Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [adj] [no cls] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the same year in Kenya it has been estimated that African citizens and government institutions owned only about 5 per cent of corporate assets . |
| 2 | Direct taxation — including forced loans and benevolences — produced only about 35 per cent . |
| 3 | It fielded four candidates who averaged just under 10 per cent where they stood . |
| 4 | From 1955 to 1969 inflation averaged just under 2.8 per cent per annum . |
| 5 | Originally F&C specialised in Government Bonds which returned only about 3 per cent . |
| 6 | Ethnic Georgians , who constituted just under 70 per cent of the republic 's population , were assumed to have voted almost unanimously in favour . |
| 7 | The funds thus obtained , which would be repayable over a five-year period , represented only about 15 per cent of the estimated cost of making good damage to infrastructure [ see p. 38362 ] ; most reconstruction funding was expected to come from oil revenues . |
| 8 | In 1772 , when Frederick had admitted to the Danzig Chamber that the population of Pomerania was mainly Polish , it is estimated that the German speakers formed only about 13 per cent of the Pomeranian noble element . |
| 9 | In a re-run Senate by-election in Lublin on June 11 , the Citizens ' Committee candidate won almost 51 per cent of the vote against his opponent from Private Farmers ' Solidarity who took just over 48 per cent . |
| 10 | DEMOS took just under 55 per cent of the vote in the Socio-Political Chamber elections , which according to a proportional representation system gave it 47 of the 80 seats . |
| 11 | The slower tester ran just below 70 per cent of MHR and found it uncomfortable to push any harder for 10 minutes , let alone 20 . |