Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Historical evidence would suggest that American and French sign languages began to go their separate ways in 1816 , when French Sign Language was imported with the French deaf teacher Clerc ; one would therefore expect a very high degree of similarity , as 1816 is very recent in glottochronological terms , and the percentage of cognate signs should be over 90 per cent . |
| 2 | Run a program of this type on both your machine and your friend 's and compare results — your friend 's PC should be about 20 per cent faster , all other things being equal . |
| 3 | By that year , energy consumption should be down 30 per cent and emissions of pollutants by 70 per cent . |
| 4 | The Bank concludes that , despite the remarkable fall in the headline rate last month , the underlying level of inflation is still close to the top end of the target range of 1 per cent to 4 per cent , though at this stage of the cycle it should be below 2 per cent , and the cost pressures created by devaluation have still to feed fully into the economy . |
| 5 | On a similar US-style deal , commissions might be only 0.325 per cent but most of that should end up with the banks . |
| 6 | Rates may vary a lot around these averages with hire purchase ( could be up to 40 per cent ) , shop accounts ( say , between 0 and 31 per cent ) , finance company loans ( up to 50 per cent ) , finance company second mortgages ( could be over 40 per cent ) . |
| 7 | In freshly felled wood the moisture content varies but may be over 100 per cent of the weight of the dry wood substance . |
| 8 | As the moisture content of the wood in an unheated structure may be around 15 per cent , it only requires a small amount of damp in an unventilated corner to get the rot going . |
| 9 | In an effort to meet its 1991 inflation target , the government in October 1990 concluded with the UGT ( General Workers ' Union ) and the Employers ' Association a pact for the following year : average wage increases would be below 13.4 per cent ; the working week would be reduced from 48 to 44 hours ; the minimum monthly wage for industrial and farm workers would rise by 15 per cent , as would most pension and social security payments ; labour disputes were to be resolved through negotiation rather than industrial action . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , the government admitted that most people would be around 30 per cent worse off in real terms . |
| 11 | At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 per cent . |
| 12 | If death rates declined by 10 per cent during the same period ( a more realistic assumption ) then the growth rate would be only 0.02 per cent higher per annum . |
| 13 | Accordingly , among 25 countries , the reduction of infant deaths alone would range from 5 to 40 per cent ( Maine and McNamara , 1985 , p.17 ) and for the same 25 countries , the average reduction in infant mortality would be about 10 per cent and in death rates of children aged 1–4 years , 21 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 14 | The NEDA was still hopeful that gross national product ( GNP ) growth would be about 5 per cent in 1990 compared with an original projection of 6 per cent . |
| 15 | For example , when the standard rate was 30 per cent , the composite rate would be about 25 per cent . |
| 16 | The plastic sector is expected to reflect its depressed market with a decline in production of 4 per cent , while fibres will be up 1 per cent . |
| 17 | MALT for distilling whisky will be about 20 per cent of 's total sales in 1993 . |
| 18 | Their cut will be around 30 per cent of the ‘ dealer ’ price , which is what the shops pay for your record , bearing in mind that your record will only reach the shops if the dealer asks for it . |