Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb -s] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Friesian type now forms 60 per cent of the national cow herd : there are more than 370,000 black-and-white cows . |
| 2 | I should perhaps add that the LCD still pays 50 per cent of the costs . |
| 3 | If an act is starting out and the manager immediately takes 25 per cent of their money , the band are almost certainly going to be in financial difficulties . |
| 4 | This was the first piece of silliness : Comet already has 8.8 per cent and Dixons has almost 18 per cent — quite enough when merged to breach the 25 per cent ceiling which triggers a Monopolies Commission inquiry . |
| 5 | Dairy Farm now holds 28 per cent . |
| 6 | Although electricity only supplies 15 per cent of the UK 's energy demand , it consumes almost a third of primary energy from fossil fuels . |
| 7 | My impression is that the old trick of saying that the cigarettes are for one 's mother or older brother still works 99.99 per cent . |
| 8 | Freshwater acidification potentially affects 24 per cent of the total area of sites of special scientific interest ( SSSIs ) in England , Scotland and Wales , according to research by English Nature . |