Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun pl] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key element of this enterprise and education initiative was the specific target that , ‘ Each year 10% of teachers should have the opportunity to gain personal experience in the world of business ’ . |
| 2 | The commission says evidence shows that even a modest toll of 1.5 pence a mile for cars and 4.5 pence for lorries could cause one tenth of motorway traffic to divert to other roads . |
| 3 | Offspring of hybrids would seem less alien in appearance . |
| 4 | In this predominantly part-time area only 47% of wives would have tackled an emergency themselves yet 74% indicated a desire to be able to do more on the farm . |
| 5 | A poll suggested 46% of Londoners would leave if they could . |
| 6 | Therefore it might be expected that up to 20% of winters will produce Arctic ozone holes for doubled CO 2 conditions . |
| 7 | It was calculated by the Department of the Environment that in England , some 58% of properties would experience an increase in rates , 37% a decrease in rates and a further 5% little or no change . |
| 8 | on short regional routes , 90 percent of trains should arrive within five minutes . |
| 9 | A home is the single largest capital investment to make in our entire life , and yet only some ten to fifteen percent of purchasers will commission a detailed report . |
| 10 | Development of lymphoma in 15% of patients may indicate excessive immunosuppression . |
| 11 | This avoids mass screening and means that fewer than 5% of women will receive intrapartum chemoprophylaxis . |
| 12 | ‘ This may seem obvious , but MMB statistics show that at least 50pc of producers could have profitably produced more milk , ’ he told producers . |
| 13 | The day previously a town centre poll had revealed that only 50pc of Darlingtonians could name the town 's distinctly high profile MP . |
| 14 | Although in fact ultra vires , taxing many men worth less than £2 on goods must have been considered justified by circumstances , for their numbers alone made them an important element in the local community . |
| 15 | Increases in National Insurance to 10 pc for employees could mean extending a pay freeze into a second year . |
| 16 | Young people will be at a premium , wanted by colleges and employers alike , and for this reason , young people with disabilities may find more doors opening to them . |
| 17 | The Cinema has limited wheelchair access , and people with disabilities should contact the House Manager in advance . |
| 18 | People in full-time employment can join this scheme for just £15 , students , senior citizens , UB40- holders and people with disabilities can join the Leisure Access Supercard Scheme for £1.00 . |
| 19 | There are many opportunities for disabled people to join in team or individual sports , and within some sports people with handicaps can participate with able-bodied people . |
| 20 | People in wheelchairs may find the tour difficult or impossible , depending on the site , but would still be able to enjoy the day . |
| 21 | People in novels must sound like people in real life sometimes . ’ |
| 22 | People in cars will see ! ’ |
| 23 | People in cars will notice the big one a lot better . |
| 24 | In 1986 TVEI ceased to be experimental , and in the White Paper Working Together. : Education and Training the Government put forward the plan for a national scheme with the aim that ‘ all young people in schools should have the opportunity of following a more relevant and practical curriculum leading to the achievement of recognized standards of competence and qualifications ’ . |
| 25 | There is no doubt that the great majority of senior staff in polytechnics would prefer much greater freedom from their local authorities , hence their support of Model B in the 1981 Green Paper and their disappointment at the form which the National Advisory Body has taken . |
| 26 | There is evidence that some species of trichonemes may become resistant to benzimidazole compounds and to avoid this it is suggested that these should be alternated with chemically unrelated anthelmintics on an annual or a six-monthly basis . |
| 27 | Their lungs are not particularly large , despite the fact that a dolphin can hold its breath for five minutes or more , and some species of whales can submerge for up to an hour and survive on a single breath . |
| 28 | Legally those having less than the minimum of 40s. in goods should have been assessed on wages or ‘ profits for wages ’ , which were often treated as interchangeable , though sometimes carefully distinguished : in Goldspur hundred on the Kentish border assessments on profits were specified in 1524 , but in the next year the assessments roped in more small taxpayers and divided them into fifty-one on wages , forty-six on profits and seven on goods . |
| 29 | Between 3 and 11% of patients will develop sustained ventricular arrhythmias following MI and 50% of these occur within the first 48 hours , and if not associated with further ischaemia , pump failure or multivessel disease they carry a good prognosis . |
| 30 | Automatically adjusting to changing light conditions they are stylish and , above all , quickly become part of your face which is what a good pair of glasses should do . |