Example sentences of "under [adj] per cent [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recent opinion polls were reported to have given the party under 2 per cent of electoral support . |
| 2 | Just under 30 per cent of black trainees obtain work as opposed to just over 45 per cent of their white counterparts . |
| 3 | Rainfall during the December-April rainy season was under 10 per cent of normal , and the country 's maize crop has been devastated . |
| 4 | Preceding the national survey , regional studies in 1981 and 1982 had suggested that under 10 per cent of German trees were affected . |
| 5 | It provided for a record deficit of 185,340,000 million forint ( US$2,260 million ) , representing just under 6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and slightly less than the deficit expected for 1992 . |
| 6 | The RAC 's campaign manager , Edmund King , said : ‘ Research shows that just under 50 per cent of experienced drivers would fail their driving test if they took it today . |
| 7 | Experts estimated that the change might allow the disposal under these regulations of about 30 per cent of US low-level waste , which would , however , contain under 1 per cent of total radioactivity . |
| 8 | Bush made his statement after receiving a CIA report in mid-February , which had informed him that Israeli claims that under 1 per cent of Soviet immigrants were being settled in the " occupied territories " was only partly true , because a further 10 per cent were being placed in settlements in East Jerusalem . |
| 9 | Enrolments in the private sector have grown from under 14 per cent of total enrolments in 1984 to nearly 20 per cent in 1988 . |