Example sentences of "[n mass] [prep] [noun] of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The sensitivity of 50% for samples of tuberculous tissue roughly concurs with the results from much larger studies on various clinical samples that give a sensitivity for the polymerase chain reaction of 37–80% and culture of 29–67% .
2 Profits for 1991 fell from £191m to £21m after £39m of exceptional provisions .
3 A ground party was immediately organised to manhandle the aircraft onto sheets of corrugated iron positioned on the tarmac .
4 We presented C.C. with displays of alternating red and green pseudorandom shapes ( Fig. 3 ) .
5 ( 2 ) Damage arising from a direct collision between vehicles insured by the parties to this Agreement and the Policy issued by one of those parties being a fleet insurance or part of a fleet insurance as defined hereunder a ) and not granting indemnity against such damage to the insured vehicle or b ) being subject to an excess of more than $100 in respect of such damage , that party shall pay a ) one half of the loss of the other party in respect of the damage to their Insured 's vehicle or b ) not more than half the excess save and except that if the amount recoverable is $50 or less this clause will be inoperative .
6 x from SunSoft and will sell for $630 in quantities of 100 kits a month .
7 John Page , Head of Support Services Division at the CAA , told GAMTA ’ ‘ A data analysis … shows clearly an imbalance in charges made compared with resources employed between those operating aircraft in excess of fifteen tonnes MTOW and those operating below this aircraft weight …
8 Although Jacques was gratified with the response of most of the LEAs he was aware that other LEAs such as Somerset , Dorset , Wiltshire and Staffordshire were contributing annual sums in the order of £200-£300 in support of liberal adult education to their WEA Districts .
9 This would increase group revenue before tax by £171m in respect of companies which are profitable and reduce it by £141m in respect of loss-making companies .
10 The report , written by Carrie Rimes , relies on water chemistry records , research data from records of microscopic algae known as diatoms , records of aquatic plant species , recorded changes in fish populations and other specific information .
11 They drew on studies of individual cases , questionnaire surveys , studies of the interactions of parents of people with schizophrenia in small group situations , data from tests of abnormal thought processes of parents , and of abnormalities of their communication and language .
12 As my right hon. Friend pointed out from the Dispatch Box yesterday , only £1 in £3 of agricultural support goes to farmers , which we do not think makes much sense .
13 The aim of the new centre , Arena Arctica , is to collect and process date from space brought down with balloons or specially equipped aircraft from altitudes of 35 kilometres .
14 By the end of 1994 , the group plans to have 62% of lines equipped to provide ISDN service , up from a projected 55% in June of last year , while this is expected to rise to nearly 68% by the end of 1995 .
15 A considerable amount of statistical data in support of this thesis has accrued for developing countries from results of the World Fertility Survey , but published statistics for the more developed countries remain sparse .
16 It may be possible to explain line fitting with transformed data in terms of fitting curves .
17 Table 6.1 shows excise duties in ECU per hectolitre of pure alcohol ( HLPA ) prior to the July 1992 ECOFIN agreement .
18 For electric machines one supplier offers this rough guide : look at the ratio of kilowatts ( kW ) power to litres of oil — you need roughly 1.5kW per litre of heated oil ( heated oil is above the element ) .
19 The banking reforms would end " pass through " coverage , which had allowed banks to raise large sums from institutional investors on a fully insured basis , and would eliminate brokered insured deposits , which had allowed brokers to deposit funds of up to $100,000 on behalf of wealthy clients in a variety of banks to be used for secured investment at no personal risk .
20 Predictably , mainframes , which accounted for 10% to 11% of total UK revenues , shrunk in 1992 , coming in 6% to 7% down on budget .
21 It was shown above ( cf. ( 45 ) ) that watch can only evoke a process of voluntarily laying hold of sense data by means of visual perception .
22 PV-Wave is designed to visually display statistical and complex data by means of multi-dimensional graphics and tables .
23 Taylor suggests that in more than 50% of cases of acute H pylori infection , hypochlorhydria lasts for several weeks .
24 Of course , this is easier said than done , but it is thought that up to 50% of births of this type could be prevented by better standards of care .
25 When we started the project in 1983 we began in Peterborough , a fairly average city you would think , whose population contains about 17% of people of non-English origin .
26 An army consisted , then , primarily of knights , with archers and other infantry as auxiliaries of growing importance ; and a king also needed to garrison a number of castles and towns if he were to control his subjects and keep his enemies at bay .
27 Gas demand has increased from 12% to 16% of total energy consumed over the same period but the major energy source remains coal at nearly 60% of demand in 1983 .
28 The same sum could be raised by a hypothecated tax of 0.5 pence per packet of 20 cigarettes .
29 To meet the demands of the fast growing notebook market , which Technology says now makes up 20% to 25% of total turnover , ICL has introduced its ErgoPro N3/25v sub-notebook .
30 As a guide to price , 7ft × 24in of clear film costs £14 .
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