Example sentences of "to be about [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The losses run up in the third quarter will seriously hit the aggregate figure for the whole of 1992 , with pre-tax profits for the year expected to be about 95 per cent down on the £528 million recorded in 1991 . |
| 2 | Total union membership in RENFE appears to be about 46 per cent of the workforce . |
| 3 | In the long run , this was thought to be about 3 per cent per year . |
| 4 | Pakistan 's economic growth rate for the 1991/92 fiscal year ( ending on June 30 , 1992 ) was estimated at 5.8 per cent , while inflation had dropped from 12.5 to 9.5 per cent , exports were up by 13 per cent and the budget deficit , which had risen to 8.8 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1990/91 following the Gulf war , was expected to be about 6 per cent , well short of the IMF 's target of 4.8 per cent . |
| 5 | Firstly , individual trade unions raise the real wages of their members at the expense of non-unionised workers — in practice wages obtained by collective bargaining tend on average to be about 20 per cent higher than other wages . |
| 6 | We can not make forecasts , but in 1991-92 our aid is expected to be about 0.3 per cent . |
| 7 | Local authorities in London are estimating the figure to be about 15 per cent . |
| 8 | This turns out to be about 21.5 per cent of embedded overflow areas . |