Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] about [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Husbands or wives were seen about 36 per cent of the 639 , other relatives about 43 per cent , friends or neighbours about 10 per cent , staff of institutions about 10 per cent and other officials about one per cent . |
| 2 | ‘ The budget simply reflects that we have fewer people out of work about 30 per cent less than in 1987 . |
| 3 | It seems to be coming back fairly swiftly actually , and airlines are quite confident now that erm they will see traffic growth once again of round about five per cent |
| 4 | Similarly , estimates based on parish records suggest that in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries on average about 19 per cent of all families with children were lone-parent families ( Snell and Millar , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | However , there was a significant minority of floating voters : on average about 20 per cent of the electorate . |
| 6 | On average about 25 per cent of our turnover is for Group companies . |