Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] than 10 [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A member who made less than 10 per cent of the average number of dealings in the year immediately preceding the general meeting may not exercise his voting right . |
| 2 | Administrative costs in the NHS were traditionally low , representing less than 10 per cent in the UK compared to more than 20 per cent in the USA . |
| 3 | In 1990 the World Health Organisation 's ( WHO ) guidelines suggested that only 15–20 per cent of our food energy intake should be derived from fat , with saturated fats contributing less than 10 per cent . |
| 4 | Thus , if the corporations in their study were divided into three groups depending on the size of their annual sales , then they calculated that those with sales over $1 billion constituted 42 per cent of all corporations but committed nearly three-quarters of not only all violations but all serious violations , whereas those small firms with sales with less than half a billion dollars constituted nearly one-third of firms analysed but only committed less than 10 per cent of all violations . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Berkshire and Lancashire have rural concentrations , while Larkin ( 1979 ) notes that south Oxfordshire has more than 10 per cent of all its ‘ permanent ’ dwellings in the form of caravans . |
| 7 | It is a sign of the programme 's success that in the UK in the mid-1980s there were 283,000 Limousin inseminations ( from 40 bulls ) , representing more than 10 per cent of all artificial inseminations . |
| 8 | For instance , if a known dissentient minority shareholder holds more than 10 per cent but less than 25 per cent of the target 's voting rights , a Court Scheme might succeed in achieving a 100 per cent acquisition where a compulsory sale would fail . |
| 9 | In deciding whether a scheme is reasonable , the court will not necessarily decide against the scheme if it is attempting to achieve what could not be achieved under the compulsory sale procedures of CA 1985 , s429 ( ie because there is a dissenting minority shareholder who holds more than 10 per cent of the shares to which the offer relates or for some other reason such procedures can not be used ) . |
| 10 | The purchaser will need to prepare listing particulars unless the consideration shares will comprise less than 10 per cent of the issued listed shares after they have been issued . |
| 11 | The purchaser will need to prepare listing particulars unless listing particulars have been issued in the last year or the consideration shares will comprise less than 10 per cent of the listed shares after they have been issued . |
| 12 | Green Fields , Grey Future , finds that 80 per cent of farmers received less than 10 per cent of the Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP ) budget in 1990 ; 37 per cent of the budget went to a small number of large industrial farms , with the rest of the money being spent on storing and disposing of surplus farm products . |
| 13 | From 1964 to their peak in 1968 pre-marital conceptions increased 10 per cent ( to 74,531 ) to comprise more than 10 per cent of legitimate births , even though total births were declining . |
| 14 | The 1840 Treaty , signed between the British Crown and the Maori chiefs , marked the formal establishment of British sovereignty over New Zealand , and was seen by many modern Maoris ( who comprised more than 10 per cent of the current population of 3,200,000 ) as the symbolic beginning of a process whereby their culture and status had been systematically undermined . |
| 15 | Royal Bank Chief Executive Dr George Mathewson said , ‘ Following hard on the heels of our announcement in April that we had agreed to acquire the Boston Five , this is another encouraging step towards our strategic aim of deriving more than 10 per cent of our earnings from the USA . |
| 16 | On our own Stock Exchange the shares of Deutsche Bank , with its tentacles in every corner of Euro-business , have doubled this year and climbed more than 10 per cent in one trading day this week . |
| 17 | A new kitchen will probably cost between £5,000 and £10,000 for the average three-bedroomed home , but do n't spend more than 10 per cent of the house 's value . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Despite active campaigning within the constituency by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and members of his Cabinet , the PCP candidate polled less than 10 per cent in the by-election and finished third , behind the Liberal candidate who won 17 per cent of the vote . |
| 20 | A League statement later spelt out that ‘ League Regulation 86 quite unequivocally prohibits an individual , a member of his family or any other associate including a nominee from holding more than 10 per cent of the shares in more than one League club ’ . |
| 21 | In France , A. M. G. R. Portevin , working with de Dion-Bouton , noted in a report to the Carnegie Foundation ( 1909 ) the corrosion resistance of steels containing more than 10 per cent chromium and subsequently described thermal treatment ( patented May 1911 ) to make them amenable to standard milling processes . |
| 22 | The area between the Tay and Forth experienced less than 10 per cent of normal rainfall . |
| 23 | Normally , we do n't pay less than 10 per cent to an artist . |
| 24 | The members of the ABI therefore expect that issues involving more than 10 per cent of issued equity share capital , or a discount greater than 5 per cent , will be placed on a basis which leaves existing shareholders with a right to claw back their pro rata share of the issue if they so wish . |
| 25 | Banque Indosuez of France already owns more than 10 per cent and wants to buy a further 9.8 per cent . |
| 26 | Oyston is also chairman and owner of Blackpool Football Club , and is seeking the permission of the League to waive their rule that no one may hold more than 10 per cent of a club if he has a financial interest in another . |
| 27 | the trust must not hold more than 10 per cent of the total capital of any one company ; |
| 28 | If they do not hold more than 10 per cent of the shares to which the offer relates , they can be dealt with under those procedures ( the target must hold the consideration on trust for 12 years , after which it must be paid into court with interest , dividends and other accrued benefitsCA 1985 , s430(9) and ( 11 ) ) . |
| 29 | The number of policewomen in each section varies , although there is always a minimum of one , which is low because women constitute less than 10 per cent of the regular force ( Brewer et al . |
| 30 | ‘ The first objective is to double the existing market share , to have more than 10 per cent . |