Example sentences of "to around [num] [unc] [unc] of " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | While expenditure was reduced after this , by the 1960s , with the entry of the United States into the Vietnam conflict , it rose to around 10 per cent of GDP once more . |
| 2 | Although the squeeze on profits occurred during very different time periods , the falls were quite similar : profit shares declined to around 80 per cent of peak levels almost everywhere . |
| 3 | The report stated that the unified state 's foreign debt was equivalent to around 110 per cent of its combined GNP , putting it on a par with Jordan and Morocco in terms of debt burden . |
| 4 | The number of companies mentioning environmental issues in their annual reports has doubled over the last year to around 18 per cent of the total . |
| 5 | In general , housing allowances amount to around 15 per cent of salary although company policy may allow for lower-paid employees to receive greater percentages than those given to the more highly paid . |
| 6 | It is enough that there should have been growing pockets of households within the income range £50 to £200 a year , sufficient to have amounted to around 15 per cent of the population in 1750 and 20 to 25 per cent by 1780 . |
| 7 | John Hinde , the accident recorder for the mountain rescue committee of Scotland , to which all the teams are affiliated , argues that navigation problems contribute to around 50 per cent of all accidents on Scotland 's mountains . |
| 8 | Under pressure from property developers , local authorities and site owners , however , the government has now proposed that only the " most contaminated " sites ( amounting to around 10-15 per cent of the total ) would be registered . |