Example sentences of "[no cls] of their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the average current-account balance ( ignoring whether the balance is a surplus or deficit ) of the big seven industrial economies is forecast to fall to only 0.6% of their collective GNP this year , down from a peak of 3.0% in 1986 . |
| 2 | Such changes were seen in 12 patients ( six of whom gained and six of whom lost equal to or >10% of their pre-trial weight ) . |
| 3 | Under the 1981 arrangements eligible banks undertook to hold not less than 2.5% of their eligible liabilities as call money with the discount houses . |
| 4 | On the assets side cash deposits with the Bank of England are held to fulfil the requirement that all banking sector institutions hold 0.45% of their eligible liabilities as non-operational deposits with the Bank of England . |
| 5 | By 1981 , London , Liverpool and Birmingham had lost about 45 per cent of their 1971 totals . |
| 6 | The meeting accepted by 18 votes to six a proposal by the IWC 's scientific committee that commercial hunting could be resumed when stocks had reached 54 per cent of their estimated population prior to large-scale commercial exploitation . |
| 7 | The core of the meeting 's decision was the adoption by 18 votes to six of a resolution which would allow commercial hunting to be resumed when stocks had reached 54 per cent of their estimated population prior to large-scale exploitation . |
| 8 | Bargain-hunting foreign funds were held responsible ; many top domestic companies , especially state-owned ones intended for privatization , were priced on average at only 35 per cent of their estimated book value . |
| 9 | To save industrial costs surplus labour would be relocated , predominantly to the agricultural sector ; if this was not possible people would be kept at work but on 60 per cent of their former salary . |
| 10 | Its report , Time for Pine : A future for Caledonian pinewoods , calls for concerted action to ensure better management of the pinewoods , which cover less than 1 per cent of their former range . |
| 11 | Those unemployed were to receive 100 per cent of their former wage during the first month of redundancy and 60 per cent thereafter . |
| 12 | Unable to persuade other firms to commit to such a specific amount , he arrived at a compromise by forming the Per Cent Club , which has 120 corporate members giving not less than a half per cent of their annual UK pre-tax income to the community . |
| 13 | At Cadbury Schweppes employees who do not receive an increase in their salaries as a result of relocation , receive an allowance of 10 per cent of their annual remuneration in addition to their disturbance allowance . |
| 14 | The General Assembly has asked the richer countries to give one per cent of their annual budget to try and wipe out poverty in the third world . |
| 15 | Some of the largest US banks , e.g. Bank of America or Citibank , have earned up to 50 per cent of their annual profits from international operations ; thus a US banking presence overseas is likely to be maintained or increased in future years . |
| 16 | The position was slightly eased after the announcement that the Central Land Board would accept claims as security for the charge up to 80 per cent of their agreed value . |
| 17 | The Economist 's survey of 1956 recorded that 23 per cent of their 69 judges had been MPs or Parliamentary candidates . |
| 18 | Villages where rural manufacturing enhanced employment possibilities , like the framework-knitting villages of Shepshed and Gedling , had 36 and 51 per cent of their male sample with a " complete " registration . |
| 19 | If we net out rates and the rebate on rates in 1988 , the poorest fifth paid about 30 per cent of their adjusted income in taxes . |
| 20 | Small businesses were , however , specially protected from the effects of the squeeze , the domestic banks being instructed to reserve at least 20 per cent of their available credit for smaller commercial borrowers , with particular favour to be shown to those in eastern Indonesia . |
| 21 | A minimum tax of 0.75 per cent on all businesses came into effect immediately and a one-off tax on all registered companies of 7.5 per cent of their net worth was introduced by decree . |
| 22 | As part of their broad-based agreements with the IBA and the MU , ILR stations are obliged to spend at least 3 per cent of their net advertising revenue on live musicians . |
| 23 | The agreement which the union negotiated is that commercial radio stations must spend not less than 3 per cent of their net advertising revenue on the employment of musicians . |
| 24 | Under the Feb. 15 quota system Qatar and Libya would suffer the heaviest pro rata cuts , equivalent to 10.24 per cent and 10 per cent of their current quotas respectively , while Venezuela and the UAE were to reduce their production by 9.68 per cent and 9.63 per cent respectively . |
| 25 | But with most businesses having something like 40 per cent of their current assets and around 25 per cent of their total assets tied up in monies owing from trade debtors ( ie , the ones that can be converted into cash to pay their bills and wages ) this is far from ideal . |
| 26 | Even with 90 per cent of their visual cortex removed , rats still remembered how to run the maze . |
| 27 | Amongst non-retired married couples with an earning wife , she brought in , on average , around 30 per cent of their joint earnings — 37 per cent where there were no dependent children , or 25 per cent where there were children , according to the 1985 Family Expenditure Survey ( FES ) . |
| 28 | This type of composition is when some or all of the creditors of a business in trouble agree to accept less than 100 per cent of their outstanding debts in full and final settlement of their claims . |
| 29 | In 1989 , Japanese companies put 38 per cent of their European Community investment into Britain , leaving the rest to be shared between 11 other countries . |
| 30 | At the same time , the Americans put 41 per cent of their European Community investment into Britain . |