Example sentences of "and be [adv] [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In addition to being based on new technology and being over 40 per cent more powerful than its predecessor , the 820 has twice as much memory and this will provide us with the potential to exploit new , more efficient techniques for online applications and batch processing . ’ |
| 2 | On average this is about 33 per cent , although it ranges up to about 60 per cent in the case of Italy , and is over 40 per cent for Britain , France and the United States . |
| 3 | It contains good amounts of vitamins A and D , but no minerals and not protein and is almost 100 per cent fat . |
| 4 | The whole economy fell 4.0 per cent in eight quarters from the peak in the second quarter of 1990 , and is still 3.7 per cent below the peak , but the onshore economy excluding oil and gas has fallen 3.9 per cent over ten quarters , and the latest figure is the lowest yet . |
| 5 | down on a year ago , and is only 6 per cent . |
| 6 | However , in volume terms , exports were up seven per cent in the last three months compared with the previous three months and was up 13 per cent on a year ago . |