Example sentences of "more [conj] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists . |
| 2 | In Wester Ross only 29% of income came from the farm and in North Yorkshire only two of the nineteen farms provided more than 50% of the total taxable income . |
| 3 | In the shire districts , the spectacular advances which enabled Labour to claim more than 50% of the vote in many authorities lend a further twist to the puzzle of why the party has not been able to match consistently good local results in these areas with comparable general election support . |
| 4 | Oil accounts for more than 50% of the gross domestic product and more than 90% of export revenue . |
| 5 | If you use an agency to help with the production of your report and accounts , does its fee amount to more than 50% of the cost of printing and postage ? |
| 6 | In the current economic climate banks will not normally lend more than 50% of the value of invoices and may sometimes only be prepared to lend 20% to 30% . |
| 7 | These voters often determine the outcome of statewide elections , and Texas politicos predict that they will do the same this time ; if not in the primary ( where the winner must get more than 50% of the vote , which is unlikely ) , then in the run-off in June . |
| 8 | There can be no transfer of any surplus , for as soon as one candidate has more than 50% of the votes he is declared elected . |
| 9 | Evans ( 1989 ) 61 proposes that co-authorship should be restricted to those who have made more than 50% of the contribution to the Ideas , Experimental , or Publication phases of research . |
| 10 | Evans ( 1989 ) proposes that co-authorship should be restricted to those who have made more than 50% of the contribution to the Ideas , Experimental , or Publication phases of research . |
| 11 | This is almost always a parent-subsidiary relationship where one company ( the parent ) owns more than 50% of the outstanding voting shares of another company ( the subsidiary ) . |
| 12 | Credit for not more than 50% of the Certificate or Diploma programmes , excluding the case study and project can be achieved by accreditation of prior learning . |
| 13 | Indeed , at no election since 1935 has a party obtained more than 50% of the votes cast , yet at only one election since that time has a government been returned without a majority of seats . |
| 14 | " Fifty-one per cent subsidiary " is defined in s838(1) TA 1988 as a company more than 50% of the ordinary share capital of which is owned directly or indirectly by another company , so it is possible for Newco to be a 51% subsidiary of one of the institutional investors while also remaining a close company under the control of management within the meaning of s416(2) ( a ) , since the two tests are different . |
| 15 | It is also helpful if it can be shown there have been arm 's length negotiations between management and the institutions and that the price benefit to management ( ie the fact that management acquire control of Newco but pay no more per share than the institutions and/or pay less than 50% of the price for more than 50% of the equity ) derives from those negotiations , rather than from management 's employment by Target . |
| 16 | Previously the disposal had to be by an individual entitled to at least 25% of the voting rights , or at least 5% of the voting rights together with more than 50% of the voting rights being exercisable by the individual 's family collectively . |
| 17 | Despite fall in first quarter profits ( see page five ) , Advanced Micro Devices Inc says it is hopeful that it will have record earnings for the third consecutive year : sales of Flash memories increased by more than 50% over the December quarter , while unit shipments of Am386 microprocessors was another record . |
| 18 | What should have been produced by 4 million workers needed 6.7 million to be manufactured , i.e. per capita productivity was more than 50% below the planned level . |
| 19 | Egypt announced that its earnings from tourism fell by more than 50% in the first four months of the year , following a terrorism campaign by Islamic fundamentalists . |
| 20 | At that meeting he will be able to announce to clubs that ITV has agreed to pay more than £7m over the next four years , an extension of a contract in which it paid £10.5m over five years . |
| 21 | The thresholds for small companies are increased to not more than £2.8m for turnover and not more than £1.4m for the balance sheet total , although the number of employees remains the same at an average of 50 . |
| 22 | A development bank is to be set up , Poland will get more than $500,000,000 from the EC , and Hungary too is getting assistance . |
| 23 | From the previous experiment , given a text in which half of the correct words are absent , it is still possible for the syntax analyser to select the correct word ( if present ) in more than 82% of the cases . |
| 24 | Hence more than 97% of the tokens and approximately 91% of the types in the test corpus are covered by the lexicon . |
| 25 | Among the EC 's 166 regions there are only 17 where agriculture provides more than 10% of the regional product , and none where it generates more than 30% of the gross value added . |
| 26 | Quality contemporary fiction will also be considered , but it is envisaged that no more than 30% of the available funding will be allocated in this category . |
| 27 | The alternative regime in ss219 to 229 applies if : ( a ) Target is an unquoted trading company or the holding company of a trading group ( an unquoted company will include one whose shares are traded on the Unlisted Securities Market ) ; ( b ) the purchase of own shares is wholly or mainly for the benefit of Target 's trade or any of its 75% subsidiaries ; ( c ) the purchase does not form part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose of which is to avoid tax or enable shareholders to participate in the company 's profits without being taxed on dividends ( there is a clearance procedure under s225 ) ; ( d ) the vendor shareholders are resident and ordinarily resident in the UK in the tax year in which the buy-in occurs ; any nominee shareholder must also be so resident , so if the distribution treatment is desirable it can be achieved by interposing non-UK-resident nominees ; ( e ) the shareholder has held his shares for at least five years ; ( f ) the shareholder 's shareholding immediately after the buy-in has been substantially reduced ( ie , by 25% or more , and his entitlement to profits must be similarly reduced ) ; for these purposes the shareholder must include the shareholdings of his " associates " as determined in accordance with s227 ; ( g ) the shareholder must not be connected with the company following the buy-in , and for these purposes he will be connected if he is entitled to acquire more than 30% of the share capital or voting rights in the company or assets on a winding up . |
| 28 | The US Air Force was reportedly paid more than $1,000,000 for the use of the facilities and tracking stations . |
| 29 | Tobacco accounts for ‘ little more than 1% of the $50bn ( £28.9bn. ) spent on advertising in the EC in 1990 ’ ( Financial Times , 20.5.91 ) and advertising industry forecasts are for a strong rise in total advertising expenditure throughout the EC , so that the removal of tobacco advertising can be absorbed easily . |
| 30 | Virgin had shown a profit of more than £11m in the last year . |