Example sentences of "to 10 per cent of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often only after the transaction has been completed will the customer be made aware of the commission involved — sometimes up to 10 per cent of the amount being changed . |
| 2 | ‘ The experience in Australia was that the Lotto game , where six numbers out of 45 are drawn each week , reduced our football pools ’ take to 10 per cent of the previous figure . |
| 3 | These bacteria are very common and live naturally in the back of the nose and throat of up to 10 per cent of the population . |
| 4 | The BBC reimburses tips up to 50p per man and Cadbury Schweppes pays gratuities up to 10 per cent of the removal charge . |
| 5 | Already shipping in Korea , the Sun clones could capture up to 10 per cent of the workstation market this year in areas where Sun has yet to cast its shadow , according to Logix managing director John Girdley . |
| 6 | Brazil 's controls on transfers date back to 1962 , when the profit Remittance Law was introduced to limit dividend remittances to 10 per cent of the value of the capital invested , excluding reinvestments . |
| 7 | Shares up to 10 per cent of the stock capital may be issued bearing interest at a predetermined rate and the holder of such share may exercise all shareholders ' rights , including the right to receive dividends . |
| 8 | On hydrolysis , chitin yields acetic acid and glucosamine and is a high molecular weight polymer consisting mainly of anhydro-N-acetylglucosamine residues joined by B-1 , 4-linkages , though up to 10 per cent of the residues may be deacylated . |
| 9 | Fines of up to 10 per cent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed . |
| 10 | A referendum was allowed under Philippine law to overturn legislation or to amend the Constitution if at least 3,000,000 signatures , amounting to 10 per cent of the 30,000,000 electorate , could be gathered in support of it . |
| 11 | In March 1991 the Commission estimated that budgetary fraud cost up to 10 per cent of the EC 's total budget . |
| 12 | The M19-Democratic Alliance ( ADM-19 ) of former left-wing guerrillas , which ran a single slate of candidates , consolidated its position as the third political force in the country , winning nine Senate seats and 15 in the lower house , although its support dropped dramatically from 27 to 10 per cent of the vote . |
| 13 | Reports said that the government had given assurances that there would be no retrenchment in the first year of privatization and that workers would be entitled to buy up to 10 per cent of the shareholding in their factories . |
| 14 | The researchers have found nylon production to be responsible for up to 10 per cent of the increase in nitrous oxide . |
| 15 | According to a 1990 study by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas ( ICCAT ) , the number of western Atlantic giant bluefin tuna has declined to 10 per cent of the 1971 figure . |
| 16 | The European Commission has recommended that taxes on biodiesel be limited to 10 per cent of the level on fossil fuels , making it competitive in some European countries . |
| 17 | The map , drawn up by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee , highlights waters off up to 10 per cent of the British coast that could be designated as special areas for conservation under the directive , but so far discussion of the sites has been confined to marine scientists within the British statutory nature conservation bodies . |
| 18 | In a part of Chile where half the region 's income goes to 10 per cent of the population and a quarter of all the people regularly do n't have enough to eat , the day to day problems of scraping together an income are common . |
| 19 | I do n't believe the programme has taken off here as rapidly as it possibly could have had all the judges been as enthusiastic as I was in the beginning , but I would say 5 to 10 per cent of the sentenced people now are at least given that option . |