Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [adv] [n mass] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ By an odd coincidence only 8% of those who had been on strike got increases while 92% of those who had worked during the strike got increases ’ . |
| 2 | In France , where substantial remedial action has still to take effect , there was a deficit of $7.4m ( 1992 : $7.8m loss ) on premium income up 20% as a result of substantial rate increases in a market which is now much more receptive to rating action . |
| 3 | There is another building about 50yds to the east on the same level , not included in the R.C.H.M. Inventory . |
| 4 | the Dutch workplace is truly multilingual ; the workforce at Gebr , Meijer , for example , is already considered virtually bilingual in Dutch and German ( 70% understand German ; 20% speak it ) whilst 20% of all verbal communication on the shop floor is a mixture of languages where English forms approximately 20% of all dialogue — apparently because computer software is American . |
| 5 | Upjohn was dealt another blow when sales of the high ( 0.25 mg ) dose form of Halcion were suspended in France at the end of last year , although the low dose ( 0.125 mg ) form is still available . |
| 6 | Firstly , most patients nowadays have the diagnosis made at laparoscopy , yet in this study only 15% of cases were diagnosed at laparoscopy and this increased to only 29% when endometriosis was the principal diagnosis . |
| 7 | Eighteen to 48 hours after thrombolytic therapy about 85% of vessels are open , with the minority remaining occluded , This patency rate is rather higher than that seen at 90 minutes following similar thrombolytic treatment ( 65–70% ) . |
| 8 | I mention it here in order to signal that the existence of legal rules and sanctions makes it more difficult to uncover from historical evidence why people in the past gave financial assistance to their relatives , if they did , and in particular , to decide how far such assistance was based upon feelings of obligation or duty . |
| 9 | There continued to be a small sloughy area about 1cm in diameter in the centre of the wound . |
| 10 | Finally , please do n't forget that we are more than happy to accept your premium payments over £50 in instalments . |
| 11 | Place this line about 2.5cm/1in from one long side of the first sheet of filo pastry . |
| 12 | Grocery savings include spaghetti , down 20p to 78p a kg , olive oil down 30p to £1.49 for 500ml and sun-dried tomatoes down to 99p from £1.35 for 285g . |
| 13 | In her mind , she often saw herself striding towards it , through it , out into the sunshine beyond to be part of that bright , busy , civilized world where people like Simon smiled , listened , and were polite to each other . |
| 14 | Using the Light Rifle about 10′ from a 22″ television set gave a reasonable degree of control over the game . |
| 15 | Out of a population of 120,000 , 22,000 are over 65 , though in some towns almost 40% of the population are over 65 ! |
| 16 | This year approximately 18% of let berths were left vacant the whole season . |
| 17 | As Italy invests £63 per head , Germany £41 per head and this country only £24 per head in the railways , does not the Secretary of State have a teeny-weeny twinge of conscience when he hears of railway accidents ? |
| 18 | Take St Leonard 's Bank , looking out on to Salisbury Crags — a quiet , well-maintained residential street about half-a-mile from the Royal Mile . |
| 19 | Only 12% of the health budget goes to the Bantustans , i.e. the rural areas where 40% of the population live . |
| 20 | However , the 1987 budget proposals are for firms with an annual turnover under £250,000 to be able to pay VAT on a cash basis viz. VAT need only be paid when the invoice bearing VAT has actually been paid . |
| 21 | Flake and granule makers require evenly shaped tubers over 25mm with no greening . |
| 22 | Is he aware of the severe difficulties experienced in late December and early January when people in remote communities — often elderly people living alone — were without power for more than 48 hours , despite the best efforts of workers to reconnect power ? |
| 23 | In the early years about 50% of aircrew going through the course were National Servicemen who would only serve some three months or so on a squadron before their commitment was ended . |
| 24 | In this predominantly part-time area only 47% of wives would have tackled an emergency themselves yet 74% indicated a desire to be able to do more on the farm . |
| 25 | ‘ But for clubs going from the fourth to the third sums between £50,000 and £100,000 are about the going rate so £200,000 from the second to the Premier does n't seem unlikely , ’ he said . |
| 26 | IBM Corp shares saluted the imminent departure of John Akers with a jump of $3.25 at $52.125 at the opening the day after the company accompanied news that it was cutting its quarterly dividend only 55% with the announcement that within 90 days it would have a new chief executive . |
| 27 | By the second week over 95% of our novices are tacking back and forth , dying for the thrill of a stronger puff , hooked for life . |
| 28 | The basement was some 8ft. high , the ground floor 9ft. and first and second floors approximately 12ft with the beams projecting below . |
| 29 | So far as the privately rented sector was concerned , the government 's proposals were for the automatic decontrol of all dwellings with a rateable value over £40 in London and over £30 in the rest of England and Wales . |
| 30 | As for their laying the birch on my pocket , I compute that my support of Lewis and Brzeska has cost me at the lowest estimate about £20 per year , from one source alone since that regrettable occurrence , since I dared to discern a great sculptor and a great painter in the midst of England 's artistic desolaton . |