Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] share of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Turkey has its share of the modern virus . |
| 2 | We will encourage farmers , retailers and manufacturers to work together to increase our share of the European food market . |
| 3 | For instance , how valid are the company 's assumptions about : customer sensitivity to price changes ( price elasticity of demand ) ; the effectiveness of its advertising in stimulating customer demand , and in maintaining its share of the total market ; the relationship of per capita real income to demand for its products ( for instance , people with increasing incomes tend to eat a wider variety of foodstuffs than hitherto , yet their per capita expenditure on food tends to decline as a proportion of their total personal expenditure ) . |
| 4 | Although Burda talks of maintaining its share of the upper end of the periodicals market this has been interpreted as a delaying tactic , to allow the magazine to bow out gracefully . |
| 5 | ‘ And remember , I shall send my share of the Emigrant Society 's dues every quarter out of my wages . |
| 6 | If any of the present owners wish to sell their share of the converted building , the remaining directors must approve the new purchaser , but otherwise the dwellings can be sold in the normal way . |
| 7 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 8 | In contrast , if a wife has had her sixtieth birthday but her husband has not yet reached 65 ( or has decided to defer his retirement ) , she must wait until her husband retires to receive her share of the married couple 's pension . |
| 9 | BP is to spend $340 million in developing its share of the first phase of the Mars oil and gas field in the Gulf of Mexico . |
| 10 | The deal will lift its share of the Spanish soft drinks market from 8 to 10 per cent and of the Portuguese market from 3 to 8 per cent . |
| 11 | Rushing belatedly to launch a Windows edition of 1-2-3 , the firm released a faulty version of the program and the firm has seen its share of the lucrative spreadsheet business slip to 48% . |
| 12 | In the autumn of 1985 a fierce battle emerged between United Kingdom holiday firms in an effort to enhance their share of the 1986 summer holiday market . |
| 13 | Like any reign , Edward IV 's had produced its share of the disgruntled and disenchanted hoping for better times . |
| 14 | Like any reign , Edward IV 's had produced its share of the disgruntled and disenchanted hoping for better times . |
| 15 | In essence each region or district gets its share of the total amount of funds available on the basis of the size of the population served , weighted to take account of the use different sections of that population can be expected to make of the service . |
| 16 | Precisely what they would do to justify their share of the precious filtered air in the bunker is unclear , although only marginally less so than the process by which they were chosen for the job in the first place . |
| 17 | Up to 1988 life assurance companies were gaining ground on pension funds , with individual life assurance premiums doubling their share of the personal savings market to 1988 . |
| 18 | Ukrainian Prime Minister Vitold Fokin said on Jan. 29 that Ukraine would pay its share of the Soviet Union 's foreign debt ( 16.37 per cent ) independently . |
| 19 | Liber was already a major schoolbook publisher and its acquisition of Almqvist & Wiksell Läromedel as part of the Esselte deal took its share of the Swedish textbook market to nearly 65% . |
| 20 | HIS products have increased their share of the total US market for sweeteners from 6 to 13.6 per cent in the past decade , mainly because of demand for diet drinks . |
| 21 | Japanese Companies in fields like consumer electronics , photocopiers , clocks and watches , ball and roller bearings , and cars , have dramatically increased their share of the British market in the last 25 years and give every appearance of continuing to grow . |
| 22 | With the recent purchase of the lighting interests of Britain 's Thorn EMI , it has increased its share of the European market tenfold , from 2% to 20% . |
| 23 | The Angela , Jade and Chartley patterns proved to be amongst the most popular choices , and early signs indicate that the Group has increased its share of the lucrative bridal market by achieving more and more registrations for its tableware designs . |
| 24 | The north-east of England is battling to overcome its share of the social problems that beset the UK . |
| 25 | Now Informix is pushing to get its share of the PC-local area network market with the launch of its Desktop Strategy — a set of ‘ complementary integration products ’ . |
| 26 | During the same period , the Department of Employment Labour Force Survey shows professionals , employers and managers as a group increasing their share of the total labour force : from 14.7 to 19.1 per cent . |
| 27 | The NDP defeated the incumbent Liberal administration , increasing its share of the 130 seats in the provincial legislature from 19 to 74 . |
| 28 | Also VDEW ( Vereinigung Deutscher Elektrizitatswerke ) , the association of German utilities , points out that electricity is gradually increasing its share of the industrial market and total consumption is growing more quickly than energy consumption . |
| 29 | The South-East was particularly vibrant , increasing its share of the national population by 2 percentage points between 1911 and 1951 . |
| 30 | In an attempt to maintain their share of the young labour market , employers are finding it necessary to offer their own training courses , on the rates of pay currently going to young people in the labour market , rather than the YTS trainee pay level . |