Example sentences of "[verb] by a [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present in the UK , each company has a board of directors which manages its affairs ; directors are elected , and may be removed , by shareholders in general meeting , and a general meeting normally also has a residual power , by a special resolution ( proposed as such and carried by a 75 per cent majority of the shares voted ) , to give a management direction to the board . |
| 2 | Labour MPs will be challenged by the Tories not to vote against the zero increase in their pay when it comes before the Commons before April , but they are already cushioned by a 39 per cent increase in allowances they voted themselves earlier this year . |
| 3 | Current corporate taxes of 42.5 per cent plus the " special contributions " to the refugee fund , were to be abolished and replaced by a 20 per cent flat rate company tax . |
| 4 | The 3.9 V8 has been replaced by a 4.2 V8 unit which now has a catalyst . |
| 5 | The cash will be raised by a five per cent levy on all transfer fees received by the clubs and a 10 per cent cut of their end-of-season prize-money from the League . |
| 6 | The effect of the strike was defused by a 6.5 per cent government pay offer made to teachers and civil servants on Oct. 22 , the promise of concessions to striking nurses ( who had been camping in front of the Health Ministry for three weeks ) , and a series of measures to end protests by farmers . |
| 7 | This was partially offset by a 30 per cent increase in public-sector wages and those of the military . |
| 8 | These were slightly offset by a 1.7 per cent increase in UK prices , and a 0.1 per cent increase in French prices . |
| 9 | The basic ABTA fund is financed by a 10 per cent levy on ABTA licensed members and 15 per cent on non-ABTA operators . |
| 10 | The Bush administration also moved on proposals for tax cuts , designed to appeal to middle-class voters hurt by the recession , and to counter a plan put forward by Senate finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen ( Democrat , Texas ) for tax cuts of $72,000 million over five years financed by a 5 per cent cut in defence spending . |
| 11 | According to the draft budget for 1990 which was presented to Congress on Nov. 15 , 1989 , real expenditure was projected to increase by 4.7 per cent ( to be financed by a 13.4 per cent increase in public revenues ) and external debt interest payments would be reduced from 3.8 to 2.6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 12 | The controversial employee investment funds , administered with the involvement of trade unions and financed by a 20 per cent tax on business profits , would be phased out . |
| 13 | In fact one study ( Armstrong 1984 ) reports that over the last century in Britain each 4 per cent increase in hourly wage rates for males has been followed by a 1 per cent reduction in hours worked per year . |
| 14 | On Dec. 22 parliament approved budget cuts of about L 93,000,000 million ( about US$6,600 million ) for 1993 , this being immediately followed by a 1 per cent cut in the discount rate to 12 per cent . |
| 15 | Mr Tyson says deregulation prompted fares to rise by 23 per cent in real terms in 1986/87 , followed by a 3.7 per cent real increase in 1987/88 . |
| 16 | Increased consumption of fossil fuels was in part caused by a 6 per cent reduction in electricity generated from nuclear power , due to a decline in imports of nuclear electricity from France and the prolonged shutdown of several nuclear power stations for maintenance . |
| 17 | Enticed by a 2 per cent incentive payment on top of the National Insurance rebate , some five million people have taken up the option since it was introduced in July 1988 . |
| 18 | It had also added a second referendum proposal ( which was rejected by a 53 per cent majority , according to Estonian radio on June 29 ) allowing participation in the forthcoming election by all those who had applied for citizenship by June 5 [ for citizenship issue see also p. 38880 ] . |
| 19 | FIRED by a 20 per cent surge in oil production , the Scottish economy is expected to grow this year by more than three times the UK average , according to a survey published today by the Stirling-based Mackay Consultants . |
| 20 | Strengthened by a 75 per cent increase in its capital following successful negotiations with the US government , the IDB announced a US$22,500 million aid programme for 1990-93 . |
| 21 | Addressing representatives from 212 member airlines at IATA 's annual meeting in Montreal , Eser warned that the present crisis , aggravated by a 4.4 per cent drop in passenger numbers on scheduled services , was likely to continue until at least 1994 . |
| 22 | At the end of this period , it could only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the current 26 voting members . |
| 23 | At the end of this period , it can only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the present 26 voting members . |
| 24 | Recent activity is explained by a 1 per cent shareholding , built by Fininvest , a Milan-based media group run by Silvo Berlusconi . |
| 25 | These sharp gains were dampened by a 1.5 per cent decline in prices in both Germany and France and a 2.7 per cent fall in Italy . |