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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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% ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | There continued to be a small sloughy area about 1cm in diameter in the centre of the wound . |
| 7 | Finally , please do n't forget that we are more than happy to accept your premium payments over £50 in instalments . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Using the Light Rifle about 10′ from a 22″ television set gave a reasonable degree of control over the game . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Only 12% of the health budget goes to the Bantustans , i.e. the rural areas where 40% of the population live . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Flake and granule makers require evenly shaped tubers over 25mm with no greening . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | There are more Neanderthal features present , although some postcranial characters may well turn out to be more widespread plesiomorphies when data from other , non-Neanderthal , samples are known . |
| 22 | The PowerBreaker Strip and Fit costs about £5 from Texas Homecare and other leading high street stores . |
| 23 | Handmade in their Mexican workshops , the patterned tiles cost around £64 per square yard and the plain white tiles around £50 excluding VAT . |
| 24 | In the previous year only 53% of buyouts came from corporate restructuring . |
| 25 | Such a change also has a benefit in our domestic market where sales to tourists , enjoying a more competitive pricing environment , have increased in recent months . |
| 26 | As mentioned , GTI turned in pre-tax profits up 104% to £8.1m , while sales grew 37% to £60.9m . |
| 27 | Diploma Plc , holding company for a portfolio of electronic and construction products businesses , reporting pre-tax profits up 225% at £8.1m , says that industry may be broadly much weaker following a long and debilitating recession , but Diploma has maintained a good level of investment in people as well as plant , and has generally considered the recent years as an opportunity . |
| 28 | A supplier of accounting software and related products for personal computers , Sage saw pre-tax profits up 24% to £5.4m , while turnover rose 44.8% to £21m . |
| 29 | Accountancy software supplier Systems Union Ltd , has turned in a record result for its 1992 fiscal year , with pre-tax profits up 280% to £1.5m , on turnover that increased 47.6% to £12.1m : the privately-owned London-based company has operations in Europe , the US and the Asia-Pacific region , and opened a new office in Hong Kong in November , with the aim of addressing the expanding South East Asian market and supporting the existing network of local distributors and agents ; it now boasts more than 100 agents , value-added resellers and distributors worldwide ; chairman John Pemberton aims to expand this network further during 1993 ; the group also launched version 4.0 of its SunSystems product line at the end of last year ; SunSystems comprises two main elements — SunAccount , a fully-integrated ledger accounting package , and SunBusiness , or sales purchase order entry , invoicing and inventory and control software . |
| 30 | Britain 's biggest clothing retailer , Marks and Spencer , became the country 's most profitable retailer once more when it knocked J Sainsbury into second place with pre-tax profits up 25% to a record £736.5m ( $1.2 billion ) in the year to end-March . |