Example sentences of "[conj] 10 [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | Combined treatment with indomethacin and cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/ kg ) augmented cyclosporin A induced pancreatic toxicity with further impairment of insul release , amylase secretion , and pancreatic juice protein content , but did not result in more pronounced inhibition of pancreatic eicosanoid formation . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 ) . |
9 | For external use a moisture content of perhaps 20 per cent may be suitable , for an unheated building about 15 per cent , and for a steam-heated environment about 8 or 10 per cent . |
10 | And what would it be assuming your salary increases by , say , 5 or 10 per cent before you eventually retire ? |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Just over two-thirds of the total , or 10 per cent , worked with some identifiable voluntary organisation . |
13 | I have substantially increased the roads and transport programme by nearly £40 million or 10 per cent . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Eventually about 600,000 acres , or 10 per cent of present farmland , will be purchased by the government for the scheme . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ( 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 ) . |
18 | A multi-party conference , which the government and the ANC want convened next month , will determine whether 5 per cent of the vote or 10 per cent is necessary for representation . |
19 | ‘ 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | The Jonathan Wren survey is more modestly based on 453 City placements over the past six months ; but these , too , show much bigger increases achieved by mobile fund managers ( over 26 per cent , with an average salary of over £50,000 ) than messengers ( less than 10 ½ per cent , with an average salary of under £7,000 ) . |
23 | A procedure for waters of low hardness , i.e. , less than 10 mg/1. , is given in B.S.2690 : Part 4 : 1967 . |
24 | The resolution is good , and grains less than 10 µm can be seen at × 100 . |
25 | In a genomic Southern blot it is impractical to load more than 10 µg ( 10 -6 g ) of restriction enzyme digested DNA per lane of an agarose gel . |
26 | A wave was considered to be peristaltic if the interval between the onset of two pressure waves , recorded at adjacent points 5 cm apart , was more than 0.5 seconds ( corresponding to a progression velocity of less than 10 cm/s ) . |
27 | Twenty years ago lager accounted for less than 10 per cent of total beer sales . |
28 | 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 . |
29 | ‘ My initial inquiries suggest that a figure of significantly less than 10 per cent is a real possibility , ’ Mr Pulman said . |
30 | But he probably received a pay rise of less than 10 per cent in 1988-89 . |