Example sentences of "excess of [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Union leaders , however , were already invoking probable mortgage rises as a reason for an increase in excess of 10 per cent . |
| 2 | In a new scheme , supported by Blue Cross Animal Care , Age Concern Pet Insurance pays for cost and treatment in excess of 10 per cent ( minimum £20 ) and up to a total of £1,250 for each accident and illness . |
| 3 | The years from 1966 to 1969 saw real GDP growing in excess of 10 per cent annually and , with growth at twice the level of Japan 's competitors , it was confidently expected that the substantial differences in productivity levels between large and small firms would be eroded . |
| 4 | No security dealer may deal in securities where it acted as an issuing house or in securities issued by itself , or in securities issued by another company where the trader holds an equity interest in excess of 10 per cent . |
| 5 | Herman generally regards a company as under minority control where there is a holding in excess of 10 per cent together with board representation . |
| 6 | A section of the bank employees ' trade union voted on Feb. in favour of strike action after claims for salary increases in excess of 10 per cent were countered by an offer from the banks of only 5 per cent , plus a one-off lump sum payment of DM300 ( nearly US$200 ) . |
| 7 | Lending to individual borrowers in excess of 10 per cent of a bank 's capital base has to be notified to the Bank ; all exposures in excess of 25 per cent require prior notification . |
| 8 | To assess this test , we measured carbamylated haemoglobin prospectively in 42 consecutive patients referred to the regional renal unit with a serum creatinine in excess of 500 mol/L and a provisional diagnosis of acute renal failure ( ARF ) . |
| 9 | To discover the value of measuring carbamylated haemoglobin in assessing rate of deterioration in renal function , we studied new patients with a serum creatinine in excess of 500 mol/L referred to our renal unit . |
| 10 | This method yields in excess of 5 µg of DNA from a typical minipreparation of plasmid pTZ18R and requires 10-15 minutes to perform . |
| 11 | Between the 1st day of July 1987 and the 15th day of October 1987 conspired together and with other persons fraudulently to induce persons to enter into agreements for acquiring or subscribing for securities , namely shares in Blue Arrow plc , by making statements which they knew to be misleading , false or deceptive or by dishonestly concealing material facts or by recklessly making statements which were misleading , false or deceptive namely : 1.1 By failing to notify the Company Announcements Office of the Quotations Department of the International Stock Exchange by way of a Class 2 announcement ( as provided for by Section 6 of the Council of the Stock Exchange 's admission of securities to listing ) following the purchase of shares in Manpower Incorporated for a consideration in excess of 5 per cent of the consolidated net assets of Blue Arrow ; 1.2 By concealing the fact that the level of Acceptances of provisionally allotted new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow was 38.04 per cent at the expiry of the offer by way of rights issue at 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.3 By concealing the fact that 54,625,000 new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow were taken up after 3pm on September 28 , 1987 ; 1.4 By falsely stating that , in connection with the rights issue of 504.4 million new ordinary shares in Blue Arrow , acceptances had been received in respect of 246.5 million shares which represented 48.9 per cent of the rights issue . |
| 12 | Your biggest priority if you suffer overtime levels in excess of 5 per cent is to improve manpower scheduling practices to achieve a 5 per cent maximum . |
| 13 | Most industries commit in excess of 5 per cent of their total capital expenditure , with some industries committing far more , such as the paper industry ( 43 per cent ) , non-ferrous metals ( 23 per cent ) , iron and steel ( 14 per cent ) and chemicals ( 12 per cent ) ( Starkie , 1976 ) . |
| 14 | The company described the 100MHz part at the recent Hot Chips conference as registering in excess of 70 SPECint92 and 130 SPECfp92 , the highest yet claimed . |
| 15 | Firstly , in the government 's calculations , it had allowed only an increase of 4 per cent in the spending of local authorities over the expenditure under the last year of the rating system , whereas inflation turned out to be in excess of 7 per cent . |
| 16 | In sharp contrast , the returns for 1992 showed an excess of 42 per cent of companies were spending more rather than less on R&D — 9 per cent higher than had been anticipated on the basis of previous declaration by companies for their planned expenditure for the year . |
| 17 | Both stations routinely appear at the top of the performance league , with load factors well in excess of 80 per cent . |
| 18 | However , because benefit is withdrawn as income rises , means-tested benefits often confront claimants with a marginal tax rate in excess of 80 per cent on any additional income . |
| 19 | The fullest development of karst scenery is attained where the limestone is relatively pure ( in excess of 80 per cent ) , very thick , mechanically strong and massively jointed ( so that water flow is concentrated along joints rather than passing through the mass of the rock ) . |
| 20 | The total population estimates for Districts in 1981 , based on updates from the 1971 Census , were generally accurate to within two per cent , but the error was in excess of five per cent in some cases ( Thatcher , 1985 ) . |
| 21 | Several major Latin American countries have had debt service ratios in excess of 100 per cent which resulted in debt servicing problems . |
| 22 | In its extreme form , the poverty trap resulted in a situation where a £1 increase in income from work resulted in a reduction in net income , that is the worker was faced with a marginal tax rate in excess of 100 per cent ( for the first use of the term , see Frank Field and David Piachaud , New Statesman , 3 December 1971 ) . |
| 23 | While it is correct , therefore , for the Government to claim that poor families are not theoretically faced with marginal tax rates in excess of 100 per cent , it is clear that low-income families as a group face marginal tax rates of double , and sometimes treble , what the majority of the population pays . |
| 24 | The Financial Times of Feb. 28 commented that the move was likely to add to inflation , already running at an annual rate in excess of 100 per cent . |
| 25 | On the face of it the motives of Ford and Fiat appeared to be similar , but the key difference was that Ford 's share of the Italian car market was minimal , whereas Fiat 's was in excess of 55 per cent . |
| 26 | They cite observed speeds in excess of 60 km/h on access roads in support of this view . |
| 27 | We 're simply saying that if we 're going to build the vehicle over there with in excess of 60 per cent local content , you should n't charge us the 10 per cent duty . |
| 28 | For other groups the authors note that the overall marginal tax rate was at an historically high level in excess of 60 per cent . |
| 29 | Developed during the space race for use in solar energy panels , the best photovoltaic cells can now deliver energy conversion efficiencies in excess of 25 per cent . |
| 30 | There is no maximum ratio for LDCs but , probably , a ratio in excess of 25 per cent can be regarded as indicative of future debt servicing problems . |