Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a 50 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voluntary agreement commits the industry to a 50 per cent . |
| 2 | They were to be abolished as part of a 50 per cent reduction in the armed forces . |
| 3 | The remaining employers , during the negotiations which followed the mass meeting of 31 August and the threat of a strike , were still sticking at a compromise formula , one which Amelia McLean , putting the women 's case in The Vote , said she was prepared to accept , viz : a five-year ban on women entrants from 1 January 1911 , and the establishment of a 50 per cent distribution of Monotype keyboards between men and women . |
| 4 | Part K , adopted by 134 votes to none with 18 abstentions ( the 16 members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — NATO — Japan and Israel ) urged the United States and the Soviet Union to conclude a treaty for a 50 per cent reduction in strategic nuclear weapons . |
| 5 | On July 23 , representatives of Zambia 's creditor countries , meeting in Paris , agreed in outline on a 50 per cent debt reduction scheme , the details of which were yet to be decided . |