Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [adj] [unc] cent of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use in rural areas is extensive , but it is in urban areas that it reaches its apogee , with some 30 per cent of home-work trips and 64 per cent of home-school trips made by cycle . |
| 2 | The consequence is that of those questioned in an opinion poll carried out in Buxtehude by the German Automobile Association ADAC , 67 per cent of the car drivers and 76 per cent of the inhabitants approve of 30 km/h as a speed limit . |
| 3 | Since the Royal Commission on Population found that out of a sample of 7,625 pregnancies only 147 resulted in criminal abortions ( equal to 2 per cent of all pregnancies and 17 per cent of all abortions ) , it is unlikely that changes in the abortion rate played a major part in accounting for the decrease in working class fertility . |
| 4 | Fully 10 per cent of Tory supporters and 22 per cent of Liberal Democrats would vote Labour under those circumstances . |
| 5 | Volvo now owns 20 per cent of Renault 's car division , with the French company owning 25 per cent of Volvo Cars and 10 per cent of AB Volvo . |
| 6 | Drainage — which has affected 97 per cent of lowland bogs and 95 per cent of fens , also played a role in the removal of wetland habitat , said the report , as did the canalization or culverting of waterways . |
| 7 | There are plans to enlist students who can already handle computers — about 50 per cent of California 's high schools and 20 per cent of its elementary schools already have computers . |
| 8 | Furthermore , the government only directly controls and finances 5.8 per cent of primary schools and 12.8 per cent of secondary schools . |
| 9 | Currently , there are no fewer than 25 per cent of quoted industrial companies and 16 per cent of quoted distribution companies at risk of failure ( Z |
| 10 | said : ‘ Seventy-five per cent of our current output is for pharmaceutical companies and 90 per cent of the effort on new product development is for pharmaceuticals . ’ |
| 11 | Although 20 per cent go out into the country once a week , the study showed that less than half of the population are monthly visitors and 80 per cent of visits are for only a day or less . |
| 12 | In 1990 around 58 per cent of exports went to EC countries and 74 per cent of imports came from the EC , while the country 's five EFTA partners accounted for only 7 per cent of trade . |
| 13 | In 1981 , 39 per cent of West Indians and 41 per cent of Pakistanis were in semi-and unskilled jobs , which were generally located in inner-city areas — the very areas that have suffered the most dramatic and sustained decline in employment in the past 20 years . |
| 14 | They were also much more likely to be unemployed — whilst 30 per cent of the white 16 — 19 year olds were out of work , 46 per cent of the West Indians and 35 per cent of the Asians in the same age group were . |
| 15 | Among those aged 16–24 , over 80 per cent of West Indians and 15 per cent of Asians were born in Britain , while of those over 25 , only 3 per cent of West Indians and less than 1 per cent of Asians were born here . |
| 16 | The Illington-Lackford type of pottery occurs on 4 per cent of cemeteries and 15 per cent of settlements in East Anglia , strongly suggesting that it was being used for domestic , as well as funerary , use , and it is estimated that undecorated pottery made from the same fabrics outnumber the decorated Illington-Lackford pots by 15:1 . |
| 17 | When all was done , however , it was the greatest naval power in Europe , the British , who had scooped the honours and 75 per cent of the sale . |
| 18 | In April 1970 , to pay for the CAP , it was agreed to provide the Community with its own financial resources from payments of agricultural levies , external customs duties and one per cent of the Value Added Tax raised by members . |
| 19 | Yet as late as the 1840s foreign entrepreneurs controlled 90 per cent of Russia 's imports and 97 per cent of her exports , besides making considerable inroads into domestic commerce . |
| 20 | William Webster , director of the US Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ) , had said in evidence to the House armed services committee on Dec. 5 that sanctions " have dealt a serious blow " , shutting off " more than 90 per cent of imports and 97 per cent of exports " but that there was " no assurance or guarantee " that economic hardship would bring a change in Iraqi policy . |
| 21 | In spite of massive investment and attention , in the 1980s 50 per cent of potatoes and 60 per cent of citrus fruits grown on state or collective farms spoil before reaching market ; private plots , accounting for four per cent of arable land , supply 25 per cent of total output ( 30 per cent of meat and dairy products and 40 per cent of fruit ) ; and the bill for overseas imports consumes as much as 45 per cent of hard currency earnings . |
| 22 | In the first two months 90 per cent of short distance trains turned up after five minutes and 96 per cent of long distance trains turned up after ten minutes . |
| 23 | Only 20 per cent of the lone men drew supplementary pensions , along with 33 per cent of widows and 28 per cent of other lone women ( DHSS , 1984 , p. 17 , Table 4 ; p. 19 , Table 7 ) . |
| 24 | By comparison only 46 per cent of British respondents , 30 per cent of Mexicans , 7 per cent of Germans and 3 per cent of Italians expressed pride in their governmental and political institutions . |
| 25 | Again , for reasons stated above , this group was differentiated along gender lines , occurring in none of the female cases and 30 per cent of the male cases . |
| 26 | The comparable figures for 1989 were 33 per cent of conifers and 20 per cent of broadleaved trees . |
| 27 | Wildlife changes are the final element in the landscape equation , and the changes outlined above ( in both uplands and lowlands , as a result of the increased use of machinery and also chemicals ) have led to the destruction of 95 per cent of herb-rich meadow , 80 per cent of lowland sheep walks , 40 per cent of lowland heaths , 30–50 per cent of ancient lowland woods and 50 per cent of lowland fens and mires since 1945 ( NCC , 1984 ) , and therefore the extinction or rapid decline of much flora and fauna . |
| 28 | In 1986 this accounted for nearly 12 per cent of revenue raised by expenditure taxes and 4 per cent of total government revenue ( see Godfrey and Maynard 1988 ) . |
| 29 | He pointed out that the federal government was directly responsible for determining the prices of only 11.5 per cent of industrial products and 14.5 per cent of retail prices , and concluded from that that the government played only a minor role in generating inflation . |
| 30 | In spite of massive investment and attention , in the 1980s 50 per cent of potatoes and 60 per cent of citrus fruits grown on state or collective farms spoil before reaching market ; private plots , accounting for four per cent of arable land , supply 25 per cent of total output ( 30 per cent of meat and dairy products and 40 per cent of fruit ) ; and the bill for overseas imports consumes as much as 45 per cent of hard currency earnings . |