Example sentences of "amount to [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the last ten years , cumulative price inflation has amounted to approximately 60 per cent , so the equivalent price of petrol today would be £2.90 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In the 1970s the total volume of transfers through these two channels was nearly 3 per cent of the social product of the more advanced republics and provinces , and even in the more difficult 1980s this ratio has amounted to almost 2½ per cent . |
| 4 | A ‘ close-look ’ satellite would cost as much again , The whole bill , says Bortzmeyer , amounts to just one per cent of the world 's current spending on its war machines . |
| 5 | Tests indicate that the increased calorie content of the faeces amounts to nearly ten per cent when people follow high-fibre diets . |
| 6 | ( Trade with OECD countries amounts to only 1.6 per cent . ) |
| 7 | Daresbury 's work for industry , which amounts to only 5 per cent of its activities , could double within a year , Professor Leadbetter said . |
| 8 | Paid-in capital by member countries amounts to about 10 per cent of subscribed capital and represents only a small part of the total funds obtained by the EIB . |
| 9 | ( 1976 ) have estimated that erosion has reduced the production potential of American cropland by 10–15 per cent , and that an estimated 5 gallon equivalent of fuel per acre is being used to offset past soil losses , which amounts to about 4 per cent of total oil imports in 1970 ( p.153 ) . |
| 10 | As a share of GNP , Soviet foreign trade amounts to about five per cent . |
| 11 | This amounts to about eighty per cent of zoo animals in Britain . |
| 12 | There is a very heavy concentration on securities of all types , amounting to nearly 70 per cent . |
| 13 | Despite this increase in size , and the fact that regional aid can contribute a significant input of resources to any particular area , it still remains the case that the extent of Community regional assistance is small , amounting to just 25 per cent of the total EC budget by 1992 . |
| 14 | By contrast , West Bromwich , Manchester , London and Liverpool all sustained losses amounting to over 10 per cent of their work force . |
| 15 | The two most conspicuous features are the large holdings of UK securities , amounting to over 40 per cent of total assets and to about 60 per cent when combined with overseas securities . |
| 16 | With staff costs amounting to about 70 per cent of the annual budget , any moderately competent company would at least ask whether this proportion was justified . |
| 17 | She might , as in 1986–7 , have to import 8 million tonnes of cereals , amounting to about 40 per cent of urban consumption , or , as in 1988/9 have a surplus of 3 million tonnes which could not be transported , and thus sold , to deficit countries . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Taxes on income by corporations , including profits tax , amount to nearly 10 per cent of the total . |
| 20 | It may appear surprising that three parts in the valve have been found to have no function at all and that they amount to over 5 per cent of the total cost . |
| 21 | It may appear surprising that three parts in the valve have been found to have no function at all and that they amount to over 5 per cent of the total cost . |
| 22 | Raw materials amount to almost 50 per cent of costs , but suppliers will be lucky to pass on more than 5 per cent , Jim Leng believes . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Young adults ( aged 16–29 ) amount to only 5 per cent of the disabled population if everyone is included , a little more than that among the most severely impaired . |
| 25 | Single adults constitute 30 per cent of total lettings , with 13,000 of the group moving into association homes each year , most of them in poorly paid jobs or unemployed , whose rents amount to about 38 per cent of net income . |
| 26 | These subscriptions amount to about 20 per cent of the Science and Engineering Research |
| 27 | United States and Canada , but in the United States gifts amount to about 2 per cent of the GNP , in Canada 0.7 per cent and in the United Kingdom only O.55 per cent . |
| 28 | In April 1987 supplementary benefit for the same family equalled 43 per cent of average earnings , and in April 1988 the level of income support available to this family amounted to only 37.3 per cent of earnings . |
| 29 | The largest cuts — which were proposed for the North Sea cod and haddock — amounted to only 15 per cent . |
| 30 | At the turn of the century government expenditure as a proportion of G N P amounted to roughly 10 per cent ; by 1970 this figure had reached over 40 per cent . |