Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] limit " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , simultaneously , the short-term frequency increases , but the numbers of citations per paper decreases , then the research group has reached the subject 's saturation limit , and consideration should be given to levelling-off or reducing funding for these projects . |
| 2 | Nestlé 's 3% limit sounds low , but to reach it you would have to put $600m into Nestlé shares . |
| 3 | In a series of press conferences on July 17 , European G-7 leaders complained that the USA and Japan had blocked moves to facilitate large-scale financial assistance to the Soviet Union by refusing to increase the Soviet Union 's borrowing limit from the EBRD [ see also p. 38314 ] or to endorse full Soviet membership of the IMF . |
| 4 | Levels of pesticide in some samples of cereals and flour were as high as in non-organic produce , with levels of lindane , which attacks the nervous system in excessive quantities , close to the government 's safety limit . |
| 5 | Every other committee , or part of this county council has , with the exception of probation service which we did today , social services and libraries which we did at budget revue , have been funded at last year 's cash limit plus one and a half percent . |
| 6 | What each customer 's credit limit is , if he has exceeded it , and by how much ; |
| 7 | TI will find it hard to match NCM 's credit limit service on exports . |
| 8 | Graydon will have to move fast if it is to enable to NCM to compete with TI 's credit limit underwriting on UK exposures . |
| 9 | The US government announced on Aug. 24 that it was to double Estonia 's credit limit for buying grain to US$10,000,000 . |
| 10 | The operations will be carried out so that it is possible to find out how much the order will cost , whether the product is in stock , and whether the customer 's credit limit is OK . |
| 11 | The Government is increasing the council 's spending limit by two and a half million pounds . |
| 12 | Lothian 's spending limit was set at £588.4 million , compared with the council 's projected spending of £608 million . |
| 13 | Lothian 's spending limit was set at £588.4 million , compares with planned spending of £608 million . |
| 14 | He suggested taking £240,000 out of council balances after criticising the ruling Liberal Democrat administration for spending right up to the Government 's capping limit . |
| 15 | However , the Road Traffic Act of 1982/3 did not allow for Zone signs to be introduced even on a temporary basis , so it was necessary for an information sign to be erected at every junction , showing not only a 30 km/h speed limit , but also drawing the driver 's attention to the changed priority ( right before left ) . |
| 16 | From 1973 the Health Protection and Environment Directorates of the European Commission had also been working on measures to control wastes and ‘ trace ’ substances in water : they adopted a 50mg/litre nitrate limit for the 1980 Directive Relating to the Quality of Water Intended for Human Consumption ( 80/778/EEC ) , which also controls pesticides and metals . |
| 17 | C.1 Time limit |
| 18 | While other European countries ( not to mention the United States ) were struggling to comply with a 50 mg/litre nitrate limit , the minister revealed that Britain had once again discovered unique drawbacks to the proposed solution to pollution , which made the cure , as it were , worse than the disease . |
| 19 | Although the land tax assessment could at times be stretched to include houses , windows , servants , hair powder , non-working horses , carriages and playing cards , and although in times of war the 10 per cent peacetime limit was pushed twice as far , there was no fundamental revaluation and in many parts of the country assessment levels were nominal . |
| 20 | In fact it took a series of political blunders on Callaghan 's part to spoil Labour 's chances of being re-elected , faute de mieux , as the responsible and sober ‘ party of government ’ : the seemingly endless postponement of the election while the party 's parliamentary position crumbled , requiring the prop of transparent chicanery ; the unenforceable wishful thinking of the 5 per cent pay limit , the last straw for the unions . |