Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [adj] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also this week , Fininvest , the Italian master company of Silvio Berlusconi , disclosed a 1 per cent stake in Saatchi 's . |
| 2 | Delaporte Establishment — the nominee company which emerged earlier this week with a significant shareholding in merchant bank Morgan Grenfell — yesterday disclosed a 1.13 per cent Ferranti stake . |
| 3 | The New Era Housing Association has won a 100 per cent grant for a £245,000 six unit development at Derwent Park , Loftus . |
| 4 | BR plans more through services to Worcester and Hereford and has forecast a thirty per cent increase in passengers . |
| 5 | The OECD 's bi-annual economic report Outlook , released on Dec. 19 , set growth in industrialized nations in the second half of 1991 at a mere 1 per cent annual rate ; in July the OECD had forecast a 2.4 per cent annual growth for this period . |
| 6 | According to the latest survey by the BBC , schools have reported a 30 per cent increase in the numbers of youngsters being permanently excluded from schools across the eastern region . |
| 7 | Steve Cardownie , Labour recreation convener of the council , said officials had recommended a 2 per cent across-the-board cut for all the cultural grants . |
| 8 | Having spent £25,775 on computerisation , the doctors might reasonably have expected a 50 per cent . |
| 9 | The lab has suffered a 40 per cent cut in its staff since 1975 . |
| 10 | Kingfisher 's latest published interim statement showed that Comet has suffered a 60 per cent fall in profits , ’ added Mr Kalms . |
| 11 | The doctors had their salaries increased by 50 per cent , while the teachers were granted a 20 per cent rise . |
| 12 | Farmers , the second largest car insurer in the state , had previously sought a 5.9 per cent increase to offset projected losses of about $100m on high-risk drivers . |
| 13 | Stories are circulating that Ford will announce it has built a 5 per cent shareholding early next week . |
| 14 | The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Sept. 10 , 1989 , that it had imposed a 1 per cent increase in interest rates on savings deposits and bank loans , the first such increase for over eight years . |
| 15 | The West European chemical industry will probably have seen a 1 per cent increase in GDP in 1991 , Freeman added , compared to a forecast rise of 2.1 per cent . |
| 16 | The current year has seen a 25 per cent growth in student numbers , which will increase the total from the equivalent of 2,500 full-time students to more than 4,000 by 1995 . |
| 17 | The year had seen a 50 per cent increase in expenditure on acquisitions , in order to strengthen the Group 's activity base . |
| 18 | Statistics for the years 1975 to 1987 show an 18 per cent drop in the number of visitors to the palaces , while the National Trust has seen a 48 per cent rise . |
| 19 | Murray also announced that it has made a 119 per cent gain on its holding in Yorkshire Food Group , which was floated in March after the first half ended . |
| 20 | Mr Gummer said last year had seen an 11 per cent recovery in farm incomes , there were encouraging signs for the future and farmers could be cautiously optimistic about the year ahead . |
| 21 | Mr Matthews said that UK food and drink exports to Canada had risen by 15 per cent since 1989 while those to the US had seen an 11 per cent lift . |
| 22 | The market has probably discounted a 0.5 per cent German increase which may allow UK base rates to remain at 14 per cent . |
| 23 | Glasgow 's problems are merely a symptom of a wider malaise which has produced a 69 per cent rise in murders across most of the country and a 30 per cent increase in attempted murders . |
| 24 | The London stockbrokers County Natwest Wood Mackenzie reported on Dec. 21 their calculation that the only major stock market in which a sterling investor would have realized an average gain during 1990 would have been Mexico , where booming market conditions would have produced a 53.2 per cent profit ; the UK , by comparison , would have produced a 7.7 per cent average loss , the West German market would have brought a 21.4 per cent loss , and the USA a 17.1 per cent loss . |
| 25 | It has produced a 25 per cent compound growth in earnings per share in the last five years . |
| 26 | The London stockbrokers County Natwest Wood Mackenzie reported on Dec. 21 their calculation that the only major stock market in which a sterling investor would have realized an average gain during 1990 would have been Mexico , where booming market conditions would have produced a 53.2 per cent profit ; the UK , by comparison , would have produced a 7.7 per cent average loss , the West German market would have brought a 21.4 per cent loss , and the USA a 17.1 per cent loss . |
| 27 | and I 'm I 'm yeah and I 'm I 've got a new mob er a new |
| 28 | If there is a name signed inside the card you 've got a ninety per cent chance of , its a hoax , no one signs their name in front of a card . |
| 29 | After a two-year freeze on wage rises , management at Cleveland Potash have agreed a five per cent increase for the 956 employees , backdated to January 1 . |
| 30 | Erm , I think the charge that has been laid against myself personally and my myself and my colleagues is the charge of vacillation and changing our mind and I and I am grateful to c my colleague David for reminding us that we have in this county had two years two years when the Labour party and the Conservative party have been hand in glove , absolutely determined that the way forward in relation to homes , elderly persons homes , not that 's not to close any and now we 've had a complete volte face when they 've changed their minds and they 've come along with us . |