Example sentences of "[noun] and about [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a study of his four published Song Books , I found that of the forty-two tunes I could identify ( four I could not ) , some 60 per cent are ‘ traditional ’ , mostly of rural origin ( the bulk Scottish ) , while only about 12 per cent come from comic music hall songs and about 25 per cent from bourgeois sources ( parlour ballad , light opera ) . |
| 2 | For example , those aged 65 and over accounted for one-third of all NHS prescriptions and about 40 per cent of acute hospital-bed occupation . |
| 3 | There are now more than 6400 restaurants in 41 countries and about 85 per cent of these restaurants are owned and operationed by franchisees . |
| 4 | The Copts formed about 10 per cent of Egypt 's population overall and about 20 per cent of the population of Upper Egypt . |
| 5 | The port never recovered from this blow and about 10 per cent of the trade lost to Gdynia during this crisis never returned . |
| 6 | ‘ Marius Steen made over his three houses and about 75 per cent of his other assets to his son some years ago . |
| 7 | There are still very few schools that have mixed ability groups in all of their first three years , but more and more schools are introducing some mixed ability groups in their first three years and about thirty per cent have mixed ability grouping in their first year now , something around fifteen per cent have mixed ability in the first three years . |
| 8 | Wrongful dismissal actions seldom reach a full trial in the High Court and about 70 per cent of all unfair dismissal claims are settled or withdrawn without the need for a hearing . |
| 9 | In a previous double-blind trial , it had been found to be of value in about 70 per cent of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and about 40 per cent of those with osteoarthritis . |
| 10 | Ethnic minority groups account for 3.9 per cent of the economically-active working age population in Britain and about 10 per cent in London . |
| 11 | In terms of world production , OPEC output was estimated over the second half of 1988 and the first half of 1989 to have represented about 34 per cent of the total ; in addition approximately 20 per cent was produced by the Soviet Union and about 15 per cent by the United States , around 5 per cent each by Mexico and China , and about 3 per cent each by the United Kingdom and Canada . |
| 12 | About 30 per cent of polytechnic/college graduates and about 5 per cent of university graduates are the products of ‘ sandwich ’ courses which include either one ( year ) long placement or several shorter ones ( AGCAS 1989 ) . |
| 13 | Most of the projects are in Asia and about 40 per cent of the funds went to projects in very poor countries ; investment in fertilizers , chemicals and petrochemicals was the largest single group . |
| 14 | ‘ At present , only about one per cent of police officers in England and Wales and about 1.5 per cent of Metropolitan Police officers are from racial minorities . ’ |
| 15 | Of the employment in new branches , about 50 per cent had relocated from elsewhere within the UK , 35 per cent from the local area or the region and about 14 per cent from abroad . |