Example sentences of "or 20 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 21 per cent figure for share ownership compares with estimates of 19 or 20 per cent produced by such surveys . |
| 2 | Joe Sharp , director of space research at NASA 's Ames Research Laboratory explains : ‘ Nobody has the foggiest idea of the effect of even 40 per cent or 20 per cent of gravity for extended periods . ’ |
| 3 | Fifty per cent of all profit-related pay up to £3000 per annum or 20 per cent of total pay will be tax-free . |
| 4 | Generally speaking , this strain is something like 10 or 20 per cent . |
| 5 | CitiBank spent $1.5 billion in 1989 on information management , equivalent to $19,000 per staff member or 20 per cent of non-interest operating costs . |
| 6 | In that year , according to a report from the Treasury and Civil Service Select Committee , of the 75,210 FIS recipients , only 15,000 , or 20 per cent , were estimated to be above the tax threshold when FIS was claimed in the previous year ( Treasury and Civil Service Committee , The Structure of Personal Income , Taxation and Income Support , House of Commons Paper 2021 , HMSO 1982 , table 11 , p. 15 ) . |
| 7 | During the year to December 1990 — the year about which the hon. and learned Gentleman asked — unemployment regrettably increased by 1,941 , or 20 per cent . |
| 8 | tax on savings or 20 per cent . |
| 9 | Licensed private traders would be allowed to make a profit of no more than 10 per cent on unprocessed goods bought from state or co-operative enterprises , or 20 per cent if their merchandise had been repackaged or stored . |
| 10 | If the images are confined to a box area covering no more than a 15 or 20 per cent of the whole screen , the data volumes required are again correspondingly reduced . |
| 11 | For example , the current allowance of £1,720 for someone aged under 65 reduces their tax bill by £688 ( 40 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a higher rate taxpayer , but by only half that amount ( £344 , or 20 per cent of £1,720 ) if they are a lower rate taxpayer . |
| 12 | Colin Ross , chairman , said one well , a development of the West Firsby field , had come on stream this month , adding about 60 barrels of oil per day , or 20 per cent , to net output . |