Example sentences of "to 50% " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presence of other ions may raise the resonant frequency by up to 50% . |
| 2 | Inflation dropped from 86% in 1988 to 50% in 1989 . |
| 3 | Before Christmas , Macy 's , the huge New York department store , was discounting Corning 's products by up to 50% . |
| 4 | Over the past year the bank has managed to raise its provisions from 30% to 50% of its loans to poor countries while rivals have hiked theirs to the 70% level . |
| 5 | The best firms ' products also used up to 50% fewer parts than those made by their less-successful rivals , so they were faster , simpler and cheaper to manufacture . |
| 6 | One recent study ** looks at four ways in which a treaty might , over the next 40 years , cut global emissions to 50% less than the levels they would reach without a change in policy . |
| 7 | Hopes of attracting institutional cash have also been raised by a law limiting the proportion of assets that pension funds and insurance companies can hold in land , but increasing what they can hold in shares from 30% to 50% . |
| 8 | Estimates of the size of this underclass vary hugely from about 5% to 50% of all the poor — 2m-15m people , of whom some two-thirds are black , a tenth Hispanic . |
| 9 | Some varieties still in selection have up to 50% of their florets still open . |
| 10 | Savings of up to 50% per annum can be made from each tap converted . |
| 11 | Of course , this is easier said than done , but it is thought that up to 50% of births of this type could be prevented by better standards of care . |
| 12 | According to official figures , more than 20% of the population is without jobs , with the number of Panamanian poor rising from 33% before the US embargo and invasion to 50% of the population afterwards . |
| 13 | In the ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ LFA zone the rates of grant were changed in December 1984 to 50% for drainage ( formerly 70% ) and have been abolished for land cultivation ( formerly 50% ) though not for the reseeding of existing pasture ( where the new rate is 30% ) . |
| 14 | Cultivation grants for non-pasture land in the UK under development plans have been withdrawn and drainage reduced from 70% to 50% since December 1984 . |
| 15 | With the abolition of land cultivation grants ( except for pasture ) under both AHDS and AHGS schemes , and the reduction of drainage grants to 50% ( AHDS ) or 30% ( AHGS ) since 11 December 1984 , a major incentive for agricultural intensification is removed . |
| 16 | If this does happen , it could remove the phosphates that come from non-agricultural sources — up to 50% of the total . |
| 17 | All the library schools were mentioned , but CLW ( College of Librarianship Wales ) in particular was referred to by almost half of the authorities mentioning library schools , as providing on-site courses , as requested — and in total making a significant contribution to training in the Welsh county libraries , and some neighbouring authorities , e.g. : ‘ Up to 50% of our courses held annually are arranged by ( CLW ) or contributed into ’ . |
| 18 | Firstly , a company would only be able to issue preference shares with limited or no voting rights up to 50% of its issued share capital and , if the preference dividends were not paid for three years , the shares would then acquire full voting rights . |
| 19 | Trust it to 50% of the figure and , as a rough guide , work to 15kg per square metre of sail , or 281b/square yard , and you should be safe … except for accidental line cuts and gust loads , of which more later . |
| 20 | Spectra ( Allied Signal Inc ) or Dyneema ( D.S.M. ) comes with a smooth surface , braided or twist , slides with multiple line wraps and is even stronger than Kevlar by up to 50% on equivalent thickness . |
| 21 | Colour baths are a diluted form of permanent colour and cover up to 50% grey , but the more grey you have the more noticeable the regrowth will be . |
| 22 | Many in the profession have their own example to quote of a rival firm bidding 20% to 50% under the otherwise going rate . |
| 23 | Many in the profession have their own example to quote of a rival firm bidding 20% to 50% under the otherwise going rate |
| 24 | This rose to 50% in the mid 1980s , but in 1991 it shot up to 55% . |
| 25 | Export-orientated companies are only taxed 3.1% on qualifying export profits and any capital expenditure in plant and machinery , factory building or acquisition of know-how or patent rights is up to 50% tax exempt . |
| 26 | In addition , a new technology company 's losses and capital allowances are tax deductible by the holding company ( if incorporated in Singapore ) for three years , up to 50% of the equity invested . |
| 27 | The 20% no-claims discount rises to 50% after five years ' no-claims . |
| 28 | If imports account for close to 50% of UK sales in those sectors , a 10% devaluation would directly raise the RPI by around 2% over a period of , say , one to two years . |
| 29 | However , the main gur season was January to February , when up to 50% of households possessed gur . |
| 30 | The savings we make by supplying direct are passed on to you … up to 50% can be saved off high street prices . |