Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [adv] [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where redemption did go into effect immediately , the peasantry soon found their allotments inadequate , and their land hunger was exacerbated by a massive population increase which averaged about 1.5 per cent per year in the second half of the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | The largest increase was in those to European Community ( EC ) countries , which made up 41.4 per cent of the total . |
| 3 | A government report of Sept. 27 found that millions of litres of radioactive water were seeping out of leaky tanks at Kozloduy , which provided around 40 per cent of Bulgaria 's electricity . |
| 4 | The rapid expansion was due to development of the country 's mineral resources , dominated by diamonds ( which contributed over 84 per cent of export earnings ) and the beef industry ( which accounts for most of agriculture 's 3 per cent contribution to GDP ) . |
| 5 | They called on the USA to agree to the transfer of new technologies , and to remove non-tariff barriers ( which affected almost 50 per cent of Latin American exports to the USA ) in order to encourage increased domestic and international investment in the region . |
| 6 | He has consistently denied that most British Muslims support Iran 's fatwa ( religious edict ) — a belief borne out by a BBC2 survey for the Public Eye programme which showed only 28 per cent of British Muslims in favour . |
| 7 | Non-collection is not confined to Strathclyde and Glasgow but applies also to the shires , which collected only 82 per cent . |
| 8 | and inner London , which collected only 66 per cent . |
| 9 | The ban , whose violation entailed the death penalty , had been introduced in October to curb the slide of the dinar , which lost nearly 34 per cent of its value following the seizure of Iraqi oil assets [ see p. 39163 ] . |
| 10 | The cost of living , which fell almost 1 per cent in January , rose by 0.7 per cent in February and the annual rate of inflation edged up from 1.7 per cent in January to 1.8 per cent in the year to February . |
| 11 | That sting in the tail of the 1992 Budget , which brought in 100 per cent relief from the tax for agricultural purposes , was unveiled at a weekend conference on inheritance and succession run by the Royal Agricultural Society of England and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors . |
| 12 | Nick Collier , of the broker , Morgan Stanley , said operating profits — which edged ahead 2 per cent to £1.53 billion — and the bad-debt provision — down £182 million to £736 million — were better than expected . |
| 13 | The largest of the lower castes was the Vahumpura , which numbered perhaps six per cent of the Sinhalese population . |
| 14 | Investment commitments had mainly been in the electronics industries , which accounted for almost 49 per cent of the total , and in chemicals , which had almost 29 per cent . |
| 15 | The reports , whilst vindicating certain activities , stated that solicitors were overpaid for conveyancing , which yielded over 50 per cent of their income . |