Example sentences of "a 10 [unc] " in BNC.

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1 For specific amplification ( a and b ) , a 10 µl reaction mixture consisting of 1.0 ng of template , 1.5 mM MgCl 2 , 200 µM of each dNTP , 50 mM KCl , 10 mM Tris-HCl , pH 8.5 , 6.4 pmoles of each primer and 0.8 units of Taq DNA polymerase ( Cenbiot RS , Brazil ) was submitted to the following temperature profile : 95°C for 3 mins for denaturation followed by 25 cycles of 51°C for 1 min for annealing , 72°C for 3 mins for extension and 92°C for 1 min for denaturation .
2 Assuming pre-tax profits of £230m , before one-off property income , Sears shares are on a p/e of 10.5 at 118p , a 10 per cent discount to the market , and are on a yield of over 6 per cent , exceeded only by Next and Storehouse .
3 A 13 per cent hike in the interim dividend to 3.4p was accompanied by the promise of a 10 per cent rise in the final dividend .
4 Page 25 Car sales down : Some 171,730 cars were sold in September , a 10 per cent decline on a year ago and the first fall since April 1987 .
5 Since building up a 10 per cent stake Continental has tried to arrange trading pacts .
6 Marcos , it is said , tried to set up a foundation last year to launder - sorry , deposit — the funds to benefit Filipinos , minus a 10 per cent cut for his greedy relatives and 10 per cent for the Vatican .
7 To recover ground lost since April 1988 will require a 10 per cent increase , he added .
8 When an act becomes more established , or if it is a new band with good management and someone who knows the business , the agent may make a 10 per cent deal — the standard commission rate .
9 Seely 's solutions were , in fact , not too dissimilar from those eventually adopted by the National Government — a cut in the dole with acceptance of the principle of work or maintenance , a 10 per cent revenue tariff , and settlement of the Indian question on the lines of the Simon Commission .
10 On paper , the Dodge has a 10 per cent power advantage , with maximum torque developed 800rpm lower in the rev range .
11 The engineering brief was to achieve a 10 per cent gain in performance over the already rapid Turbo R , implying a top speed target of well over 150mph and 0–60mph acceleration in just over six seconds — a tough task , even allowing for the aerodynamic gains in the switch to the coupe shape , in a vehicle weighing at least two-and-a-half tons .
12 John Drake runs an aquilegia mail-order service and is offering Country Living readers a 10 per cent discount on plant orders .
13 Ingrid Tait is offering Country Living readers a 10 per cent discount on her Landscape pattern scarves and shawls ( see above ) .
14 ‘ We 're going to do away with standing places , with a 10 per cent cut in the number each year over the next decade , ’ a Dutch association official said yesterday .
15 ‘ We 're going to do away with standing places , with a 10 per cent cut in the number each year over the next decade , ’ a Dutch association official said yesterday .
16 ‘ Assuming some progress in resolving the debt crisis , ’ Mr Grant says , ‘ then even a 5 per cent or a 10 per cent diversion of military spending could provide the additional $50 billion or so each year which is needed to end absolute poverty on the planet within the next 10 years . ’
17 The employers on Friday increased their offer of 7.6 per cent and one extra day 's holiday , in answer to a 10 per cent demand with two extra days now .
18 They duly processed the information and despatched warning letters stating that offenders had five days to make a payment arrangement — with a 10 per cent surcharge — before a court order , a summary warrant , was activated .
19 As for cars , a study of twenty-five countries concluded that a 10 per cent fuel price increase produced only a 3 per cent improvement in fuel economy .
20 Thames had long discussed the option of launching a popular entertainment channel on Astra , in which it has a 10 per cent shareholding and two reserve channels .
21 Jim Smith , the manager whose shrewd tactical plan stifled Liverpool in last week 's 1–1 draw at Highbury , has called for a 10 per cent improvement from his players in tonight 's replay — and more of the same from the supporters .
22 The general strategy was to make a 10 per cent cutback in all board activities , with the Council 's highest priority being the protection of support centred on scientists and engineers in universities and polytechnics .
23 By the time we get it spread , we only have a 10 per cent gain in terms of the total energetics of the system , and if you put in fossil fuel for machinery and for fertilisers we are running at a loss .
24 Not all desertification is severe or irreversible , but as shown in Table 7.1 , even slightly desertified land experiences a 10 per cent decline in productivity .
25 Consider the following simple illustration of a one bank economy where a 10 per cent liquid assets ratio must be maintained .
26 With a 10 per cent liquid assets ratio what will be the new balance sheet figures ?
27 In the circumstances , it is not clear what will be considered ‘ unreasonable ’ but , for a DHA with a fixed budget , even a 10 per cent increase in prices would lead to a 9 per cent decrease in services which could be purchased — a serious blow to planning .
28 In the 18 years 1798–1815 inclusive , for each million tons sold there were 0.62 explosions and approximately 11 deaths ; in 1817–1834 inclusive the cost was 0.68 explosions , a 10 per cent increase , but with the loss of only 8.7 lives : for 1839–1844 , this had fallen further to 6.5 lives , But the three periods are not easily comparable ; the new production came not from the old collieries described but from new and ever deeper ones to the south and east made accessible after 1815 by steam-and-gravity operated railways .
29 Out of the total , basic ( as opposed to applied ) research would get $6600 million , a 10 per cent increase .
30 Nevertheless , given that the PWR is unfamiliar technology in the UK , the fact that the most pessimistic sensitivity displayed is a 10 per cent overrun means that the CEGB has hardly covered the credible range of possible outcomes .
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