Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] 40 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Catholic working-class areas like Newry , Londonderry 's Bogside , and parts of West Belfast , it rose to even 30 or 40 per cent . |
| 2 | The plantations would be open to foreign acquisition but overall foreign ownership would be limited to 30 or 40 per cent . |
| 3 | The main drawback of the bankruptcy laws as they stood was the high cost to creditors of realizing the estates of their insolvent debtors — between 30 and 40 per cent of the amount they hoped to recover . |
| 4 | Between 30 and 40 per cent off selected items . |
| 5 | Reductions of between 30 and 40 per cent on selected women 's clothes and accessories . |
| 6 | The position of the Dip.HE courses offered by the colleges and institutes of higher education has been causing the Welsh Office some concern because some of the units in specific subject areas which make up the courses have been recruiting small numbers of students : in 1980–1 , for example , between 30 and 40 per cent of them were enrolling fewer than eight students . |
| 7 | The economy remained on a war footing during 1989 with between 30 and 40 per cent of the budget being spent on defence . |
| 8 | Under this settlement , subject to approval by the courts in the UK , Luxembourg and the Cayman Islands and by 70 per cent of the creditors involved , those shareholders — the Ruler and authorities of Abu Dhabi — would ( i ) make a payment of $1,700 million ( adjustable up or down by $500 million ) to make possible a return to creditors of between 30 and 40 per cent ; and ( ii ) assume responsibility for certain liabilities of BCCI branches in the United Arab Emirates . |
| 9 | A considerable proportion — between 30 and 40 per cent — actually did so , though most commonly for the opposite reason , because they did not like the New World or could not establish themselves there . |
| 10 | Although the road was originally intended to be a private toll-financed venture , the feasibility study suggested that tolls could only contribute between 30 and 40 per cent of the revenue required . |
| 11 | There are no estimates for the wounding rates of mountain goats , but for other game species it may be as high as 40 per cent . |
| 12 | We also found that in the South East of England ( including Greater London ) , where the density of IT employers is very high , DP staff turnover levels as high as 40 per cent were being recorded in 1986,6 compared to ( only ! ) 25 per cent in the previous year ( quoted in Computing , 30/10/86 ) . |
| 13 | In 1978 the repayment of home loans absorbed about 23 per cent of take-home pay whereas the 1989 figure may be as high as 40 per cent . |
| 14 | The pressure was still so great by 1924 that 40 per cent of all urban youths under the age of 18 were unemployed . |
| 15 | It counters criticism that anti-pollution measures would harm the economy by arguing that reductions of between 10 and 40 per cent in overall greenhouse gas emissions could be achieved " at relatively low cost " . |
| 16 | Ironically , they are unlikely to arise on sites zoned by local authorities for housing development : such zoning can raise the price of land to as much as 40 per cent of the cost of a house . |
| 17 | Although there is disagreement in the City over whether recession is inevitable , there were warnings yesterday that high rates could reduce package holiday bookings by as much as 40 per cent next summer — something that would help to narrow the current account deficit . |
| 18 | Labour has not succeeded in winning as much as 40 per cent of the vote in any of the past six elections . |
| 19 | The proportions of each age group selected into grammar schools varied from as little as 15 per cent in some parts of the country to as much as 40 per cent in others . |
| 20 | On 8 March , the establishment will tell architects and administrators how they could cut that cost by as much as 40 per cent . |
| 21 | The amount of tar may be as much as 40 per cent of the weight of the original feedstock . |
| 22 | ‘ In some areas prices are down by as much as 40 per cent . ’ |
| 23 | The process of de-industrialization in India under colonial rule began with the deliberate destruction of the cotton manufacturing industry and the opening up of Indian markets to British cotton manufacturers ; from a net exporter , India was reduced to a major importer of cotton manufactures , most of these from Britain , and indeed India was forced to become the single largest importer of British cotton manufactures , sometimes taking as much as 40 per cent of British exports . |
| 24 | In some urban areas it can comprise as much as 40 per cent of the stock and up to 100 per cent of houses over considerable tracts . |
| 25 | Most of the cuts , which were negotiated over 20 months [ see pp. 37201 ; 37267 ; 37335 ; 37473-74 ; 37796-97 ] , would be made by the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact countries , which were expected to reduce their total arsenal by as much as 40 per cent . |
| 26 | Performance monitoring showed that the in-built energy efficient features were extremely successful and could reduce fuel bills by as much as 40 per cent . |
| 27 | Turnover rose by about 20–30 per cent p.a. between 1980 and mid 1987 although within this period turnover at times fluctuated by as much as 40 per cent year-on-year . |
| 28 | In the Leicester local authority district , unadjusted unemployment increased by 4,877 or 40 per cent . |
| 29 | Fewer than 30 per cent of those earning up to £8,000 go , and fewer than 40 per cent of those earning up to £15,000 . |
| 30 | Comparable percentages for Central America were 6 and 11 , while the sharply higher levels in India were posted at 21 and 40 per cent , respectively . |