Example sentences of "below 50 [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is estimated that half of the 700,000 lakes in the six eastern provinces of Canada ( south of 52 °N ) have alkalinity ( acid neutralizing capacity ) values below 50 µ eq/l , that is , they are extremely acid sensitive . |
| 2 | Some of these are indirect ways of reducing speeds , but nowhere is the direct way used ie a change in the law to bring speed limits below 50 km/h , applied street by street or across a zone , delimited by signs , enforced by the police , publicised widely , and then supported by infrastructural measures to ensure compliance as well as by environmental enhancement to reinforce perception of the changing function of the street to one of pedestrian ownership . |
| 3 | The Big Three US carmakers , who controlled more than 85 per cent of the luxury market 10 years ago , saw their share drop to below 50 per cent last year . |
| 4 | ‘ We built it up , it is our baby , ’ he said , adding that if the family allowed its interest to fall below 50 per cent it would risk being taken over by a hostile bidder . |
| 5 | However Mr Olsen made it clear that the company had no intention of allowing its stake to fall below 50 per cent . |
| 6 | The increase in tax rates for higher earners , which would follow a Labour victory on Thursday , would then be comparable to the top tax rate across the Irish Sea , which this month is to be reduced below 50 per cent . |
| 7 | In the west ( Kordofan and Darfur ) and the parts of the south for which any figures were available in 1986/87 ( for some areas no figures were available because of the war ) the average pass rate was below 50 per cent . |
| 8 | A top firm of criminal lawyers told us they did not believe that the chances of a successful prosecution fell below 50 per cent — the CPS 's normal test . |
| 9 | In six tests for the Wallabies since the World Cup final his success ratio has dipped below 50 per cent . |
| 10 | Similarly , POC is constrained above 50 per cent accuracy and POE is constrained below 50 per cent accuracy . |
| 11 | At the same time the level of grant was steadily reduced for all authorities until it was below 50 per cent of local costs . |
| 12 | By 1985–6 it had brought it back to just below 50 per cent . |
| 13 | Data for 1987 suggest that nearly 80 per cent of families where the head of household is unemployed have incomes below 50 per cent of average income ( Oppenheim , 1990 ) . |
| 14 | In 1979 almost 65 per cent of places in residential homes were in local authority establishments , but by 1986 the proportion had fallen to just below 50 per cent . |
| 15 | Fresh elections were due on April 7 in six constituencies where turnout on Feb. 24 had been below 50 per cent ( the average turnout was over 71 per cent ) , and were also awaited in two constituencies where a run-off on March 4 had failed to produce a winner . |
| 16 | Greenspan stated that the probability of recession had slipped below 50 per cent and he expected growth in the first quarter of 1990 to be " slow but positive " . |
| 17 | According to the government 's privatization strategy , by 1994 the proportion of state assets should be reduced to below 50 per cent , with foreign ownership reaching 25 per cent . |
| 18 | At the beginning of December a Time-CNN poll gave his approval rating as 46 per cent , the first time throughout his entire presidency that it had fallen below 50 per cent . |
| 19 | Even during the 1920s and 1930s , density never fell below 50 per cent . |
| 20 | Water undertakings ( now the companies and plcs ) should ‘ nevertheless continue to make every effort to keep the concentrations below 50 mg/litre ’ ; |
| 21 | The UK view would be logical if nitrate pollution was not a problem at all below 50 mg/litre , and if it was in equilibrium . |
| 22 | Nitrate levels are increasing , there is a large ‘ slug ’ of pollution working through the groundwater system and the ecological effects and cancer risk do not disappear below 50 mg/litre . |
| 23 | In 1988 , Severn Trent had already begun a £7 million capital programme to bring 17 ‘ derogated ’ supplies below 50 mg/litre by 1991 by blending and taking sources out of commission . |