Example sentences of "[adv] to 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 31 | Reports said that the government had given assurances that there would be no retrenchment in the first year of privatization and that workers would be entitled to buy up to 10 per cent of the shareholding in their factories . |
| 32 | On Jan. 11 Italy unblocked up to 10 per cent of frozen Iraqi assets to pay for Italian exports . |
| 33 | China had been the largest single purchaser of US wheat for several years , buying up to 10 per cent of total US wheat production in some years . |
| 34 | Unlike the UK , where the Court on declaring an agreement " contrary to the public interest " then has little power to impose effective penalties against offending firms , the Commission has considerable powers of enforcement and can fine firms up to 10 per cent of their turnover for operating an anti- competitive practice . |
| 35 | Intervention was confined to abolishing the Health Services Board set up by Labour to regulate private sector growth , stopping the phasing out of pay beds and allowing consultants on full-time health service contracts to earn up to 10 per cent of their NHS salaries from private practice without any salary deduction . |
| 36 | The researchers have found nylon production to be responsible for up to 10 per cent of the increase in nitrous oxide . |
| 37 | The study concludes that up to 10 per cent of roads are giving way at the edges , requiring what is known as " haunch repairs " . |
| 38 | , Scientists at the Dutch Central Veterinary Institute claim to have isolated the cause of the Mystery Reproductive Syndrome ( MRS ) disease which has been sweeping pig herds across much of western Europe over the past few months , leading to the loss of up to 10 per cent of offspring in some herds . |
| 39 | This should result in cuts of up to 10 per cent in fuel consumption . |
| 40 | The map , drawn up by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , highlights waters off up to 10 per cent of the British coast that could be designated as special areas for conservation under the directive , but so far discussion of the sites has been confined to marine scientists within the British statutory nature conservation bodies . |
| 41 | It can impose substantial fines ( of up to 10 per cent of turnover ) on parties who give effect to a merger either during the suspensory period or after the Commission has issued a decision prohibiting it ; and on parties who fail to divest businesses ( or take other action ) where the Commission has ordered them to do so . |
| 42 | Managerial staff will get 3.5 per cent , plus a bonus of up to 10 per cent depending on performance . |
| 43 | Earlier , Mr Lamont ordered a reversal of Wednesday 's two per cent interest rate rise — bringing rates back to 10 per cent . |
| 44 | Expenditure did fall quite rapidly between 1945 and 1950 as nations reconstructed their war economies , but between 1951 and 1953 expenditure rose again to 10 per cent in reaction to the Korean War and the heightening of Cold War tensions . |