Example sentences of "a 50 [unc] " in BNC.

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1 After filtration through a 50 µm nylon mesh nuclei were washed twice with phosphate buffered saline .
2 The final volume of the template depends on the volume of the PCR reaction e.g. PCR products from a 30 µl reaction are dissolved in 10 µl H 2 O and PCR products from a 50 µl reaction are dissolved in 30-50 µl H 2 O.
3 The coupled Sepharose was packed in a 1.5 cm×1.3 cm column and carefully washed with a 50 mmol/l Tris/HCl , pH 8.0 , 0.15 mol/l NaCl buffer .
4 Dressing up as a 50 's teenager is encouraged but by no means compulsory and any man dusting off his dad 's winkle pickers gets an award for merit !
5 Then spiral the bandage , aiming for a 50 per cent overlap
6 Some 169 Washington babies died before their first birthday in the first six months of this year , bringing the capital 's infant mortality rate to 32.3 deaths for every 1,000 live births , a 50 per cent increase on 1988 .
7 Shares in Eurotunnel fell a further 50p to close at 600p , making a 15 per cent drop in the Anglo-French venture 's stock market value in the two days since it disclosed a 50 per cent rise in the cost of the tunnel to at least £7bn .
8 Microfilm also announced full year results yesterday showing a 50 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £6m on turnover up from £15m to £24.2m .
9 Both areas experienced a 50 per cent reduction in illegal parking in residents ' bays .
10 It provides discounts of up to one third on most fares and a 50 per cent discount on the Network Card for travel in London and the South-east .
11 Under a policy announced in 1986 , a 50 per cent rebate is provided on customs duty payable for import of hardware used for software development .
12 The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate .
13 The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate .
14 The government subsequently altered its estimate of those able to claim and came up with a 50 per cent take-up rate .
15 Consider for example the proposition that the average human possesses one breast and one testicle , a grievous misapplication of statistics no doubt , but less of an affront to logic than the argument of the weather forecaster , seized on by John Allen Paulos : with a 50 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 50 per cent chance on Sunday , he declared , ‘ it looks like a 100 per cent chance of rain this weekend ’ .
16 Consider for example the proposition that the average human possesses one breast and one testicle , a grievous misapplication of statistics no doubt , but less of an affront to logic than the argument of the weather forecaster , seized on by John Allen Paulos : with a 50 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 50 per cent chance on Sunday , he declared , ‘ it looks like a 100 per cent chance of rain this weekend ’ .
17 The consensus is that stabilizing the climate ( i.e. halting the warming ) will require a 50 per cent cut in carbon dioxide emissions .
18 An MRC group reported in January 1989 that people receiving drinking water with high levels of aluminium stand a 50 per cent greater chance of suffering from Alzheimer 's disease .
19 So , for example , on 18 March 1984 Sunday Times journalist Brian Silcock unwittingly wrote : ‘ according to the CEGB , even a 50 per cent reduction in its own sulphur emissions would add 15 per cent to electricity prices . ’
20 Government offered a 50 per cent grant for such work , which remained in force after the War .
21 ‘ We have only a 50 per cent chance of avoiding world catastrophe ’ , he told us .
22 Mike [ Foot ] said wryly that if , as Harold Lever said , we had only a 50 per cent chance of avoiding catastrophe , we had better work out a contingency plan in case that chance did not come off .
23 Liberal Democrats would introduce a 50 per cent subsidy tapered over five years ( ie 50 per cent in year one , 40 per cent in year two etc ) for salaries of scientists and engineers working on R&D in small and medium sized companies .
24 The probability of one in ten is the same as odds of one to nine or 0.1111 , a 50 per cent probability corresponds to odds of one to one , or ‘ evens ’ , and so on .
25 In inner cities , within the Development Areas ( where regional incentives apply ) , small companies with fewer than 25 employees will be eligible for 15 per cent Regional Enterprise Grant on fixed assets up to a threshold of £15,000 and a 50 per cent innovation grant up to a maximum of £25,000 .
26 The Protocol demands a freeze on CFCs 11 , 12 , 113 , 114 and 115 at 1986 consumption levels , and a 50 per cent cut by 1999 .
27 Due to the fact that aerosols have accounted for 60 per cent of CFC usage in the UK , Britain will meet the terms of the Montreal Protocol ( a 50 per cent cut in CFCs ) ten years ahead of schedule .
28 This procedure is currently adopted in families in which male but not female children have a 50 per cent chance of being afflicted by a serious disease , such as muscular dystrophy .
29 The originators of this stress-rating scale estimate that people who score 150 points have a 50 per cent likelihood , and those who score 300 have a 90 per cent likelihood , of developing a stress-related illness .
30 Thus it was that the 30 mph ( 50 km/h ) speed limit in built up areas led to a 50 per cent reduction in pedestrian deaths in London by 1935 .
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