Example sentences of "[adv prt] to 30 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | MR MICHAEL Howard , the Water Minister , yesterday effectively admitted that water shares have been underpriced as he formally closed the deadline for application amid City predictions that the issue will open at a premium of up to 30 per cent . |
| 2 | Prospects for the highest-rated shares to open at a premium of up to 30 per cent continued to look good as the stock market held steady yesterday . |
| 3 | Prospects for the highest-rated shares to open at a premium of up to 30 per cent continued to look good as the stock market held steady yesterday . |
| 4 | THE price of water shares is expected to leap by up to 30 per cent when dealings start at 9.00am on Tuesday . |
| 5 | Rhizobia , the nitrogen-fixing symbionts of leguminous plants , usually have a few , some of them huge ( up to 30 per cent of the size of the chromosome ) . |
| 6 | But a French report on the ‘ economic impact or the absence of standard in informatics ’ estimated that savings of up to 30 per cent could be made by standardising . |
| 7 | Electronic ballasts can save up to 30 per cent of the energy consumed by a conventional coil-core wire-wound ballast . |
| 8 | That brings the officially acknowledged contribution of petrol-lead to blood-lead up to 30 per cent in adults and nearly 25 per cent in children and boosts the case against lead in petrol . |
| 9 | For instance , many of the small arboreal folivores ( leaf eaters ) are able to eat diets of eucalyptus that contain up to 30 per cent of phenolic compounds ( enough to kill any domesticated herbivore ) and the description of their nutritional physiology is quite fascinating . |
| 10 | Cowie Interleasing runs a programme called CID which it believes cuts servicing costs by up to 30 per cent . |
| 11 | After two years it was found that the fish eaters had up to 30 per cent less chance of dying from a second heart attack than those who had been told nothing about fish . |
| 12 | Up to 30 per cent off . |
| 13 | Reductions of up to 30 per cent in the first week . |
| 14 | In most cases you have up to 56 days interest-free credit but if you miss the deadline , you 'll have to pay high interest rates of up to 30 per cent . |
| 15 | Bosses of the biggest hyperstores closest to the Continental ferry ports confidently anticipate that sales of goods popular with Britons will soar by up to 30 per cent next year . |
| 16 | And credit card customers are paying huge fees of up to 30 per cent a year . |
| 17 | The pattern may suggest that cemeteries and boundaries may coincide in up to 30 per cent of cases , but the 70 per cent away from them is perhaps the more relevant figure ; in reality , pagan Anglo-Saxon cemeteries are not significantly biased towards the boundaries and their location there may be the result of chance . |
| 18 | This may help to explain why in models of the historical determinants of trade union growth which concentrate solely upon economic variables up to 30 per cent of membership growth typically remains unexplained . |
| 19 | For personal pensions , individuals over the age of 50 can contribute up to 30 per cent , rising ( depending on their age ) to a maximum of 40 per cent . |
| 20 | With up to 30 per cent of prisoners coming from minority backgrounds ( mostly black and Asian , but with Polish , Irish and other groups also represented ) this is one way of allowing for — and even valuing — cultural diversity and may be one reason why racial tensions do not seem to be as evident as one might expect . |
| 21 | A final adjustment procedure , involving four indicators , could alter the total amount by up to 30 per cent . |
| 22 | You can save up to 30 per cent of your heating costs by fitting a time-clock and a thermostat to your boiler . |
| 23 | The present reforms would retain the system of co-operatives , but allow farmers to take possession of livestock from the collective and state farms and to retain up to 30 per cent of their produce for private consumption or sale . |
| 24 | Observers noted after the announcement on Dec. 5 that fare reductions of up to 30 per cent appeared likely to result , because the Transport Ministers ' decision would effectively outlaw many existing route-sharing deals . |
| 25 | The USA contributed approximately 25 per cent of the WHO regular budget and up to 30 per cent of some special programmes . |
| 26 | An government austerity programme which went into effect on June 1 raised rates for public utilities by up to 30 per cent and planned for a further devaluation of the colón and a C6,000 million reduction in public spending ( as at June 18 the official exchange rate was US$1.00=C88.8 ) . |
| 27 | Saudi Oil Minister Hisham Nazer asserted that his country was actually intending to increase its production capacity by up to 30 per cent in the coming years , from the current 8,400,000 bpd to around 12,000,000 bpd ( compared with its agreed quota of 5,400,000 bpd before the outbreak of the Gulf war ) . |
| 28 | Although some reports suggested that the need for a smaller force had been dictated by plans to reduce NATO forces by up to 30 per cent by the mid-1990s , a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting said that defence spending in real terms " should not be expected to reduce substantially in the near term " . |
| 29 | Resolution 705 , adopted unanimously , directed Iraq to start a war reparations fund paid for by up to 30 per cent of future oil revenues [ see pp. 38165 ; 38211 ; 38308 ] . |
| 30 | A month-long strike for better pay and conditions by approximately 40,000 workers at the KGHM Polska Miedz Copper Combine in Legnica ended on Aug. 20 when strikers voted to suspend their action , having apparently failed to obtain pay increases of up to 30 per cent . |