Example sentences of "[pron] [was/were] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was n't 100 per cent sure myself . |
| 2 | ‘ I was n't 100 per cent sure myself . |
| 3 | ‘ I was terribly upset about my husband dying and I was n't 100 per cent . |
| 4 | To buy a second engraved copy at 24 livres , which was about 5 per cent of the cost of a good harpsichord , would have been extravagant at a time when copying was cheap . |
| 5 | He caught over a stone of roach , which was about 200 per cent more than any normal angler would have managed . |
| 6 | During the Cienfuegos speech Castro confirmed that work on the Juraga nuclear power plant in Cienfuegos , the construction work on which was begun in 1972 and which was now 90 per cent complete at an estimated cost of US$1,000 million , had been halted indefinitely for lack of funds . |
| 7 | The factory labour force fell by 16.6 per cent in the same period after the main recession , because the growth of productivity outstripped that of output , which was only 29.5 per cent . |
| 8 | Apparently — he told Robert — anyone at his school who was not 100 per cent white had been referred to as ‘ Abdul . ’ |
| 9 | Futch , who 's trained five world champions and who originally rejected Bowe , says : ‘ I was in my late 70s after Bowe 's Olympic defeat and I did n't want to waste a minute of my time on someone who was n't 100 per cent dedicated . ’ |
| 10 | In 1961 28 per cent of first-time marriages involved teenage brides ( women under 20 years ) whereas there were only 14 per cent in 1986 . |
| 11 | However , the early surveys of the Government Actuary 's department show that in the private sector in 1956 there were only 34 per cent of ‘ salaried ’ women ( 71 per cent of men ) and 23 per cent of ‘ waged ’ women ( 38 per cent of men ) in schemes ( Government Actuary , 1958 , p. 4 ) . |
| 12 | There were only thirteen per cent more cattle theft cases in the Central Province during the height of the downturn than during the years immediately preceding and following it . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He said there was already 10 per cent more chlorine — which mainly comes from chlorofluorocarbons chemicals ( CFCs ) in aerosol sprays and refrigeration equipment and is the main cause of the ozone hole — in the stratosphere than two years ago . |
| 15 | The fact that manual workers married on average , and throughout the period , about a year earlier helped contribute to this , as did the fact that there was about fifty per cent more childlessness among non-manual families . |
| 16 | There was almost 100 per cent attendance and we found that everybody was anti-dump — and vehemently so ’ . |
| 17 | It gained an additional eight seats in the North West , but the swing there was only 2.0 per cent . |
| 18 | In other words , capital inflows have averaged 31 per cent of the trade and commerce flows of the UK ; in 1979 and 1986 however , they were over 50 per cent . |
| 19 | They were down 15 per cent on March last year . |
| 20 | In the statistical period , 1978–81 , losses continued to be greatest in Scotland , the North and Wales ; they were only 4 per cent in Yorkshire and 2 per cent in the East Midlands . |
| 21 | The sales of the largest 100 US firms were nearly double the sales of the largest 100 non-US firm in 1962 ; in 1972 they were only 40 per cent more . |
| 22 | But we was all in and they was er they was n't fifty per cent organized anyway near . |
| 23 | If it were 20 per cent greater , there would be no less dissatisfaction and unfulfilled demand at the margin ; if it were 20 per cent less — I do not mean if it were reduced by 20 per cent but if it were now 20 per cent less than it actually is , nobody would be the wiser . |
| 24 | By 1988 it was over 20 per cent . |
| 25 | The government 's core rate of inflation on consumer products , excluding food and energy prices , was rising at an annual 3.8 per cent recently while it was nearly 6 per cent just a year ago . |
| 26 | Huh , just surprise it was n't eighty per cent |
| 27 | However at middle and senior management levels only about 11 per cent are women ( about 1000 out of 8400 ) , although this figure is a considerable improvement on 1984 when it was just four per cent . |
| 28 | For men in the 16-19 age group it was just 1.9 per cent , while for the 60-64 age group it was 10.2 per cent . |
| 29 | Following the Act 's implementation , the proportion of defendants who were refused bail while awaiting summary trial declined for a time , and even though it rose thereafter , in 1999 it was still 1 per cent below the 1979 figure of 16 per cent . |
| 30 | At the same time the level of grant was steadily reduced for all authorities until it was below 50 per cent of local costs . |