Example sentences of "[noun pl] for [art] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers say that prudent lending and a close knowledge of local people are the reasons for a 34 per cent leap in net profits . |
| 2 | Mr Parkinson recently signalled ministerial concern by blocking BR 's plans for a 14 per cent fare rise in February . |
| 3 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
| 4 | In contrast with the opposition 's plans for a 15 per cent " consumption tax " , there would also be personal tax cuts , giving three-quarters of taxpayers a top tax rate of 30 per cent , totalling A$3,400 million in 1994-95 and A$5,200 million in 1995-96 . |
| 5 | Not only may κ x take a whole range of values for a given κ , but also linear combinations of solutions of the form ( 22.6 ) with different κ x but the same κ are single wavenumber patterns . |
| 6 | In addition it was permitted to enslave prisoners of war in order to provide ancillary troops and labourers for the Turkish smallholder/soldiers . |
| 7 | Hopes of the Economy Minister , Domingo Cavallo , for quick progress in talks begun in January over the Argentina 's foreign debt received a setback in mid-February when creditor banks rejected his requests for a 40 per cent cut in the country 's US$31,000 million commercial bank debt , under the terms of the 1989 Brady debt reduction plan [ see pp. 36541-42 ] . |
| 8 | I 've had two letters , one from Mrs Pauline Oliver of March , Cambridgeshire , and one from Mrs Brenda Mitchell of Shipley , West Yorkshire , about accessories for the Zippy De Luxe . |
| 9 | He topped the batting averages on Durham 's tour of Zimbabwe and has earned his chance by hitting two centuries for the second X1 this season . |
| 10 | No sign of the Cosworth four-valve heads for the turbocharged V8 , though — at least not yet . |
| 11 | ‘ We used to have to go to them all and raise funds for the old Alma Mater . |
| 12 | I do n't think there 's a very great deal in the way of er lighting fittings one can talk about erm in houses in Harlow , it 's er , there 's a , a distinct difference between the light , a lot , lot of architects in , in Harlow have lived in Harlow you see and they will go in for all the very latest type of lighting fittings erm and because they have er access to the books for the various er designers of lighting fittings er , generally though , they , the majority of the people in the town er have come from er London boroughs and erm they view the same kind of lighting fittings they 've always been used to . |
| 13 | Oil and petroleum workers threatened industrial action in support of demands for a 310 per cent salary adjustment , for an end to plans to privatize the state oil company PETROBRAS , and the reinstatement of 800 colleagues dismissed in government cutbacks . |
| 14 | IG Metall had opened region-by-region negotiations in this sector on March 4 but employers rejected demands for a 9.5 per cent increase , offering instead 3.3 per cent . |
| 15 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |
| 16 | The most serious industrial disruption was a strike by 1,700 miners in Morocco 's largest coalfield at Jerada , 450 km east of Rabat , which began in mid-December 1988 with demands for a 20 per cent wage increase . |
| 17 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 18 | Taiwanese newspapers reported on Nov. 19 that Taiwan had obtained a long-awaited agreement from the French government to purchase 60 Mirage 2000-5 jet fighter aircraft and 1,000 short- and medium-range missiles from French companies for an estimated US$3,800 million [ see p. 39095 for reported French approval of deal in September ] . |
| 19 | State building and state resistance in Islam : implications for the Middle East/Britain |
| 20 | What are my/our priorities for the coming term/year ? |
| 21 | He has been put up five pounds for a decisive 2length defeat of Wellknown Character and , as just about the most progressive horse in today 's field , he can scale this extra rung . |
| 22 | My expectations when I approached David Robinson of Sobstad Sailmakers two years ago to ask for his suggestions for a new No1 genoa , was that any more modern cut of sail , such as a tri-radial , would be considerably more expensive . |
| 23 | In order to cater for this anomaly the microcontroller will continue to recognise characters for a further 4mS by which time the host computer should have ceased sending characters . |
| 24 | A succession of government-union talks throughout June failed to reach conclusive settlements of widespread union demands for higher wages , settlement of outstanding overtime pay , reform of the excessive wage tax , compensatory payments for the 140 per cent and 110 per cent increases respectively in gas and electricity charges introduced on May 27 , and cancellation of government plans for higher rents and other charges anticipated in the July budget . |
| 25 | SUNDERLAND are staging three £100 opens tonight , including a trial stakes for the forthcoming £2,000-to-the-winner Milligans Bakery Challenge Trphy , which starts a week tonight . |
| 26 | ACTORS dressed up as Vikings for a Welsh S4C documentary were challenged by local people in Swansea and accused of being New Age travellers . |
| 27 | He 's helping to drive in the ewes for a mass ante natal clinic . |
| 28 | Telling me he got six points for a driving convic for er speeding conviction |
| 29 | We chose to present the results of the individual data points for the 40 pmol/kg/h gastrin releasing peptide rate as the gastrin concentrations stimulated by this are closest to those seen after a meal . |
| 30 | The bodyshells for the new MGRV8 will be built at Faringdon . |