Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [prep] [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Malaysia , Thailand , Indonesia and Bolivia account for 70 per cent of world output . |
| 2 | Stock market prices in West Germany rose by 3.5 per cent in the same period . |
| 3 | Between 1897 and 1912 , the wheat crop of the United Kingdom fell by 6 per cent while that of Germany rose by 38 per cent . |
| 4 | ARC A midsole cushioning system using a piece of Hytrel encapsulated in soft PU and shaped like a jigsaw piece . |
| 5 | In percentage terms , the value of losses reported by companies exporting to Portugal rose by 2,620 per cent over the five years . |
| 6 | Between 1978 and 1987 the numbers of groupworkers employed in Flanders rose by 25 per cent ( Hellinckx and Munter , 1990 ) , and the number of Dutch groupworkers doubled between 1959 and 1982 ( Ploeg , 1986 ) . |
| 7 | He said that Britain produces 3 per cent of man-made carbon dioxide emissions , the EC accounts for 13 per cent and " the United States accounts for 23 per cent … |
| 8 | The only candidate who totally rejected the proposals , the right-wing businessman Paschal Paschalides , was defeated in the first round , which Mr Vassiliou won with 44.15 per cent of the vote . |
| 9 | Furthermore , in their returns to the research team , administrators in some LEAs spoke of 5 per cent as their target population for statements , while elsewhere it was considered that as many as 18 per cent could require a statement . |
| 10 | Between 1985–6 journeys from Swindon to Paddington increased by 16 per cent , from Bath to Paddington by 12 per cent and from Bristol to Paddington by 20 per cent . |
| 11 | OECD member countries of the DAC accounted for 91 per cent of all ODA . |
| 12 | Taiwan accounted for 29 per cent of aggregate demand in 1991 , and this will decrease to 26 per cent by 2000 , while South Korea will show strong growth through slower movement of the manufacturing base and increased engineering polymer penetration into automotive applications . |
| 13 | According to the National Statistics Office , the inflation rate in December rose to 14.1 per cent , the highest rate since Aquino came to power , although by January the rate had fallen back to 13.1 per cent , compared with 12.8 per cent for November 1989 . |
| 14 | In the period from 1960 to the mid-1970s the purchasing power available to the NHS rose by 4 per cent per annum on average . |
| 15 | The campaigners estimate that the winter death toll in Scotland rose by 7.5 per cent between 1988 and 1991 . |
| 16 | During February a number of key industrial companies announced forthcoming contraction and redundancies , reflecting the continued rise in unemployment ( to a seasonally adjusted level of 9.2 per cent in January compared with 6.7 per cent a year earlier and 5.7 per cent at the beginning of 1990 — see also p. 38200 ) . |
| 17 | Exports to COMECON fell by 31 per cent in five months , while hard currency earnings rose by 19 per cent . |
| 18 | The people of Leningrad voted by 55 per cent to 43 per cent to change the name of their city to St Petersburg in a poll on June 12 ( at the same time as the Russian presidential elections ) . |
| 19 | Just before 1500 , Ju87s of Ill/St.G 1 left Sicily escorted by fifteen MC200s of the 6° Gruppo C.T . |
| 20 | TSB IRELAND TO UPGRADE TO NATIONAL X.25 NETWORK |
| 21 | The south east of England accounted for 58 per cent of all voluntary liquidations with 8,115 up from 7,715 in 1991 . |
| 22 | This is demonstrated by NCB operating returns for the period 1976–7 to 1981–2 : North Nottinghamshire , North Derbyshire and South Yorkshire all recorded net surpluses , whereas South Wales , Scotland and Northeast England accounted for 90 per cent of all operating losses ( Monopolies and Mergers Commission , 1983 , p. 30 ) . |
| 23 | The development costs of Ariane accounted for 30 per cent of French space spending between 1974 and 1979 . |
| 24 | Everywhere in the region suffered : Thames Valley went up by 212 per cent and even rural Wiltshire rose by 205 per cent . |
| 25 | That worked well , certainly in France , where Alsace accounts for 45 per cent of white appellation contrôlée wine consumed . |
| 26 | Prices on Wall Street fell by 5 per cent a week in November . |
| 27 | The early evening audience gap between BBC1 and ITV fell from 20 per cent to less than 10 per cent . |
| 28 | Alumina accounted for 63 per cent of the value of exports . |
| 29 | Fitting Range Rover wheels on any SI to SIII Land Rover involves grinding of the drive flange to clear the wheels . |
| 30 | Professor S.J. Prais estimates that in 1909 the share of the hundred largest enterprises in manufacturing net output in the UK amounted to 16 per cent approximately , but by 1970 it had reached 40–41 per cent ; while in the U S over the same period the figure grew from 22 per cent to 33 per cent . |