Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1993 , we will be producing 28 per cent of the total ; France and Germany just over 10 per cent each . |
| 2 | As a result , according to the 1985-based projections ( OPCS , 1988 ) , while population increase of 15 per cent or more are expected by the year 2001 in some counties ( e.g. Buckinghamshire , Wiltshire , Cornwall , Shropshire ) , Merseyside stands to lose over 9 per cent and Cleveland and Tyne and Wear both over 5 per cent of their 1985 numbers . |
| 3 | In Britain today only 9 per cent of those over sixty live with another relative apart from their own spouse , in contrast to 12 per cent in the United States , 14 per cent in France , and 29 per cent in Japan and China . |
| 4 | According to the 1984 LFS rather over 6 per cent of the labour force considered themselves to be working on a temporary basis . |
| 5 | The numbers show that in Africa and in Latin America , excluding Chile , only about 17 per cent of targets for privatisation had actually been sold and in Asia only about 30 per cent . |
| 6 | The transport workers , GMB general workers , AEEU manufacturing union , Usdaw shopworkers and UCW postal staff are likely to be joined by at least two others — the Nupe public employees and Cohse health workers — which would guarantee Mr Smith just over 30 per cent of the total vote . |