Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adj] [unc] cent of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Currently , hydrocarbons account for a third of Norway 's gross exports , 15 per cent of revenue and 17 per cent of Gross National Product . |
| 2 | In 1988 mining represented 22 per cent of GDP and contributed nearly two-thirds of export revenue and 90 per cent of budget revenue . |
| 3 | The November 1989 budget presented to parliament by Finance Minister Paul Pora was unexpectedly expansionist given the closure of the Panguna copper mine or Bougainville which had previously provided about 17 per cent of national revenue and 40 per cent of foreign exchange earnings . |
| 4 | Kieman , Reid and Jones ( 1982 ) , in a survey of special schools using some form of signing , claim 34 per cent of schools responding have a PGSS programme and 33 per cent of children had some PGSS in their education . |
| 5 | It estimated that 90 per cent of the manpower , 85 per cent of the tanks , 95 per cent of the artillery and 85 per cent of the combat airpower were provided by NATO 's European members . |
| 6 | Two-party dominance was at its greatest in the period between 1945 and 1970 when the Conservative and Labour Parties won all but 8 per cent of the vote and 2 per cent of the seats . |
| 7 | The maximum housing benefit you can receive is 100 per cent of your eligible rent and 80 per cent of your eligible rates . |
| 8 | New-product sales , which include the anti-emetic , Zofran , and Imigran , the migraine treatment , generated sales of £245 million , which represent 11 per cent of turnover and 29 per cent of turnover growth . |
| 9 | The deal , which needs the approval of the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission , will give British Steel control over 35 per cent of the UK stockholding industry and 5 per cent of the European Community stockholding market . |
| 10 | By now 40 per cent of manufacturing industry , 50 per cent of construction industry and 60 per cent of retail trade and services will have been turned into joint-stock companies , privatized or leased . |
| 11 | For example , 80 per cent of our tin and 75 per cent of our bauxite come from the Third World . |
| 12 | Only 4.2 per cent voted against this proposal and 1.9 per cent of papers were invalid . |
| 13 | These trends are also confirmed in the Guardian 's ‘ People At Work Survey ’ which found that some 49 per cent of those with a GCE/CSE qualification would consider moving to take up their next job , 59 per cent of those with a first degree and 74 per cent of those with a doctorate would do so . |
| 14 | The loyalists now had the grounds they needed to be able to argue that the executive was undemocratic : the people of Ulster had finally been given a chance to vote on the issue and 50.8 per cent of them were opposed to power-sharing . |
| 15 | Sobhuza founded his own party — the Imbokodvo ( ‘ grinding stone ’ ) — and in the pre-independence elections of 1967 won all twenty-four seats in the legislative council and 80 per cent of the popular vote . |
| 16 | It was found that 78 per cent of 219 users at the Drugs Council and 72 per cent of 197 users at the Detoxification Unit were single ( i.e. neither married nor cohabiting ) . |
| 17 | Finally , up to one in five heroin users in treatment was regularly or occasionally injecting the drug-15 per cent of those known to the Drugs Council and 20 per cent of those known to the Detoxification Unit , compared to an overall figure of 12 per cent in the first survey . |
| 18 | Only 12 per cent of part-time women workers ( 7 per cent of those in the private sector and 21 per cent of those in the public sector ) were members of occupational pension schemes in 1987 ( Government Actuary , 1991 , Table 2.4 , p. 6 ) . |
| 19 | The 1974-76 revolution left 90 per cent of Portugal 's financial sector and 53 per cent of all its fixed investment in state hands . |
| 20 | Of the 55 per cent who knew of chlorine 's everyday uses , only three per cent were aware of its use as a hospital disinfectant and one per cent of its function in plastics manufacture . |
| 21 | Alexander Burovoi , head of the permanent team researching the accident , and Alexander Sich of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , estimate that at least 35 per cent of the radiocaesium and 50 per cent of the iodine in the reactor core was released : twice or three times the estimates released by the Soviet authorities in 1986 . |
| 22 | The results showed that 69 per cent of all beech and 78 per cent of yew had some form of dieback . |
| 23 | For example , only 10 per cent of vandalism and 12 per cent of theft from the person were estimated to be reported , while for burglary , the estimated percentage was 41 per cent and for motor vehicle theft 86 per cent ( Mayhew et al . |
| 24 | 62.2 per cent of male and 68.4 per cent of female unskilled workers were born in West Ham , only 12.3 per cent and 7.5 per cent respectively originated from outside the metropolitan area ( Table 1.4 ) . |
| 25 | Few differences emerged between the relevant groups : 88 per cent of male and 84 per cent of female GP referrals plus 86 per cent of other female referrals were considered definite . |
| 26 | Residues were found in 29 per cent of fruit and vegetables , 32 per cent of cereals , 55 per cent of milk and 48 per cent of potatoes . |
| 27 | Women referred by GPs were generally younger than other women : 59 per cent of GP and 42 per cent of other referrals were aged between 16 and 44 . |
| 28 | The Portuguese Social Democrats have recently won for the second time running with a slightly increased majority and 50.7 per cent of the votes cast . |
| 29 | So for example , if the poverty line is 40 per cent of average income and 15 per cent of income is required to cover the provision of public sector goods and services , the implied tax rate on earned income for a social dividend at the poverty line is 55 per cent so that individuals would receive 45p of an additional £1 earned ! |
| 30 | Statistics for 1987–8 reveal that 45.8 per cent of medical students were women : 43.3 per cent of dentistry students were women ; 53.6 per cent of biology students were women ; but only 16.1 per cent of physics and 10.7 per cent of engineering students were women . |