Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] a [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an act becomes more established , or if it is a new band with good management and someone who knows the business , the agent may make a 10 per cent deal — the standard commission rate . |
| 2 | They should have a 50 per cent . |
| 3 | The original idea that Ghana should take a 40 per cent stake in the project vanished early on . |
| 4 | Between 5 and 7.30 pm on October 1 , you 'll get a ten per cent discount . |
| 5 | The man in charge of road mending says he 'd need a thirty per cent increase in funds to fill the hole in his budget |
| 6 | The programme suggests that these could achieve a 5 per cent share of total vehicle fuel consumption , through the production of 11 million tonnes of fuel per annum from the seven million hectares of land taken out of food crop production under the EC 's agriculture policy . |
| 7 | Second , several recent polls demonstrated that Labour ( or the Tories ) could gain a 2-3 per cent electoral bonus if they committed themselves to reform ; but one of them ( for the Rowntree Reform Trust ) carried the warning that a fudged position would not do ; the commitment had to be whole-hearted . |
| 8 | * Meanwhile , a report for the European Commission has shown how EC countries could implement a 20 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions over the next 15 years ( by 2005 ) at a cost that is almost negligible . |
| 9 | In practice , this meant that a polytechnic or college of higher education could obtain a 100 per cent grant for that proportion of the establishment 's work which fell within the definition of ‘ poolable advanced further education ’ as agreed by local authorities . |
| 10 | Consequently , the local authorities would make a 5 per cent contribution rising in yearly increments to an absolute maximum of 15 per cent , the residual cost of 85 per cent being reclaimed from the pool . |
| 11 | Liberal Democrats would introduce a 50 per cent subsidy tapered over five years ( ie 50 per cent in year one , 40 per cent in year two etc ) for salaries of scientists and engineers working on R&D in small and medium sized companies . |
| 12 | Lloyd 's List had earlier reported the Kharg/northwest Europe voyage as particularly profitable : a VLCC at current rates could pick up $3.7 million at W40 which would yield a 25 per cent profit , compared with W27 a month earlier which would have earned just $1.5 million . |
| 13 | Although the country 's economy had grown in real terms by 3.5 per cent in 1989 , the Central Bank 's current prediction was that the figure for 1990 would show a 3 per cent contraction , attributable largely to a drop in tourism and to the continuing weak performance by export manufacturing . |
| 14 | Use of the same proportionate sampling error would suggest a 95 per cent confidence interval of plus or minus 74 000 children in this age-group , leading to a possible error in the GRE under this heading of about –75 million . |
| 15 | For example , if a bank had £100 million of assets , of which £10 million were liquid and £90 million were illiquid , the bank would have a 10 per cent liquidity ratio . |
| 16 | The consortium behind the $7bn management buyout , in which BA would have a 15 per cent stake , admitted yesterday that it had been unable to complete its part of the financing . |
| 17 | Artificial insemination by donor ( AID ) , i.e. by a man other than the husband , can be used to achieve fertility where the husband lacks spermatozoa , or is otherwise infertile , or if the husband is a carrier of a genetic disease with a high chance of its being transmitted to a child ; alternatively the husband and wife may both be carriers of the same recessive gene , so that each act of fertilization would have a 25 per cent chance of giving rise to a diseased child . |
| 18 | It was agreed that the Italian conglomerate FIAT would take a 30 per cent share in the Volga Automotive Plant Association factory ( VAZ ) at Togliattigrad , the largest car-making plant in Russia [ for 1966 Italian-Soviet agreement to construct plant see pp. 21404 ; 21566 ] . |
| 19 | Coincidentally with the DoE report , Friends of the Earth produced a non-nuclear package of measures which , it claimed , would produce a 46.5 per cent reduction in emissions in all sectors other than transport , which it excluded . |
| 20 | SHARES in Amersham International , the healthcare and life science research products group , rose 27p to 435p yesterday after news that Hoffman-La Roche , the leading drugs company , would hold a 5 per cent stake in the group following the sale of a subsidiary . |
| 21 | It was announced on Dec. 13 that British Airways , the Dutch carrier KLM , and the Belgian carrier Sabena had agreed to form a new airline , to be called Sabena World Airlines , in which each would hold a 20 per cent stake ( the Belgian government holding the remainder ) . |
| 22 | Leaders of the Association of University Teachers , representing university lecturers , are recommending a claim which would mean a 27 per cent pay increase for its 30,100 members . |
| 23 | The changing policies of the Welsh Office meant that a standstill budget would result in a 14 per cent increase in the rate and a 2 per cent cut in the budget would mean a 5 per cent increase . |
| 24 | Qualified classroom teachers would get a 0.55 per cent increase on 1 April , plus a one-off payment of £90 in May . |
| 25 | A sustainable water supply would require a 32 per cent cut in consumption . |
| 26 | The Energy Committee 's own calculation was that it would require a 90 per cent increase in gas consumption worldwide to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 per cent . |
| 27 | Mr De Haan said a £3 a share offer would represent a 25 per cent compound annual growth for investors who had bought shares when the company first came to the stock market . |
| 28 | Guardian borrowers will enjoy a 0.5 per cent discount for one year , giving a saving of £250 on a typical Guardian mortgage of £50,000 . |
| 29 | If this is the case , you will need a 100 per cent loan . |
| 30 | Another way of stating the information , since the area under the curve represents probability , is any item taken from the sample at random will have a 68.3 per cent probability of lying between -1 and +1 standard deviations of the mean and a 95.4 per cent probability of lying between -2 and +2 standard deviations of the mean . |