Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [adj] percent " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I think should be done at that time was that the Government should be fifty percent shares in it so that anything that 's er sample that 's brought up they should know what it is . |
| 2 | Against that there 'll be seventeen percent of this population was seeing home-helps , five percent was seeing social workers . |
| 3 | that 'd be eighty percent yeah . |
| 4 | At the moment , nuclear power contributes approximately three percent to our national consumption of fuels , a small figure and even if we multiplied it tenfold that would be thirty percent . |
| 5 | The Westminster Press cost budget is now adjusted and they 're currently trading at a nine percent margin which would be ten percent if it was n't for the er , expenditure on er , Yorkshire on Sunday er , the circulation of which is growing very nicely . |
| 6 | yeah so that , that would , that would be er that would be ten percent . |
| 7 | I think if Tom was sat there it would be ninety percent . |
| 8 | Also if one or other of the partners , well it would have to be the partner that was n't signing was seriously ill then the reduct deduction would be twenty percent . |
| 9 | Targeted revenues could top four billion pounds a year and provide a war chest for good causes such as sport and arts , the treasury 's cut will be twelve percent of proceeds , leaving a honey pot of six hundred million pounds of turnover a year for the operator . |