Example sentences of "around [adj] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson Mark II , between March 1974 and March 1976 , ran up a total of somewhere around 120 ad hoc groups . |
| 2 | At the end of 1988 the pound stood at $1.79 and DM3.20 , putting the effective exchange rate at around 97 per cent of its 1985 value . |
| 3 | Initially , the split is around 70 per cent to the composer and 30 per cent to the publisher . |
| 4 | The North 's share of the world 's energy consumption was expected to decrease from around 70 per cent to 60 per cent by 2020 , but in that time the proportion of the global population living in the South would have grown from 75 per cent to 80 per cent . |
| 5 | These figures show the diversity of the cases dealt with under section 2 , and they also represent a significant shift from policy in the 1960s , when around 70 per cent of diminished-responsibility offenders were given hospital orders . |
| 6 | When war broke out in 1939 , the combination of a depressed agriculture at home and a convenient empire abroad had ensured that around 70 per cent of the nation 's food was imported from overseas . |
| 7 | In the Khartoum and Northern regions , in 1986/87 pass rates at both primary and intermediate levels were around 70 per cent for both boys and girls . |
| 8 | The General Household Survey indicates that , nationally , about 58 per cent of households had at least one car in 1980 ( Central Statistical Office 1982 ) but that around 70 per cent of rural households have at least one car . |
| 9 | The share of total output of the five largest companies in chemicals , vehicles , electrical engineering , and drink , for example , average around 70 per cent . |
| 10 | In particular , the massive increase in car ownership from about 10 per cent in the early 1950s , to about 58 per cent of all urban households and around 70 per cent of rural households in 1982 ( Phillips and Williams , 1984 ) has let more and more rural people travel to a greater range of destinations at their own time and convenience . |
| 11 | Around 70 per cent of Yugoslavia 's 6,500,000 workers would have their salaries increased by 22 per cent , but the remainder were to have their salaries reduced . |
| 12 | Before the 1967 ban around 70 per cent of Albania 's population had been Moslems . |
| 13 | In France President Mitterrand 's policy was supported by around 70 per cent of the population in early February according to opinion polls , rising to 78 per cent after Feb. 24 . |
| 14 | Fishing is also of major importance , while around 70 per cent of the population depend on subsistence agriculture . |
| 15 | Mexican debt was being sold at the end of the year for 46.6 cents on the dollar , some 30 per cent more than in January , while Argentinian debt had improved by around 70 per cent to an admittedly still poor 20 cents on the dollar . |
| 16 | There were reports throughout September of violent anti-government protests in North Korea , apparently ignited by the government 's decision in July to reduce the amount of money in circulation and to devalue the won by around 70 per cent . |
| 17 | There was general agreement that no new money could easily be found for heavily indebted African or South American countries at present ; meanwhile United States delegates told the conference that US monetary policy would be kept tight in order to combat inflation , which was currently around 4.5 per cent . |
| 18 | Overall inflation was expected to accelerate to an annual rate of 5.2 per cent in the first half of 1991 , from around 4.5 per cent in December . |
| 19 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
| 20 | The rate of growth of agricultural output in the Meiji period is subject to considerable dispute , but it is probable that a rate of around 1.8 per cent annual growth in output was maintained through to the early 1900s at least , far outstripping the rate of population growth in the same period . |
| 21 | They brew around 75 per cent of all beer , control a majority of tied pubs and dominate the ‘ free trade ’ through cheap loans and other backhanders . |
| 22 | In contrast , the South 's population is expected to double before 2025 , thereby increasing its share of the world total from around 75 per cent in 1980 to nearly 85 per cent in 2025 . |
| 23 | The two figures should add up to around 75 per cent . |
| 24 | Most important , however , is the rate support grant , which accounts for around 75 per cent of the total grant paid to local authorities and is paid over to individual authorities as a block sum . |
| 25 | Ahead of the Supreme Soviet elections in Latvia the nationalist Latvian Popular Front had been confidently predicting that it would secure a two-thirds majority in the 201-seat chamber , basing this prediction on its unexpectedly strong showing in the local elections in December 1989 when its candidates had won around 75 per cent of all seats , including half the seats in the city soviet of the predominantly Russian-populated capital , Riga . |
| 26 | Around 75 per cent of China 's energy comes from coal — either via power stations , or burned for domestic heating . |
| 27 | In 1967 and 1968 turnout for these elections was around 75 per cent , with 80–90 per cent of the vote going to union candidates . |
| 28 | Although no figures are yet available , this rate has probably flattened in 1990 and 1991 and may well prove to be around eight per cent or less at the current time . |
| 29 | We 've experience a growth rate of around eight per cent , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 30 | In the west the average number of those involved in agriculture fell to around 74 per cent . |