Example sentences of "50 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today it is close to 50 per cent and giants such as Bass and Whitbread , once proud names in ale brewing , now trumpet the fact that more than half of their production goes to lager . |
| 2 | The balloon says it all : lager has less than 50 per cent of the British beer market yet the brewers spend two-thirds of their advertising money on it . |
| 3 | It seems most likely then , that the increasing police budgets ( up from £3.35 billion in 1988/9 to £4.1 billion in 1989/90 ) , which have risen by over 50 per cent in real terms since 1979 , will be used to maintain , defend , and expand on this hegemonic style . |
| 4 | Then spiral the bandage , aiming for a 50 per cent overlap |
| 5 | Corporations , banks and trusts controlled a great deal and , although machines replaced workers more frequently in America , certain trades , Eleanor wrote , were 50 per cent more labour intensive than in England . |
| 6 | Nevertheless InterCity cheerfully reveals that the VIP/first-class/full-dining trains contribute by far the largest share of the special-trains earnings — 50 per cent — compared with the 23 per cent from private charters , 18 per cent by standardclass charters , and 5 per cent by the steam market . |
| 7 | Fourteen additional units were authorised in May 1986 , by which time traffic on the Midland electrified lines had increased by 50 per cent since electrification . |
| 8 | I have also heard it argued that the term Weizenbier offers a better guarantee that the beer was made according to the convention that specifies a minimum of 50 per cent wheat . |
| 9 | Erdinger says it uses more than 50 per cent wheat , but declines to be more specific . |
| 10 | Losses of a acid may be reduced from 75 per cent to 50 per cent by these means . |
| 11 | The $3.65bn buyout will increase the airline 's debt-equity ratio from less than 50 per cent to 585 per cent and NorthWest operates one of the oldest fleets in the industry , but Mr Skinner 's chief concern was the citizenship of KLM 's representative on the NorthWest board . |
| 12 | Some 169 Washington babies died before their first birthday in the first six months of this year , bringing the capital 's infant mortality rate to 32.3 deaths for every 1,000 live births , a 50 per cent increase on 1988 . |
| 13 | The policy review 's top rate of income tax - 50 per cent — was too low , he said . |
| 14 | Tootal 's 50 per cent stake in Da Gama , the South African textile business , is being sold off in five tranches , the second of which came through in this half bringing £3.3m of profits with it . |
| 15 | Allianz AG Holding , the West German insurer , is to pay Fr6.5bn ( £644.8m ) for 50 per cent of the insurance assets of the French financial and industrial holding concern Compagnie de Navigation Mixte . |
| 16 | Andrew Hugh Smith , ISE chairman , said : ‘ Turnover in UK equities has seen an increase of almost 50 per cent over the past year , alleviating some of the problems caused by the very low volumes after the market crash . |
| 17 | But despite those promises , and despite Portugal 's generosity , a recent public opinion survey showed that about 50 per cent of Macao residents had no confidence in the future under Chinese rule . ’ |
| 18 | For example , Tomei Industrial ( Holdings ) , an electronics company with 95 per cent of its production in China , accelerated expansion plans in Malaysia and Thailand , and hopes to cut China-based output to about 50 per cent of total production . |
| 19 | THE FUTURE of the Channel tunnel was in doubt last night after confirmation that costs have escalated by 50 per cent to at least £7bn and a warning that its bankers may not provide fresh loans unless the financial crisis surrounding the project is resolved by Christmas . |
| 20 | BAe said its range would be up to 50 per cent greater than the existing 125-800 , cutting 50 minutes from the flight time of coast-to-coast operations in the US and Australia . |
| 21 | Shares in Eurotunnel fell a further 50p to close at 600p , making a 15 per cent drop in the Anglo-French venture 's stock market value in the two days since it disclosed a 50 per cent rise in the cost of the tunnel to at least £7bn . |
| 22 | Suddenly the man next to you says : ‘ Of course , you realise that more than 50 per cent of all road journeys are less than three miles long ? ’ |
| 23 | SOCIAL ‘ Sociologists apparently have come round to the belief that 50 per cent of middle-class parents who send their children to private schools would be happy to put them in the state system if dinner money was renamed lunch money . ’ |
| 24 | Between 30 and 50 per cent of constituency management committees voluntarily consulted their full membership before casting their votes . |
| 25 | Initially the minimum wage would be 50 per cent of male median earnings . |
| 26 | If the 50 per cent minimum were in force today , no worker would get less than £112 a week . |
| 27 | The conference approved the Economic Equality policy review which proposes : Ending tax on childcare ; Introducing a minimum wage starting at half of average male earnings ( £2.80 an hour ) , rising to two-thirds the average ; Income tax levels of no higher than 50 per cent at the top , down to less than 20 per cent at the bottom ; ‘ A significant and generous increase in child benefit over the lifetime of the Parliament ’ ; To tax gifts and inheritance at the point of receipt ; To crack down on tax loopholes ; Raise pensions immediately by £5 for single people and £8 for couples ; To introduce a new disability benefit ; To simplify income support rules ; To keep mortgage interest tax relief ‘ at a single rate equivalent to the basic rate relief which we inherit ’ . |
| 28 | Dr Tadecki said : ‘ Research in America indicates that someone is up to 50 per cent more likely to lose their temper if they regularly watch violent television programmes such as The Equalizer . ’ |
| 29 | BUOYANT demand for homes last year helped John Maunders Group , the Manchester-based housebuilder to boost taxable profits by 50 per cent to £7.14m in the 12 months ended 30 June . |
| 30 | But industry will have to find at least 50 per cent of the funds . |