Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | However , only £290 of the haul was in cash and the young woman was able to give a very full description of the thief . |
| 3 | They are among the most important disseminators of plant seeds ; and they eat perhaps 90% of the corpses of small animals . |
| 4 | In HWIM the correct phoneme was included in the top two scores of the vector only 65% of the time . |
| 5 | Loggers , they said , were getting a crack at 74% of the forests — with only 14% of the region receiving new protection . |
| 6 | Ninety ( 72% ) patients were over 70 , although only 14% of the population studied were above this age . |
| 7 | Even if 150,000 tons of traffic had been carried as Gordon Thomas hoped , the lockage would have represented only 25% of the total . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | ‘ Only 3pc of the population cycle in built-up areas but there is a huge demand for safe off-road facilities . ’ |
| 11 | There was strong support for this suggestion from every category of respondent , only 10% of the total registering disapproval . |
| 12 | Germany has decided that 90% of the costs of cleaning sites in the eastern states should be split between state and federal governments ; the new owner should carry only 10% of the costs . |
| 13 | Only 10% of the banks risked the new-money option , while 41% agreed to debt reduction and 49% chose a lower interest rate . |
| 14 | The report states that about 45% of ancient woodlands have been destroyed or seriously damaged , compared with only 10% of the Amazon forests . |
| 15 | Today , following years of civil war , it remains a shadow of its former self , with its buildings devastated and only 10% of the farm 's 1000 acres under cultivation . |
| 16 | This was a country where only 3% of the land could be used for agriculture but where farmers received considerable financial assistance from the government to ensure that rural communities continued to be viable . |
| 17 | Only 3% of the incumbents completing the Parish Survey questionnaire indicated an unsatisfactory relationship with their director of music . |
| 18 | A recent survey in Sydney showed that only 3% of the organists in that city are remunerated at a realistic level for the hours and work involved . |
| 19 | When forest is cut in Amazonia , cations from the burn de-acidify the soil , releasing phosphorus from iron and aluminium compounds , but leaching rapidly removes the cations , only 18% of the standing crop potassium remaining after 3 years , while in crops only 3% of the nitrogen was incorporated ( only 1 % in the edible parts ) , 12% of the calcium ( 1% in edible parts ) 24% , potassium ( 4% in edible parts ) and 5% of the phosphorus ( 1% in the edible parts ) . |
| 20 | Overpricing ( after allowing for transaction costs ) was found only 3% of the time . |
| 21 | For example , Just and Carpenter [ 1987 ] showed that typically only 68% of the words may be fixated during normal reading , suggesting that higher level knowledge must contribute to the processing of remaining 32% . |
| 22 | Only 12% of the health budget goes to the Bantustans , i.e. the rural areas where 40% of the population live . |
| 23 | Law Society research shows that business affairs work provides 28% of the profession 's fee income , but takes only 12% of the time ; while 3 in 5 practices predict that business affairs will continue to become a more important source of fees . |
| 24 | In the 1980 Gallup Poll , only 32% of the Britons questioned regarded the French as very or fairly trustworthy . |
| 25 | Only 4% of the females did not mate , and even those were vigorously courted ; but 21% of the males did not mate at all , even though they courted hard . |
| 26 | Function words take up only 4% of the vocabulary , or about 30% if weighted by frequency , yet they are accountable for almost 50% of the errors . ’ |
| 27 | Currently covering only 4% of the country the scheme gives farmers cash incentives to help manage the countryside for wildlife . |
| 28 | Craig 43 in his 1969 study , found that , in an experiment conducted in three Scottish geological departments , 76% of papers were read by title only , whereas only 4% of the papers were read in full . |
| 29 | Craig in his 1969 study , found that , in an experiment conducted in three Scottish geological departments , 76% of papers were read by title only , whereas only 4% of the papers were read in full . |
| 30 | A random sample of herds might indicate that 40% of them are grazing on marginal land ; but if animals were the unit of study we might find only 20% of animals to be on marginal grazing , i.e. the 40% of herds are the smaller ones accounting for only 20% of the cattle . |