Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv] [num] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Worst of all are the Czech Republic and Slovakia , where 80 per cent of pine trees under 60 years old and almost 50 per cent of oak trees have been damaged by air pollution . |
| 2 | Widdicombe ( 1986 , vol. 2 ) , found 81 per cent of councillors were male and only 19 per cent female ; the report showed that 59 per cent of councillors came from three socio-economic groups ( professional , employers and managers , intermediate non-manual ) who contribute 23 per cent of the population . |
| 3 | Labour voters have not changed their minds in such high numbers 83pc of them will still vote Labour and only six per cent have switched to the Tories or to the Liberal Democrats . |
| 4 | But the authority 's figures show that up to September , 1991 , of the 4,916 Aids cases reported six per cent were black and only one per cent Asian or Oriental . |
| 5 | Only about 10 per cent of expenditure went on services that were clearly pro poor and about 20 per cent were biased toward those services ( e.g. education , roads , leisure services ) that favoured the better off . |
| 6 | A third of teachers thought their report was not very judgmental , about a half thought them fairly judgmental and only 9 per cent thought them very judgmental , a further 10 per cent being unsure on this . |
| 7 | Only one-third knew about the financial benefits available to carers , less than half knew of support services available and only 38 per cent would turn to social services for advice . |
| 8 | The French record market is very conservative and about 80 per cent of the records in their chart are actually French . |
| 9 | Its 1979 census population of about 162,000 was 75.9 per cent Armenian and only 22.9 per cent Azerbaijani , and there had been pressure for some years for its transfer back to Armenia and for a greater degree of autonomy for its predominantly Christian people . |