first from the elections with a respectable 46 per cent , they were outnumbered by the SPD ( who rose to 43 per cent ) and FDP ( who declined to 6 per cent , their lowest vote ever ) . |