Example sentences of "on a [adj] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to a question in Parliament in 1984 , figures based on a 10 per cent sample were given of the comparative success rates of different types of representation . |
| 2 | Selling Old Trafford to a first-time buyer on a 100 per cent mortgage would be easier than selling Manchester for the 1996 Olympics . |
| 3 | Is it really any more rational to deny rather than affirm — am I , for example , sure that I mean by God what a religious person does , because if I do not then my dismissal of God 's existence rests on a logical non sequitur . |
| 4 | and if we divvied up the exam fee on a fifty per cent basis it would mean that B A I E were getting twenty quid for doing nothing but probably more twenty quids than they would get normally because students who would be attracted in through Napier would be paying their forty quid as well |
| 5 | He had just completed work on a new two-and-three-quarter-ounce trout-rod , and had asked his brother , John , to try it out . |
| 6 | Working for patients proposes that regions , and eventually districts , will be funded on a weighted per capita basis ( with an allowance to the Thames regions for higher prices in London ) . |
| 7 | Despite this concern , from the point of view of health care planning , the principle of funding authorities basically on a weighted per capita basis , with no allowance for cross-boundary flow , is to be welcomed . |
| 8 | ‘ Pretty things , ’ wrote Sawyer and Darton of illustrated books in general , ‘ pleasant to fondle , more ready to display to a bibliophile those tiny points of an exquisite technique over which it is legitimate to gloat … the spot of ink adjusted on a Corinthian 's cheek to a thousandth of an inch , or a black line so thin and firm that you can almost see the metal caressing it on to the honest untimbered white paper . ’ |
| 9 | 2 Foreign words may be assimilated into another language : for example , the French word ro∘le into English or the English word weekend into French : The leading ro∘le in the film is played by Richard Burton ; On a passé un très bon weekend ( a\ ) Cannes . |
| 10 | Escaping capture , he led the 1,500-strong " Prestes Column " on a two-year 25,000-km march through Brazil 's interior , fighting off or eluding attacks by government forces and the private armies of landlords , while seeking in vain to enlist peasant support . |
| 11 | Animal health profits rose 5 per cent on a 4 per cent higher turnover , and consumer brands ' profits were up 1 per cent , on a 12 per cent higher turnover . |
| 12 | The 59-year-old , who has been on a hectic 10,000-mile round trip to Buenos Aires , said : ‘ I 've only just woken up and my only plans now are to go to bed . ’ |
| 13 | Is the Minister suggesting that , because a claim is made on a printed pro forma , it is less valid than other claims ? |
| 14 | Bull had worked in the past on a joint US/Canadian High Altitude Research Project ( HARP ) , which had examined the possibility of firing missiles and rockets into space using a giant gun . |
| 15 | Features of the new Constitution included the expansion of the National Assembly from 99 to 108 members , to be equally divided between Christians and Moslems ( thereby abolishing the existing system based on a 6:5 Christian:Moslem ratio ) . |
| 16 | Of the 99 deputies elected in 1972 , only 67 remained in the current Assembly , which was based on a 6:5 Christian:Moslem ratio ( although Christians were in a minority within the population as a whole ) . |
| 17 | Let the surface dry , then apply another coat of white stain mixed with matt polyurethane on a five per cent stain/ninety-five per cent polyurethane ratio . |
| 18 | However , Grundy ( 1986 ) , using data from the OPCS Longitudinal Study which is based on a 1 per cent sample of the 1971 Census linked to records from the 1981 Census , reports a similar pattern . |
| 19 | So we have two phenomena here , one of which is gating , the opening and closing in a simple on a simple er in simple response to a stimulus , but also we have a phenomenon of inactivation , in which the channel is left in a state where it 's unable to respond . |
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| 21 | The government and its supporters eventually accepted this but then insisted on a 75 per cent majority applying to regional issues , including the country 's future status as a unitary or a federal state . |
| 22 | The crews want an increase on a 6.5 per cent pay offer . |
| 23 | The crews want an increase on a 6.5 per cent pay offer . |
| 24 | The crews want an increase on a 6.5 per cent pay offer . |
| 25 | On a 56 per cent turnout , they gave Soglo 36.16 per cent of the votes , Kerekou 27.33 per cent , and their closest contender , Albert Tevoedjre , 14.24 per cent , provoking a second-round runoff between Kerekou and Soglo on March 24 . |
| 26 | Banking stoppages begun in February resulted in agreement on April 4 on a 5.4 per cent pay increase , backdated to Feb. 1 and applicable for 13 months , plus a one-off payment of DM |
| 27 | The shares were six times subscribed and opened at 193p , staying there for a second or two before going decisively through 200p ; at the year end they stood at 218p , a rise of 70% on the issue price , and were valued on a historic price/earnings multiple of 30.8 ( and yield of 1.4% ) . |
| 28 | Coopers & Lybrand took issue with the official Red Book projections of growth rising to annualised 2 per cent rate in the second half of this year , climbing to 3½ per cent from 1993–94 to 1996–97 , and based its forecasts instead on a 2½ per cent growth rate . |
| 29 | Thomas and Sally meet on a drenched A1 as he is trying to hitch northwards . |
| 30 | 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 . |