Example sentences of "by [adv] 50 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every Labour Government , except one , since 1929 , has doubled unemployment , and the exception increased unemployment by only 50 per cent . |
| 2 | The Chamber of Deputies passed the bill on Aug. 31 after modifying some of its provisions , so that in its final form the law cut state subsidies by only 50 per cent and these would be restored in full on expiry of the 180 days ; provisions for a moratorium on unpaid taxes and greater flexibility on contracts and salaries for senior government employees were voted out . |
| 3 | Land availability , the activities of speculative builders , and rapid association of suburban living with status and respectability , combined with the growing railway network , contrived to ensure that during the second half of the nineteenth century the population of London 's outer suburban ring grew by approximately 50 per cent in each of the ten years between 1861 and 1891 and by 45 per cent between 1891 and 1901 . |
| 4 | In fact , the World Bank believes that aid to black Africa ( now running at about £10 billion a year , the same figure as that which caused Community jaws to drop when suggested by Jacques Delors for Eastern Europe ) needs to increase by nearly 50 per cent by the end of the century . |
| 5 | Huge cuts in EPA 's research Funds ( down by nearly 50 per cent since Reagan took office ) can perhaps be justified on the grounds that , in hard times , scientific priorities can be temporarily reshuffled with little or no long-term damage . |
| 6 | Silk was favoured by nearly 50 per cent of women . |
| 7 | For the whole sector it is much in line with the overall growth of GDP , but it is noteworthy that between 1951 and 1964 insurance , and banking and finance grew by nearly 50 per cent faster than GDP and between 1964 and 1973 by just over 90 per cent [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 8 | For example in 1984 the world semiconductor market grew by nearly 50 per cent , but 1985 was a disaster , or shake-out , year ; 1988 as another year of huge growth . |
| 9 | Alan 's vitamin A levels fell by nearly 50 per cent in six weeks . |
| 10 | Whilst the total number of holidays authorized increased by nearly 50 per cent over the period shown both Thomson and Intasun expanded by a greater proportion but with Intasun far outstripping Thomson 's growth . |
| 11 | The average male sperm density has fallen by nearly 50 per cent over the past 50 years , according to a new Danish study of 15,000 men worldwide , suggesting that environmental factors may be to blame . |
| 12 | From 1980 , serious assaults in bars jumped by nearly 50 per cent to 775 in 1989 . |
| 13 | Between 1971 and 1975 the global grain trade grew by nearly 50 per cent in volume , most of the increase coming from the United States . |
| 14 | This was to be achieved by increasing the cost of buying and running cars by about 50 per cent . |
| 15 | By lining up all the deuterons with the magnetic field , it is , in theory , possible to increase the fusion rate by about 50 per cent . |
| 16 | We 've increased business by about 50 per cent in the past six months and our turnover is going to be double last year . |
| 17 | These 30 km/h schemes with speed-reducing infrastructure have reduced the severity of accidents by about 50 per cent . |
| 18 | Eric Sortwell , manager of the Asda superstore at Bedminster , Bristol , said yesterday : ‘ We had to underestimate each bill by about 50 per cent . ’ |
| 19 | New house prices rose by around 50 per cent in the United Kingdom between early 1972 and early 1973 . |
| 20 | For the domestic sector alone , this could reduce present annual CO2 emissions by almost 50 per cent by the year 2020 . |
| 21 | During the last two years requests from schools to visit the farm increased by almost 50 per cent and this convinced the couple that a proper arable trail was needed . |
| 22 | Although progress was somewhat faster on privately-owned land than on allotment land , crop yields on the latter rose between 1861 and 1910 by almost 50 per cent . |
| 23 | Between 1678 and 1710 , for instance , the peasant population of Siberia , counted in number of households ( dvory ) , increased by almost 50 per cent , while that of Moscow province alone declined by 27 per cent . |
| 24 | Because open hands are relaxed , and the muscles not taut , the speed of delivery is increased by almost 50 per cent . |
| 25 | In the Third World it will decline by almost 50 per cent by the year 2000 . |
| 26 | It was estimated that trade with the Soviet Union increased by almost 50 per cent in 1990 to $889 million . |
| 27 | Figures for juvenile crime in England and Wales have in fact fallen dramatically in the past ten years , with convictions and cautions for boys aged 10-16 down by almost 50 per cent since 1981 and similarly for girls between 10 and 13 . |
| 28 | In the last 30 years the number of over-60s has risen by almost 50 per cent in the EC , from 46.5 million to 68.6 million , according to the survey by the EC 's statistical office . |
| 29 | Up by over 50 per cent since 1979 . |
| 30 | Wheat prices at 13s. 4d. a quarter were more than double the normal ( though not as disastrously high as in the notorious famine years of 1315–17 ) , barley at 6s. -7s. was up by over 50 per cent and peas and beans at 6s. had tripled in cost ( 209 , pp.266–73 . |