Example sentences of "[be] [adv] a [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.

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1 Over that period there has been only a 10 per cent .
2 You 're either a hundred per cent into it .
3 ‘ No — and I 'm not a hundred per cent sure that I want to start , Luke .
4 ‘ I 'm not a hundred per cent convinced , ’ Loretta said thoughtfully .
5 Although as a prediction of the electoral result this was incorrect , the estimates were only a few per cent out .
6 ‘ I do n't care , ’ she said stubbornly , but even as she said the words she knew they were n't a hundred per cent true .
7 But it has been calculated that there is only a 4 per cent chance of dying if bitten by one of them .
8 Total French expenditure is only a few per cent of total US space expenditure .
9 Most people will offer something even if it is only a few per cent for cash on delivery .
10 Given a two-choice array , there is a 50 per cent possibility of a correct response occurring by chance , while with a four-choice array there is only a 25 per cent chance of a random response being correct .
11 But to the mother who used to hide her away , Katya is already a hundred per cent better .
12 They have n't said much about the cost , anything about the cost , and they have n't said whether , well they would n't would they ? , , whether anyone was dissatisfied , cos I understand from my family that they have been met you know they have been raised in the press , but it 's not a hundred per cent .
13 There is also a 10 per cent discount voucher , when enrolling as a new member by post , redeemable at all AA shops if over £7.50 is spent .
14 But there is now a 60 per cent chance that a fish will be caught after it reaches 35 centimetres ( the legal limit to netting size ) .
15 My group is suggesting they increase by five hundred thousand which is over a hundred per cent increase and I su I support this .
16 Unfortunately , there was only a 50 per cent success rate — the experiment went off half-cocked .
17 And while the traditional business base showed a slight decline , from 7,775 to 7,671 outlets , there was still a 12 per cent growth in the number of meals served .
18 These courses proved highly popular with our lads and there was practically a hundred per cent pass rate .
19 As soon as I knew she was n't a hundred per cent , I just did n't want to know her …
20 She hoped so , but she was n't a hundred per cent certain .
21 Compared to the last major overhaul three years ago , there was almost a 90 per cent drop in ethylene dichloride discharge and around 80 per cent in vinyl chloride .
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