Example sentences of "[art] 90 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of low-sulphur coal reduces sulphur output by only about 50 per cent , compared with the 90 per cent removal that can be achieved with FGD . |
| 2 | Now , in Argentina , Chile and Uruguay , they have topped the 90 per cent mark , with 94.2 per cent ( 1982 ) , 95.6 per cent and 96.3 per cent ( 1983 ) respectively . |
| 3 | The share of personal assets owned by the 90 per cent below the richest 10 per cent has dramatically increased from 8 per cent in 1911 to 17 per cent in 1960 , and on to 46 per cent in 1983 . |
| 4 | This is less than the 90 per cent level of acceptances required for a compulsory sale of minority interests under CA 1985 , s429 following a takeover offer . |
| 5 | However , if untraceable shareholders ( plus dissenting shareholders ) exceed that percentage and the procedures can not be implemented by the offeror as a result , the offeror will have to make an application to court under s430C ( 5 ) for an order for leave to give notices under s429 , despite the fact the 90 per cent threshold has not been reached . |
| 6 | The offeror will need to show that he has been unable to trace the shareholders after reasonable enquiry , that the shares for which acceptances have been received when added to those held by untraceable shareholders amount to not less than the 90 per cent threshold , and that the consideration offered is fair and reasonable . |
| 7 | This is in contrast to the compulsory sale procedures under CA 1985 , s429 where , although market purchases made before the posting of the offer document can not count towards the 90 per cent threshold , purchases afterwards may be counted provided they do not exceed the offer price . |
| 8 | An alternative method of compelling minority shareholders to sell their shares in similar circumstances is to use a Court Scheme ( see para 2.4 above ) if that is appropriate ( where the 75 per cent threshold may be easier to achieve than the 90 per cent threshold required for a compulsory sale ) . |
| 9 | Spending on cash benefits for long-term sick and disabled people now totals £7.3bn , a 90 per cent increase in real terms since 1978-79 , Nicholas Scott , Minister for the Disabled , said . |
| 10 | The Energy Committee 's own calculation was that it would require a 90 per cent increase in gas consumption worldwide to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 per cent . |
| 11 | In Britain , a DoE group has now estimated that to return Britain 's soil and freshwaters to a pre-pollution state , a 90 per cent reduction in sulphur is required . |
| 12 | Leading scientists from the Acid Waters Review Group recommended that a 90 per cent cut in acidic deposition is necessary to bring the affected freshwater lakes and streams back to normal . |
| 13 | The UK British Aerosol Manufacturer 's Association has committed its member companies to a 90 per cent reduction in the use of CFCs by 1990 , together with a voluntary ‘ ozone friendly ’ labelling system . |
| 14 | The originators of this stress-rating scale estimate that people who score 150 points have a 50 per cent likelihood , and those who score 300 have a 90 per cent likelihood , of developing a stress-related illness . |
| 15 | The suggested Directive will also grant important compulsory acquisition rights to the dominant undertaking if it has acquired a 90 per cent holding , whether or not there is a control contract . |
| 16 | There was a 70 per cent increase in shop raids in London between 1925 and 1929 , for example , and a 90 per cent increase in bag-snatches over the same four-year period . |
| 17 | Using the example of a 90 per cent packed file with single-track buckets that can hold ten records : from Table 6.4 , 91.4 per cent of records are located on their home tracks . |
| 18 | The results show that a 90 per cent packed file of this type loaded in access frequency order into single record buckets will achieve a reduction from 34.06 down to 16.63 per cent references to synonyms . |
| 19 | The centre has had a 90 per cent occupancy rate in the past two years but this has suddenly dropped to 65 per cent , according to area manager Eddie Killoran . |
| 20 | The resulting radical pollution control programme outlined by Nixon , calling for a 90 per cent reduction in vehicle emissions by 1980 , not only led to him being credited ( albeit briefly ) as policy initiator of an environmental clean-up but also provided him with the chance to deal a blow to one of his most important opponents in the 1972 elections , Edmund Muskie . |
| 21 | What if I had a 90 per cent chance of surviving , but my child had a similar chance of being badly handicapped ? |
| 22 | On Oct. 15 the USA formally proposed , at a round of GATT talks in Geneva , a 75 per cent reduction ( based on 1986-88 figures ) in internal farm support , and a 90 per cent cut in export subsidies by the EC ( using 1987 as a base year ) . |
| 23 | It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback . |
| 24 | March 31 : in a referendum held in Georgia 99 per cent voted in favour of independence in a 90 per cent turnout , and on April 9 Georgia proclaimed its independence . |
| 25 | Despite the plant 's troubles , Fiat was reported on Aug. 22 to have confirmed its commitment to buy a 90 per cent stake in FSM , which manufactured the Fiat 500 model under licence . |
| 26 | Despite the plant 's troubles , Fiat was reported on Aug. 22 to have confirmed its commitment to buy a 90 per cent stake in FSM , which manufactured the Fiat 500 model under licence . |
| 27 | ( 2 ) Under CA 1985 , s131(1) merger relief ( see para 23.1.5 below ) will be available " … where the issuing company has secured at least a 90 per cent equity holding in another company in pursuance of an arrangement providing for the allotment of equity shares in the issuing company on terms that the consideration for the shares allotted is to be provided ( a ) by the issue or transfer to the issuing company of equity shares in the other company … |
| 28 | Burton announced a 90 per cent take-up for its £163 million rights issue , while Asda did even better , with 94 per cent of its £347 million issue taken up . |
| 29 | Compared to the last major overhaul three years ago , there was almost a 90 per cent drop in ethylene dichloride discharge and around 80 per cent in vinyl chloride . |