Example sentences of "of [adv] 50 [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | CCGTs are more energy efficient than existing gas-fired stations , but still have an efficiency rating of only 50 per cent . |
| 2 | With 500 share sorters working round the clock , however , small investors could see their allocation rise to a ceiling of nearly 50 per cent if the issue is 2.25 times oversubscribed . |
| 3 | With 500 share sorters working round the clock , however , small investors could see their allocation rise to a ceiling of nearly 50 per cent if the issue is 2.25 times oversubscribed . |
| 4 | Interviews and observations carried out during a long-term follow-up study in fifty classrooms revealed that the classroom practice of nearly 50 per cent of the respondents had not changed in any perceptible way as a result of their attendance at such courses . |
| 5 | The decline in world interest rates , the slight improvement in commodity prices and the relative weakness of the dollar ( the unit in which nearly all debts were denominated ) meant that the total burden of interest and capital payments now represented about 26 per cent of total export revenues for the 20 most severely indebted middle-income countries which between them accounted for 44 per cent of world debt ; this compared with a debt service ratio of nearly 50 per cent in 1983 . |
| 6 | This showed some recovery until 19 6 7 or 1968 , followed by a further and very sharp decline , in particular of about 50 per cent . |
| 7 | For comparison with non-nuclear plant , comparable coal-fired power stations operating in Ontario in 1981 had capacity factors of about 50 per cent and produced electricity costing some 60 per cent more than the nuclear generated electricity . |
| 8 | The Department of Trade caught 31 bosses red-handed — a rise of about 50 per cent . |
| 9 | For example , Japan recorded decreases in overall stroke mortality for both men and women of about 50 per cent between 1972 and 1982 ; in England and Wales the decrease was about 35 per cent over the same period ( Smith and Jacobson 1988 ) . |
| 10 | The effects of this regime on subsequent recovery sleep are similar to the effects of REM sleep deprivation , in that a rebound of about 50 per cent occurs on recovery nights . |
| 11 | In fact , to intercept transmission by most of the malaria vectors , requires a consistent , overall , daily mosquito mortality of around 50 per cent . |
| 12 | Lead miners in the northern Pennines were earning 10s ( 50p ) a week by 1797 and 11s 6d ( 57½p ) by 1815 , whereas before the war they had been earning 7s 6d ( 37½p ) ; a money-wage increase of around 50 per cent over the war years seems indicated , implying a real-wage fall of about 10 per cent . |
| 13 | Most species have registered declines of around 50 per cent . |
| 14 | Andrew Hugh Smith , ISE chairman , said : ‘ Turnover in UK equities has seen an increase of almost 50 per cent over the past year , alleviating some of the problems caused by the very low volumes after the market crash . |
| 15 | The county asked to borrow almost £46m for capital projects but had only been allowed to spend £11.64m on school buildings — a cut back of almost 50 per cent on last year 's spending . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , does the Minister agree that the number of defence jobs in the north-west has gone down from 23,000 in 1985-86 to only 12,000 in 1989-90 , a cut of almost 50 per cent . |
| 17 | Allowing for those to be transferred to the higher and further education funding councils , that is equivalent to a cut of almost 50 per cent . |
| 18 | In November 1990 , cuts of almost 50 per cent to the Polish army were announced , after which conscripts would serve for 12 months ( cut from 18 months ) , with some serving in the police force . |
| 19 | The major manufacture of the area , pottery , exhibits a wide variety of skills with corresponding wage levels , but skilled male potters seem to have enjoyed an unusually rapid wage increase from the late 1760s to the early 1790s , bringing a real-wage improvement of almost 50 per cent . |
| 20 | It must be a cause for concern to those of us in the public sector that in the period 1979–90 the percentage of children receiving private education increased from 5 per cent to 7.8 per cent a growth of over 50 per cent . |
| 21 | The Metropolitan Police are expected to cost £1,082.391 million in 1989/90 — an increase of over 50 per cent in real terms since 1977/8 . |
| 22 | Since the average rate of interest paid on the deposits was about 9 per cent ( Mates 1986 ) , the banks would have needed to charge an average interest rate on their counterpart dinar loans of over 50 per cent in order to cover themselves . |
| 23 | The estate , with 2000 houses , has an unemployment rate of over 50 per cent . |
| 24 | By midsummer 1992 , according to a poll carried out for the newspaper The European , only in three of the twelve countries was there support for the Maastricht Treaty of over 50 per cent . |
| 25 | This represents an improvement of over 50 per cent on unit costs since 1989 . |
| 26 | The economy was undergoing its worst recession since 1945 and had been hit in particular by a fall of over 50 per cent in trade with the Soviet Union in the first three months of 1991 , and by a low dollar and over-valued Finnish markka , which seriously affected the forest industry . |
| 27 | No borough showed a drop of over 50 per cent in the numbers paying and only four over 45 per cent , whereas two counties showed one of over 60 per cent , four more of between 50 and 60 per cent and one more of over 45 per cent . |