Example sentences of "by 50 [no cls] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fourteen additional units were authorised in May 1986 , by which time traffic on the Midland electrified lines had increased by 50 per cent since electrification . |
| 2 | THE FUTURE of the Channel tunnel was in doubt last night after confirmation that costs have escalated by 50 per cent to at least £7bn and a warning that its bankers may not provide fresh loans unless the financial crisis surrounding the project is resolved by Christmas . |
| 3 | BUOYANT demand for homes last year helped John Maunders Group , the Manchester-based housebuilder to boost taxable profits by 50 per cent to £7.14m in the 12 months ended 30 June . |
| 4 | ‘ It will increase our handling capacity by 50 per cent . |
| 5 | Figures published on Thursday show lending to property companies grew by 50 per cent in the year to August to £30bn . |
| 6 | The Conservative lead increased by 50 per cent amongst politically uncommitted Sun/Star readers but not at all amongst politically uncommitted Mirror readers . |
| 7 | Cocaine seizures by Customs have risen by 50 per cent this year , the Home Office minister , Mr David Mellor , told the Commons during a debate on the misuse of drugs . |
| 8 | COCAINE seizures by Customs have gone up by 50 per cent this year , Home Office minister Mr David Mellor told the Commons yesterday during a debate on the misuse of drugs . |
| 9 | The new head , Lieutenant-General Wolfgang Schwanitz , has rushed to polish its tarnished image by opening its doors to citizens demanding entry and cutting staff by 50 per cent . |
| 10 | Carbon dioxide will be the supreme test of commitment and anti-pollution technology , but , as has been noted before , it is so omnipresent , its natural cycle so great and its sources and sinks so difficult to determine accurately ( one assessment in early 1990 downgraded the amount mopped up by the oceans by 50 per cent but came to no firm conclusion about where the unaccounted for remainder went ) , so closely linked with economic growth and its man-made sources so hard and expensive to restrain that it is difficult to imagine a protocol which will be globally effective . |
| 11 | Betsy 's neighbours , the wives , probably enjoyed lives centred on the rearing of so many extra children ( the child population under fourteen increased by 50 per cent ) . |
| 12 | In fact , following cuts in the Seventies , NHS resources have grown by 50 per cent , even allowing for inflation . |
| 13 | Dr Helen ApSimon of Imperial College estimates that British ammonia emissions have increased by 50 per cent since 1950 , mainly owing to more intensive livestock production and use of agricultural fertilisers . |
| 14 | Traffic has grown by 50 per cent in a decade in which it has operated without a subsidy . |
| 15 | It is likely that HRT for post-menopausal women would reduce hip fractures by 50 per cent . |
| 16 | A positive correlation was found between glycosylated haemoglobin concentration and the prostacyclin concentration necessary to inhibit ADP-induced platelet aggregation by 50 per cent . |
| 17 | We have cut airborne lead by 50 per cent . |
| 18 | Under EC Regulation 595/91 , carbon tetrachloride production and consumption ( including imports and exports ) has been reduced by 50 per cent this year , will be cut by 85 per cent from 1995 , and phased out completely by the end of 1997 , with exemptions until the end of 1999 for essential uses . |
| 19 | Even if chlorine emissions are cut by 50 per cent , scientists have calculated that , by 2050 , levels will double . |
| 20 | In the foam plastics industry , a number of manufacturers aim to reduce the amount of CFC used in foam blowing by 50 per cent by the end of 1990 . |
| 21 | Taunton Cider 's satisfaction with the resulting brand awareness was reflected in its recent decision to increase it spend by 50 per cent ( MW April 10 ) . |
| 22 | This permitted parallel parking on one side of the road , in addition to the pre-existing right-angle parking on the other , thereby raising parking provision by 50 per cent ( Figure 6.49 ) . |
| 23 | Some dinosaurs that evolved during the Permian/Triassic reduced their body mass by around 35 per cent or more , and may have had their dimensions reduced by 50 per cent . |
| 24 | When they lose , takings are down by 50 per cent . |
| 25 | It 's a product built for safety , even though S&P confidently predicts that share prices will soar by 50 per cent in the next three years . |
| 26 | It took only two years of renewed civilian government to see this death toll increase by 50 per cent . |
| 27 | THE number of hard-up homebuyers asking housing charity Shelter for help soared by 50 per cent last year . |
| 28 | Figures by the water industry watchdog OFWAT show disconnections in the region have fallen by 50 per cent . |
| 29 | might have also mentioned that the number of scholarships and the funds available for them have been increased by 50 per cent and 500 per cent respectively . |
| 30 | Yet what distinguishes the structure of Japanese industry is not only the high death rate of companies but the fact that even in the severe recession of the mid-1970s , the birth rate of new small firms exceeded the number of bankruptcies by 50 per cent . |