Example sentences of "up to [adj] [unc] cent of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Needless to say , the study of natural hazards is important , a statement brought into sharp focus by the fact that natural hazards account for up to 4 per cent of total deaths in the world each year ( Mitchell , 1974 ) . |
| 2 | Our Sun ‘ loses ’ 4 million tons of mass this way every second — but it has so much mass to play with that this rate of mass loss would only add up to 7 per cent of the total after about a trillion ( million million ) years . |
| 3 | If these are n't met staff could lose up to five per cent of their saleries . |
| 4 | ‘ The drug works for up to 85 per cent of patients |
| 5 | The injection works in up to 85 per cent of cases , and the tablets in up to 70 per cent of patients . |
| 6 | Although the procedure relies on a final visual check it excludes up to 85 per cent of the possibilities , allowing the designer to use his time effectively and so optimizing the solution . |
| 7 | In some areas of French Polynesia , up to 85 per cent of reefs are bleached . |
| 8 | On the basis of the first computer projections after polling stations closed last night , the alliance of the neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) and the centre-right Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) was expected to win up to 85 per cent of the 577 parliamentary seats with just 40 per cent of the votes . |
| 9 | There is no test to identify who the carriers are although up to two per cent of adults could transmit A-T . |
| 10 | Underwriting can be expensive , representing sometimes up to two per cent of the issue proceeds , and the underwriting costs normally depend on the length of the time period from the date of the announcement of the rights issue until such time as the offer closes . |
| 11 | Very generous financial assistance would be given by the Government , in the form of a grant of up to thirty per cent of capital and remission of all taxation on export sales for ten years . |
| 12 | According to the report , pollution is so bad that even 100 kilometres away in the national capital of Prague , up to 99.3 per cent of the 1.2 million people live in a highly degraded environment as a direct result . |
| 13 | Evidence from inspections carried out by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has suggested that in some areas up to 42 per cent of Britain 's farms could be polluting rivers and groundwater . |
| 14 | The acquisition of Walker will put British Steel on a par with its rivals in Germany and France which control up to 70 per cent of the stockholding outlets through which their steel is sold to industrial customers . |
| 15 | One leading businessman said this week that up to 70 per cent of shares traded every day were being sold overseas . |
| 16 | Until the Communists took power , Czechoslovakia was one of the most advanced industrial nations in Europe , supplying up to 70 per cent of the needs of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , all from an industrial base started in the 1840s and 1850s . |
| 17 | This yeast-like fungus is an ubiquitous organism which is found as a commensal in up to 70 per cent of people 's intestines . |
| 18 | There is debate as to the extent to which it is sexually transmitted , but in some reports up to 70 per cent of male partners of infected women have been shown to harbour the organism . |
| 19 | This market accounts for up to 70 per cent of the ECM 's gross ( total ) size . |
| 20 | The injection works in up to 85 per cent of cases , and the tablets in up to 70 per cent of patients . |
| 21 | Bradshaw and Millar estimate that up to 70 per cent of lone mothers could be employed if all who said they wanted to could immediately get jobs and child care . |
| 22 | The report recommends that up to 70 per cent of our diet should now consist of fruit , vegetables and complex carbohydrates such as pasta , potatoes , bread and other wholegrain foods . |
| 23 | The turnout was given as up to 70 per cent of the electorate , the balloting was reported incident-free , and observers declared the elections to be " free in accordance with Malaysian law and circumstances " . |
| 24 | The company involved , Flambeau Mining , claims that up to 70 per cent of the $20-30 million cost of the mine will go towards environmental protection measures , including a water treatment plant . |
| 25 | He says that in previous cases where they 've taken over contracts they 've offered up to 98 per cent of employees their jobs back . |
| 26 | Some of the programmes developed have succeeded in removing up to 98 per cent of the solids content of waste water . |
| 27 | The listings from early modern England show that up to 8 per cent of households of over-sixty-year-olds might have been receiving some economic support through lodgers . |
| 28 | The report claimed that fraudulent claims by farmers might account for up to 8 per cent of the total spent on ewe premiums , or some 100,000,000 ECU a year ; meanwhile , it said , subsidised milk powder intended for calf feed was being illegally diverted into food for human consumption . |
| 29 | The society will lend up to 95 per cent of the purchase price or valuation , whichever is lower . |
| 30 | If you examine such a male 's sperms you will find that up to 95 per cent of them contain the t gene , only 5 per cent the normal allele . |