Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | All instruments should be immersed in either a suitable disinfectant or minimum 5 per cent formaldehyde solution as soon as treatment has been completed . |
| 2 | In Budapest the SzDSz won 34.7 per cent of the vote and FIDESz 18.2 per cent , compared with the HDF 's 27.3 per cent and 5 per cent for the HDF-allied Christian Democratic People 's Party . |
| 3 | In the West Midlands , the swing was 10.5 per cent ; in the East Midlands eight per cent ; and Yorkshire and Humberside 10.5 per cent — enough to turn many areas of the electoral map red tomorrow night . |
| 4 | ( Moslems formed some 44 per cent of Bosnia-Hercegovina 's population and Croats 17 per cent . ) |
| 5 | Rapid economic development has vastly increased demand for water in recent years , and the expansion is expected to continue : the water needs of the urban population are expected to increase by 45 per cent in the next 20 years , with industry requiring 30 per cent more water and agriculture 14 per cent more . |
| 6 | List 1 topic Guide to performance of top third Use of tables and charts 60 per cent could use a hotel guide ( p.75 ) and 41 per cent answered correctly the hardest question about a distance chart ( p.77 ) . |
| 7 | The nine o'clock news regularly held the attention of 50 per cent of the population , and comedy and variety 40 per cent . |
| 8 | The most extreme difference occurred between open class items and affixes. 96 per cent of errors in the production of open class items were substitution errors , and only 4 per cent loss or addition errors , whereas for affixes there were only 24 per cent substitution errors but 76 per cent loss and addition errors . |
| 9 | Drives , outings and picnics accounted for 19 per cent of the visits , long walks for 14 per cent , and visiting friends and relatives 13 per cent . |
| 10 | In Bolivia , the proportion is 90 per cent ; in Brazil , Ecuador , Panama , Peru and Venezuela it fluctuates between 70 per cent and 80 per cent ; in Guatemala it is 60 per cent ; in Colombia , El Salvador and Mexico 50 per cent ; and in Argentina , Costa Rica , Chile and Uruguay less than 50 per cent ( López Cordovez 1982 ) . |
| 11 | Poland had received 40 per cent of the total and Hungary 27 per cent . |
| 12 | Yet in France and Belgium 95 per cent of youngsters in that age group get a place . |
| 13 | Comparable percentage figures for other member states show that Denmark has implemented 91 per cent. , France 86 per cent. , Portugal 79 per cent. , Spain , Greece and Germany 77 per cent . |
| 14 | Of the larger building societies , Chelsea is offering 10.25 per cent net and Britannia 8.5 per cent . |
| 15 | Of the larger building societies , Chelsea is offering 10.25 per cent net and Britannia 8.5 per cent . |
| 16 | Of the larger building societies , Chelsea is offering 10.25 per cent net and Britannia 8.5 per cent . |
| 17 | Dr Dickson , on whose research our knowledge of the structure of debt holding depends , has analysed the pattern for Bank of England , South Sea , East India and government 4 per cent stock around the time of Pelham 's reduction of interest in 1749 – . |
| 18 | Moshe Aumann concluded from original British figures that in 1948 Jews owned 8.6 per cent of the land and Arabs 20.2 per cent ; of which , he claimed , 16.9 per cent was abandoned by Arabs when they thought the neighbouring Arab armies were going to destroy Israel . |