Example sentences of "30 and [num] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , all water authorities spent large sums on routine river maintenance on farmland ; and still more money was spent by the Ministry of Agriculture in contributing between 30 and 70 per cent of the cost of farmers held drainage , designed to pick up the benefits of lowering the water level , a result of river engineering schemes . |
| 2 | For a 10,000 million tonne nuclear war scenario , it is estimated that the ozone column would be reduced by between 30 and 70 per cent in the northern hemisphere and by up to 40 per cent in the southern hemisphere ( Crutzen and Birks , 1982 ; US National Research Council , 1975b ; Turco et al. , 1983 ; Whitten et al. , 1975 ) . |
| 3 | The amount of rainfall available from the run-off would be variable , but should be between 30 and 33 per cent of the total . |
| 4 | The main drawback of the bankruptcy laws as they stood was the high cost to creditors of realizing the estates of their insolvent debtors — between 30 and 40 per cent of the amount they hoped to recover . |
| 5 | Between 30 and 40 per cent off selected items . |
| 6 | Reductions of between 30 and 40 per cent on selected women 's clothes and accessories . |
| 7 | The position of the Dip.HE courses offered by the colleges and institutes of higher education has been causing the Welsh Office some concern because some of the units in specific subject areas which make up the courses have been recruiting small numbers of students : in 1980–1 , for example , between 30 and 40 per cent of them were enrolling fewer than eight students . |
| 8 | The economy remained on a war footing during 1989 with between 30 and 40 per cent of the budget being spent on defence . |
| 9 | Under this settlement , subject to approval by the courts in the UK , Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands and by 70 per cent of the creditors involved , those shareholders — the Ruler and authorities of Abu Dhabi — would ( i ) make a payment of $1,700 million ( adjustable up or down by $500 million ) to make possible a return to creditors of between 30 and 40 per cent ; and ( ii ) assume responsibility for certain liabilities of BCCI branches in the United Arab Emirates . |
| 10 | A considerable proportion — between 30 and 40 per cent — actually did so , though most commonly for the opposite reason , because they did not like the New World or could not establish themselves there . |
| 11 | Although the road was originally intended to be a private toll-financed venture , the feasibility study suggested that tolls could only contribute between 30 and 40 per cent of the revenue required . |
| 12 | Between 30 and 50 per cent of constituency management committees voluntarily consulted their full membership before casting their votes . |
| 13 | It is estimated that its completion alone will increase lorry traffic across frontiers by between 30 and 50 per cent . |
| 14 | In rats that have been sent into space , the breaking strength of long bones decreased by between 30 and 50 per cent , says Richard Grindeland of Ames . |
| 15 | Between 30 and 50 per cent of women with gonorrhoea have coincidental trichomoniasis and up to 40 per cent of women with TV have gonorrhoea — the figures vary between different centres and depend on the group of women being examined . |
| 16 | However , it must be borne in mind that work from the non-diabetic population has suggested that only between 30 and 50 per cent of patients are sodium sensitive ( Kawasaki et al , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | Women 's separates reduced by between 30 and 50 per cent . |
| 18 | Reductions of between 30 and 50 per cent on Ally Capellino and Hearts of Oak lines , and men 's and children 's clothes . |
| 19 | Reductions of between 30 and 50 per cent . |
| 20 | FRATELLI ROSETTI 196 Sloane Street , SW1 177 New Bond Street , W1 Sale starts Saturday , January 9 for four weeks with between 30 and 50 per cent off shoes , accessories and leather goods . |
| 21 | Jersey separates and winter collection reduced by between 30 and 50 per cent . |
| 22 | Discounts of between 30 and 50 per cent on selected beds and furniture , and a standard 15 per cent reduction on divans and mattresses . |
| 23 | This revealed that between 30 and 50 per cent of healthcare workers at risk still remained unprotected against hepatitis B infection . |
| 24 | On Jan. 16 , apparently fearing that the strike might spread to other mines , the government conceded pay rises of between 30 and 50 per cent and improvements in working conditions for all of Albania 's 30,000 miners . |
| 25 | The six months ' stock of parts was exhausted and it was believed that 10 to 15 per cent of the weapons and between 30 and 35 per cent of vehicles were unserviceable . |
| 26 | On a measure which , if applied to the Commons , would produce 100 per cent party unity , the figure for Congress fluctuates normally between 30 and 60 per cent ( see table 12.1 ) . |
| 27 | In Malawi ( then Nyasaland ) in 1935 between 30 and 60 per cent of men were absent from their homes . |
| 28 | The report shows that the number of finance staff ( excluding benefits administration ) is expected to rise by between 30 and 60 per cent in 1993-94 as the transition from poll tax to council tax takes place . |