Example sentences of "over 20 [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After he won last year Tolstikov , who also won the World Cup gold medal because the race was run in conjunction with the London event , had to hand over 20 per cent to the then Soviet federation . |
| 2 | Although AMP has a significant stake , other British insurance companies own over 20 per cent of Pearl 's shares . |
| 3 | Some 18 per cent of managing directors secured pay increases of over 20 per cent in 1988-89 , compared with only 8 per cent of executives below board level . |
| 4 | Such joist-ends will decay if their moisture content remains over 20 per cent for long periods . |
| 5 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |
| 6 | Since only a part of the purchase price has to be put down now , this represents a likely return on capital of over 20 per cent in the first year . |
| 7 | Now over 20 per cent of American households have a Nintendo , and the Atari VCS is just a fond memory . |
| 8 | Typically overheating by 1°C increases energy consumption by 7 per cent , and so heating a building to 22°C rather than the statutory maximum of 19°C increases the amount of energy used by over 20 per cent . |
| 9 | By 1900 however , the birth rate was plunging as couples chose to have fewer children , just as improved health had also begun to have a marked impact ; and it is the combination in the twentieth century of a now almost stagnant population of small families with a new fall in death rates which explains the striking rise of over-sixty-year-olds to form over 20 per cent of our population today and why , more than in any previous generation , such a high proportion of them are without children . |
| 10 | For entries over 20 per cent above the index figure actually shown , another point will be added , up to a maximum of ten points . |
| 11 | The 12.9 per cent illiteracy rate in 1981 was admitted to have risen to over 20 per cent by the late 1980s . |
| 12 | When Clarke wanted to prove the adequacy of CSM 's resources to do its work he cited the fact that , in the three years since the government came to office in 1979 , these had risen from £1.1 to £1.2 million a year — a cut in real terms , according to the retail price index , of well over 20 per cent . |
| 13 | In the event , absenteeism in the body plant actually rose by over 20 per cent over the seven-year period spanning the installation of the line-out system , though this was a smaller rise than in the press and the paint plants adjacent to the body shop . |
| 14 | Tax rates vary from one country to another : a prime example being VAT , which in some parts of Europe at the time of writing is over 20 per cent on certain items . |
| 15 | For those aged 75 and over 20 per cent of men and 16 per cent of women reported an in-patient stay in hospital in the previous year . |
| 16 | By 1975 local expenditure represented over 20 per cent of GNP in Scandinavian countries and had been increasing substantially in other parts of Europe ( Newton 1980:8 — 9 ) . |
| 17 | For example , the Hospice des Enfants-Trouvés in Paris , founded 1670 , was admitting several thousand babies a year by the 1770s , equivalent to over 20 per cent of the yearly baptisms in Paris , although almost half came from outside the city , and 13 per cent into the nineteenth century . |
| 18 | Eight per cent of women aged 18 — 49 were cohabiting in 1988 , and over 20 per cent of those had never been married ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 19 | Dairy products make up over 20 per cent of our calories and they also provide over 20 per cent of our protein intake and much of our calcium . |
| 20 | Dairy products make up over 20 per cent of our calories and they also provide over 20 per cent of our protein intake and much of our calcium . |
| 21 | Young points out that this means the victimisation of over 20 per cent of respondents is still unknown and that such a large proportion could easily skew findings from the surveys . |
| 22 | since 1984 , and 999 calls are up by over 20 per cent . |
| 23 | On a geographical basis , merchandise trade within the West Pacific region increased by over 30 per cent in 1988 , that between North America and the West Pacific by over 20 per cent , that between Western Europe and the West Pacific and within North America each by about 15-16 per cent , transatlantic trade and trade within Western Europe each by about 14-15 per cent , and other trade flows by about 7 per cent . |
| 24 | Only half of the loan was to be released initially , and the remainder in two instalments by 1993 , conditional upon the success in meeting targets , which included a reduction in inflation from the present annualized rate of over 20 per cent to less than 10 per cent by 1993 , and a reduction of the public-sector deficit . |
| 25 | In early April it was reported locally that the government , as part of a proposed 15-point economic programme , was seeking to stabilize the economy without " shocks " , and to promote wide-ranging sectoral agreements to curb inflation ( still running at over 20 per cent a month ) while stimulating production and preserving jobs . |
| 26 | The month-on-month inflation rate was currently over 20 per cent . |
| 27 | Nowadays , imports account for over 20 per cent of the UK carpet market and this percentage is increasing . |
| 28 | Mantes now employs 136 people and productivity per head has increased by well over 20 per cent in one year . |
| 29 | And freight traffic exports jumped by 13 per cent to 4,000 tonnes and imports were up by over 20 per cent , giving an overall freight increase for the month of 17 per cent . |
| 30 | By 1988 it was over 20 per cent . |