Example sentences of "[prep] [num] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might be able to write off fifty per cent or something like of that order , er of of of er known terrorists , but one would not be able to solve the situation even using those methods and you would create martyrs , you would merely exacerbate the situation , quite apart from the legal er horror , I mean i it is it is inconceivable in in in Britain , that sort of action . |
| 2 | Institutional shareholders have agreed to subscribe for 35.8 per cent of the offer . |
| 3 | Measured on the carbon dioxide scale , it emitted 2.109 metric tons per capita in 1986 from fossil fuels and cement production ; Britain in the same year emitted 2.938 metric tons per capita from the same resources ; the United States 5.005 ; France ( which relies on nuclear power for 70 per cent of its electricity generation ) 1.794 , and India 0.187 . |
| 4 | By the 1980s , indeed , they commonly accounted for 70 per cent of the Lake Victoria catch . |
| 5 | Red dwarfs are faint , cool and small , and they account for 70 per cent of the Galaxy 's stars . |
| 6 | Malaysia , Thailand , Indonesia and Bolivia account for 70 per cent of world output . |
| 7 | Doctors will be able to use the kit for regular screening for lung and gastric cancers , which account for 70 per cent of cancers treated in the western world . |
| 8 | Telecoms operators account for 70 per cent of Ariane 's order books in 1989 , and French and European orders in early 1989 for 50 new Ariane 4 rockets strengthened Ariane 's position as the leading satellite launcher in the world . |
| 9 | The private health market is largely confined to a narrow range of relatively uncomplicated surgery for those who require speedier treatment or more attractive surroundings than an NHS hospital about ‘ two dozen procedures accounting for 70 per cent of expenditure ’ ( Propper and Maynard , 1990 ) . |
| 10 | In mid-1990 the three largest US companies selling canned tuna fish , accounting for 70 per cent of the US market , had announced that they would no longer buy tuna caught in nets which also caught dolphins . |
| 11 | Spending is easier to cap because it is centrally controlled , and because the allocations to health authorities for running hospital and community health services , accounting for 70 per cent of total spending , are cash limited . |
| 12 | Acknowledging that cars are responsible for 70 per cent of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles , the CBI has suggested that the taxation of road transport should be changed over a number of years to encourage the use of more fuel-efficient vehicles . |
| 13 | British farmers are not producing enough organic food to meet rapidly-rising consumer demand , with the result that imports account for 70 per cent of the annual market , according to the Organic Food and Farming Centre . |
| 14 | The mainland population accounted for 97 per cent of the total . |
| 15 | Iceland would retain control over its fisheries but allow an EC catch of 3,000 tonnes redfish equivalent , in exchange for some access to EC waters and customs-free market access for 97 per cent of its fisheries products by 1997 . |
| 16 | The coupons , originally introduced in January as a temporary solution to a severe shortage of rouble banknotes , accounted for 97 per cent of official cash transactions by the autumn . |
| 17 | Thus , of the clients who did not receive the residential , short stay , or day care , other services were either provided or arranged for 20.6 per cent of cases in the specialist team and for 6.9 per cent of cases in the generic team . |
| 18 | Spirits accounted for 74 per cent of profits at £209m , with brewing adding £39m . |
| 19 | Guinness is sold through all the major brewer 's outlets , and accounts for 4.5 per cent of total beer sales . |
| 20 | However , car buyers should be aware that all kinds of discounts are available on new cars and that an interest-free loan for 75 per cent for two years might still work out more expensive than borrowing elsewhere and getting a large cash discount on the purchase price . |
| 21 | These movements account for 75 per cent . |
| 22 | set throttle/rpm for 75 per cent power at that level |
| 23 | Within the company 's warehousing and distribution operation , which accounts for 75 per cent of the company 's employees , the majority opted to stay in London . |
| 24 | It is noticeable , however , that whereas the G-5 countries now account for 75 per cent of the world 's FDI flow , their position as the five major exporters is a much less concentrated 45 per cent . |
| 25 | 151 , 188 , para. 25 , the court held that a requirement for 75 per cent . |
| 26 | ( 1981 ) concluded that radiative forcing by greenhouse gases together with volcanoes accounted for 75 per cent of the variance in the 5-year smoothed global temperature for the past century , while the addition of a hypothesized variation in solar luminosity increased the figure to 90 per cent . |
| 27 | The pursuers sued the defenders for 75 per cent of the price as damages , and the Sheriff found the defenders liable in damages . |
| 28 | In part , this is because the country 's main coal-fired power plants had been awarded free permits for 75 per cent of their " baseline " output ( calculated on the basis of their average emissions in the 1980s ) . |
| 29 | Moreover , no rooms were locked in the houses , whereas in hospital environments , and in particular special units , between 15–35 per cent of the living unit was likely to be unavailable to clients . |
| 30 | ‘ They are asking for eight per cent , whereas the housing associations can afford to pay only three-and-a-half per cent . ’ |