Example sentences of "[vb past] a [adj] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On March 20 , during President Lech Walesa 's visit to the United States , President Bush promised a 70 per cent cut in Poland 's $2,900 million official debt to the USA . |
| 2 | The main benefit to the United States of the Smithsonian Agreement lay in the new exchange rates which embodied a 9 per cent devaluation of the dollar in relation to other currencies compared with the pre-August rates and thus increased US competitiveness . |
| 3 | On April 23 , in a bid to defuse the conflict , Kohl proposed a 5 per cent pay cut for all ministers and top civil servants and pledged that there would be no further tax increases during the current legislative period ( i.e. until the autumn of 1994 ) . |
| 4 | Bush proposed a 6 per cent increase in the budget of the Department of Health and Human Services , the bulk of whose spending was concerned with income support and medical assistance . |
| 5 | In June 1983 , the Nordic countries proposed a 30 per cent Sulphur Protocol to the UN ECE Convention . |
| 6 | In 1983 , in an effort to get the ball rolling on realistic cuts , the Scandinavian countries proposed a 30 per cent reduction in sulphur emissions by 1993 , using 1980 as the baseline year . |
| 7 | Nutty 's morale rose a hundred per cent . |
| 8 | The insurance group itself will be among the banking and shipping tenants with damage claims as it retained a 20 per cent stake in the building . |
| 9 | As Figure 4 shows , we found a good in vivo reproducibility of the steady state rectal CSA values ( p=0.53 ) . |
| 10 | Arco Chemical reported a 46 per cent decline in net profits during 1991 to $188m . |
| 11 | World Bank statistics reported a 4.5 per cent growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) for the region in 1988 ; this rate was largely attributable to good agricultural output . |
| 12 | The World Bank , which was keen for other cities to follow Singapore 's example , reported a 44 per cent fall in traffic entering central Singapore between 7.30am and 10.15am . |
| 13 | VAUXHALL Motors yesterday reported a 69 per cent leap in pre-tax profits for last year to £223.7 million . |
| 14 | He also reported a 13 per cent decline in milk and meat production because of a lack of feed , but saw the possibility of a potato harvest big enough to avoid imports . |
| 15 | Amersham reported a 17 per cent rise in pre-tax profits during the six months ended 30 September 1991 , to £8.4m , following restructuring of the group since 1990 . |
| 16 | For example , the 1988 British crime survey reported a 12 per cent . |
| 17 | Ares-Serono reported a 15 per cent increase in turnover during 1991 , to SFr1071m ( £1=SFr2.55 ) , exceeding industry averages . |
| 18 | REED International 's chairman , Peter Davis , yesterday hailed the success of his company 's £6 billion merger earlier this year with Dutch-based Elsevier as the new , combined operation reported a 19 per cent leap in pre-tax profits . |
| 19 | Hoechst reported a 22 per cent slide in pre-tax profits during the period to DM 1900m . |
| 20 | It involved a 5.4 per cent rise backdated to April 1 , and a further 3 per cent rise from April 1 , 1993 , to last until the end of 1993 . |
| 21 | The plan involved a 15 per cent consumption tax , extensive privatization of state enterprises , cuts in social welfare spending , the stimulation of investment and an end to the " cronyism " with which so many of the government 's appointments had been tainted . |
| 22 | At the men 's first appeal hearing in 1987 , Skuse said he used a 0.1 per cent solution of caustic soda , which would not dissolve nitrocellulose , but which would also reduce the sensitivity of the test for nitroglycerine . |
| 23 | Neste reported an 11 per cent increase in turnover during 1991 , to FlM 51 900m ( £1= FlM 7.83 ) . |
| 24 | Speaking after the Anglo-American pharmaceutical and consumer giant reported an 11 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £1.115 billion , on turnover also up 11 per cent at £5.2 billion , Mr Bauman said the improvement was entirely the result of better sales , rather than price increases . |
| 25 | TMD Advertising Holdings reported an 81 per cent rise in profits to £2.2million after including first results from TMD Manchester , together with Yershon Group , Horizons Media Outdoor , Harrison Salinson and Michael Jarvis which were all acquired during the year to August . |
| 26 | The news agency Tanjug on July 4 reported an 86 per cent turnout of the population in Serbia itself ( i.e. excluding the two autonomous provinces , Kosovo and Vojvodina ) , and the authorities subsequently claimed that 96.8 per cent of these had supported the constitutional proposal . |
| 27 | The first volume of the annual GATT trade review , entitled International Trade 1988/89 and published on Sept. 15 , 1989 , reported an 8.5 per cent growth in the volume of global merchandise trade in 1988 , the most rapid increase since 1984 ( and compared with a 5.5 per cent increase in 1987 ) . |
| 28 | Market speculation that Saatchi & Saatchi could be the target of a takeover bid has been intensified by South Eastern Asset Management , a Tennessee- based fund manager , which recently amassed a 10.3 per cent stake . |
| 29 | When you buy your wedding ring you will received a 10 per cent discount on your next purchase , such as bridesmaids ' and best man presents . |
| 30 | This was just a little added bonus — Alan also received a 27 per cent pay rise . |