Example sentences of "[conj] 10 [unc] [unc] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year , government-held countryside produced only 150,000 tonnes of wheat , or 10 per cent of Afghanistan 's total consumption , due to a bad harvest and the war . |
| 2 | ‘ It is as much as the Soviet Union has been spending on vodka , as much as US companies have been spending on advertising cigarettes , or 10 per cent of the EC 's annual subsidy to its farmers . ’ |
| 3 | The government has been spending beyond its means , with a budget deficit last year of 120 billion roubles ( £120 billion at the official rate ) , or 10 per cent of GNP . |
| 4 | In one example he states that a 1 : 25 000 scale soil map measuring 400 by 600 mm may have as much as 24 000 mm of drawn lines , covering 24 000 mm² ; or 10 per cent of the total map area . |
| 5 | In addition , when a sample is analysed by different techniques the results sometimes show substantial variations , while no technique is more precise than about 5 or 10 per cent of the measurement indicated . |
| 6 | Fines of up to 1,000,000 ecu ( £650,000 ) or 10 per cent of an undertaking 's turnover , whichever is the greater ( for these purposes , however , where an undertaking is part of a group , ‘ turnover ’ relates to the group 's turnover ) . |
| 7 | The package , originally proposed on Oct. 26 , included a reduction in government spending of 15,000 million kronor ( US$2,650 million ) over three years and a reduction of 18,000 civil service jobs , or 10 per cent of the total , over the same period . |
| 8 | Eventually about 600,000 acres , or 10 per cent of present farmland , will be purchased by the government for the scheme . |
| 9 | The transaction must involve the acquisition of non-cash assets ( as defined in CA 1985 , s739(1) ) of more than £100,000 or 10 per cent of the company 's net asset value as determined by the audited accounts for the preceding financial year . |
| 10 | ( 8 ) If shares in the target are proposed to be sold to the bidder by a director ( including a shadow director ) of the bidder , or of its parent company , or by a person connected with that director ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) and the value of the shares is not less than £2,000 but ( subject to that ) exceeds £100,000 or 10 per cent of the bidder 's asset value , then the arrangement must not be entered into unless it is first approved by an ordinary resolution of the bidder or , as the case may be , its parent company in general meeting ( CA 1985 , s320 ) . |
| 11 | C&P are currently calculating that their cost of non-conformance could be as high as £400m or 10 per cent of turnover — a sum which could , in theory , be added to profitability if the various defective jobs were only done right , first time . |
| 12 | ‘ We try to keep our own plants running flat out , at maximum efficiency , and make up changing needs by buying in the varying five or 10 per cent above that from other manufacturers . |
| 13 | So while it may not seem obvious that two magmas , differing only by 5 or 10 per cent in silica content , should behave quite differently on eruption , this chain of cause and effect operates to produce very substantial differences indeed . |
| 14 | Then a list of possible new schemes dear to committee members ' hearts is added and a list of possible economies and cuts , 1 per cent , 5 per cent or 10 per cent in total . |
| 15 | The constitutional tribunal had ruled on July 1 that such a change was necessary and could be approved by a three-fifths majority in both houses of parliament , although 10 per cent of deputies or senators could demand a referendum within two weeks of the amendment 's approval . |
| 16 | You should never increase a long run , tempo run , speed session or total weekly mileage by more than 10 per cent over the previous week . |
| 17 | Licensed private traders would be allowed to make a profit of no more than 10 per cent on unprocessed goods bought from state or co-operative enterprises , or 20 per cent if their merchandise had been repackaged or stored . |
| 18 | Tass on Oct. 4 announced that military intelligence operations were being cut by more than 10 per cent with surplus resources reportedly being transferred to the KGB 's new Directorate for the Defence of the Soviet Constitutional System . |
| 19 | Many were also planning to change their contracts : 62 per cent were planning to cease a contract that existed the previous year ; 71 per cent to contract with a new provider ; 50 per cent to reduce volume more than 10 per cent with an existing provider and 78 per cent to contract for a greater volume of care per pound spent . |
| 20 | By 1939 there were two million private cars and taxation was no more than 10 per cent for a man on £500 a year . |
| 21 | Normally , we do n't pay less than 10 per cent to an artist . |
| 22 | In elections in the south-eastern province of Styria ( Steiermark ) on Sept. 22 , the far-right opposition Freedom Party of Austria ( Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs — FPÖ — whose leader , Jörg Haider , had in June been compelled to step down as governor of Carinthia — see p. 38298 ) made significant gains , increasing its support by more than 10 per cent to 14.6 per cent , compared with the last elections in 1986 [ see p. 34695 ] . |
| 23 | The loss of ozone during the Arctic winter is shown to be up to 35 per cent rather than 10 per cent to 25 per cent as indicated by previous analysis of the data . |
| 24 | Twenty years ago lager accounted for less than 10 per cent of total beer sales . |
| 25 | The movement cost less than 10 per cent of the price quoted by the British firm and this included all import duties and delivery charges , and VAT . |
| 26 | Oyston is also chairman and owner of Blackpool Football Club , and is seeking the permission of the League to waive their rule that no one may hold more than 10 per cent of a club if he has a financial interest in another . |
| 27 | A League statement later spelt out that ‘ League Regulation 86 quite unequivocally prohibits an individual , a member of his family or any other associate including a nominee from holding more than 10 per cent of the shares in more than one League club ’ . |
| 28 | The number of policewomen in each section varies , although there is always a minimum of one , which is low because women constitute less than 10 per cent of the regular force ( Brewer et al . |
| 29 | Research shows that less than 10 per cent of listeners to Radio 1 are regular record buyers , so it would be unrepresentative of our audience 's taste to be ruled by the movements of the singles ' chart . |
| 30 | In the early 1950s no more than 10 per cent of households had a television . |