Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] [unc] [unc] cut " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will amount to about a fifth of the £20m Aegon is to pay for the 40 per cent cut in the business . |
| 2 | Mr John Prescott , Labour 's transport spokesman , condemned government transport policies , saying signalling staff cuts were a direct result of the 51 per cent cut in BR finances in the past five years . |
| 3 | Debt renegotiation talks during 1989 failed to achieve Venezuela 's target , proposed in July , of a 50 per cent cut in debt-service payments , and negotiations continued on the basis of a proposed 42 per cent reduction in payments for 1990 and a proposal by creditor banks to reschedule $21,200 million of debt over 17 years . |
| 4 | The initial proposal was for a 60 per cent cut in sulphur dioxide and a 40 per cent cut in dust and NOx , on 1980 levels , by 1995 . |
| 5 | The State of California 's Air Resources Board has announced new regulations for petrol , providing for a 30 per cent cut in emissions of air pollutants . |
| 6 | Hopes of the Economy Minister , Domingo Cavallo , for quick progress in talks begun in January over the Argentina 's foreign debt received a setback in mid-February when creditor banks rejected his requests for a 40 per cent cut in the country 's US$31,000 million commercial bank debt , under the terms of the 1989 Brady debt reduction plan [ see pp. 36541-42 ] . |
| 7 | The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) is calling for a 40 per cent cut in North Sea fishing fleets in order to conserve fish stocks , particularly those of cod and haddock , which it warns could disappear from the area within five years if present catch rates continue . |
| 8 | The European Parliament 's Transport Committee has called for a 40 per cent cut in carbon dioxide by the year 2010 — a far more ambitious figure than the Community 's official target of a freeze at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 9 | In the most sensitive cases yields were reduced by 1 per cent for every 1 per cent cut in the ozone layer . |
| 10 | These savings amount to roughly £1 billion for every 1 per cent cut in the base rate . |
| 11 | ‘ 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | Ahern also paid special attention to the motor industry , with a 1.7 per cent cut in car excise duty and a 9p per gallon reduction in petrol taxes , but vehicle road tax was to be increased by 20 per cent . |
| 14 | No firm action was taken on methyl bromide , a pesticide used as a fumigant , which has also been found to destroy ozone , and officials merely recommended a freeze on production and consumption at 1992 levels by 1995 , with a 25 per cent cut by the year 2000 . |
| 15 | Its main proposals were ( i ) a 20 per cent reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by the year 2000 , with a 40 per cent cut by 2010 ; ( ii ) a ban on offshore oil drilling in state waters ; ( iii ) a halt to logging in the ancient redwood forests ; ( iv ) a requirement that a new tree be planted for every 500 square feet of development ; and ( v ) a ban on all pesticides with the potential to cause cancer or to damage a developing foetus . |
| 16 | The ministries of Health and Social Security , Peasant and Agricultural Affairs and Education would be particularly affected , with a 50 per cent cut . |
| 17 | The only gleam of hope the Prime Minister could offer was that the Cabinet had on the previous day agreed to ask the Bank of England whether an increase of cuts from 56 million to 76 million , including a ten per cent cut in unemployment benefits , would be enough to ensure an American loan . |
| 18 | On 21–22 February EC environment ministers considered an EC Commission proposal to phase out CFCs , halons , carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane by the end of 1995 , with an 85 per cent cut by the end of 1993 . |
| 19 | Mr French was also convinced that set aside will not result in a 15 per cent cut in cereal production this year . |
| 20 | Despite the sweeping nature of Bush 's proposals , which went beyond the 30 per cent cut in strategic nuclear weapons agreed under START [ see p. 38320 ] , only a small proportion of the US nuclear arsenal was expected to be affected , with the " triad " of ground-launched missiles , submarine-based weapons , and long-range bombers remaining intact . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | However , there are fears that the chancellor will not dare go as far as his critics wish and instead stick to a one per cent cut . |
| 23 | Farmers ' representatives have attacked the move , arguing that it would cut crop yields , but environmentalists argue that it is insufficient , and should extend to an 80 per cent cut . |
| 24 | The Bush administration also moved on proposals for tax cuts , designed to appeal to middle-class voters hurt by the recession , and to counter a plan put forward by Senate finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen ( Democrat , Texas ) for tax cuts of $72,000 million over five years financed by a 5 per cent cut in defence spending . |
| 25 | On Dec. 22 parliament approved budget cuts of about L 93,000,000 million ( about US$6,600 million ) for 1993 , this being immediately followed by a 1 per cent cut in the discount rate to 12 per cent . |