Example sentences of "up to 10 [unc] [unc] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Oatley pointed out that because small producers were going out of business , up to 10 per cent of eggs consumed in Britain were being imported . |
| 2 | Often only after the transaction has been completed will the customer be made aware of the commission involved — sometimes up to 10 per cent of the amount being changed . |
| 3 | Mr Giles Phillips , catchment control officer for the Thames areas , said that voluntary restraint had saved up to 10 per cent of water supplies . |
| 4 | These bacteria are very common and live naturally in the back of the nose and throat of up to 10 per cent of the population . |
| 5 | The BBC reimburses tips up to 50p per man and Cadbury Schweppes pays gratuities up to 10 per cent of the removal charge . |
| 6 | Already shipping in Korea , the Sun clones could capture up to 10 per cent of the workstation market this year in areas where Sun has yet to cast its shadow , according to Logix managing director John Girdley . |
| 7 | As numbers of mortgage arrears and repossessions grow , especially in London and the Southeast , and with up to 10 per cent of mortgage borrowers said to be in minor arrears or postponed repayments , building societies and other lenders are being particularly careful to offer their borrowers help in paying . |
| 8 | Shares up to 10 per cent of the stock capital may be issued bearing interest at a predetermined rate and the holder of such share may exercise all shareholders ' rights , including the right to receive dividends . |
| 9 | On hydrolysis , chitin yields acetic acid and glucosamine and is a high molecular weight polymer consisting mainly of anhydro-N-acetylglucosamine residues joined by B-1 , 4-linkages , though up to 10 per cent of the residues may be deacylated . |
| 10 | fines of up to 10 per cent of UK turnover for firms found to be in breach of the prohibitions . |
| 11 | The lack of ‘ teeth ’ in UK restrictive trades practices policy is in stark contrast to both the US ( where executives of colluding companies have been gaoled for conspiracy , in addition to the levying of substantial fines on companies ) , and the EC ( where a firm can be fined up to 10 per cent of its worldwide turnover ) . |
| 12 | Fines of up to 10 per cent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed . |
| 13 | In March 1991 the Commission estimated that budgetary fraud cost up to 10 per cent of the EC 's total budget . |
| 14 | Reports said that the government had given assurances that there would be no retrenchment in the first year of privatization and that workers would be entitled to buy up to 10 per cent of the shareholding in their factories . |
| 15 | On Jan. 11 Italy unblocked up to 10 per cent of frozen Iraqi assets to pay for Italian exports . |
| 16 | China had been the largest single purchaser of US wheat for several years , buying up to 10 per cent of total US wheat production in some years . |
| 17 | Unlike the UK , where the Court on declaring an agreement " contrary to the public interest " then has little power to impose effective penalties against offending firms , the Commission has considerable powers of enforcement and can fine firms up to 10 per cent of their turnover for operating an anti- competitive practice . |
| 18 | Intervention was confined to abolishing the Health Services Board set up by Labour to regulate private sector growth , stopping the phasing out of pay beds and allowing consultants on full-time health service contracts to earn up to 10 per cent of their NHS salaries from private practice without any salary deduction . |
| 19 | The researchers have found nylon production to be responsible for up to 10 per cent of the increase in nitrous oxide . |
| 20 | The study concludes that up to 10 per cent of roads are giving way at the edges , requiring what is known as " haunch repairs " . |
| 21 | , Scientists at the Dutch Central Veterinary Institute claim to have isolated the cause of the Mystery Reproductive Syndrome ( MRS ) disease which has been sweeping pig herds across much of western Europe over the past few months , leading to the loss of up to 10 per cent of offspring in some herds . |
| 22 | The map , drawn up by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , highlights waters off up to 10 per cent of the British coast that could be designated as special areas for conservation under the directive , but so far discussion of the sites has been confined to marine scientists within the British statutory nature conservation bodies . |
| 23 | It can impose substantial fines ( of up to 10 per cent of turnover ) on parties who give effect to a merger either during the suspensory period or after the Commission has issued a decision prohibiting it ; and on parties who fail to divest businesses ( or take other action ) where the Commission has ordered them to do so . |