Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Executive salaries in financial services and the communications industry were 18 per cent above average . |
| 2 | While 45 per cent of German Jews agreed to a return , Arab Jews were 100 per cent opposed . |
| 3 | Thatcher 's image ratings were 25 per cent higher amongst Conservative identifiers than amongst Labour identifiers in the Pre-Campaign Wave and became 30 per cent higher by the end of the campaign . |
| 4 | In the pre-campaign week , average Conservative and Alliance images were 10 per cent higher than Labour 's but the gap was halved by the second fortnight of the campaign . |
| 5 | If the deal were 50 per cent of the gross , the artist takes £500 and that is the end of the matter . |
| 6 | In the 1980s the average annual growth rate in business investment was 6.7 per cent . |
| 7 | The corresponding percentage of party ‘ supporters ’ amongst Guardian readers was 66 per cent , amongst Telegraph etc. , readers 62 per cent , and amongst Express/Mail readers 56 per cent . |
| 8 | Molar loss from the maxilla was 14 per cent , based on 5 skulls and 2 half maxillae , and incisor loss was 8 per cent . |
| 9 | The result was 76 per cent in favour of the preservation of the Union as a " renewed federation of equal sovereign republics " . |
| 10 | In that year revenue was 47 per cent higher than it had been in 1783 . |
| 11 | Molar loss from the maxilla was 14 per cent , based on 5 skulls and 2 half maxillae , and incisor loss was 8 per cent . |
| 12 | Total recorded figures on these offences have increased by 378 per cent , but in 1981 fraud was 4.9 per cent of total crime , and in 1986 3.18 per cent of the total . |
| 13 | The percentage of aid given under the EC assistance programme was 13 per cent . |
| 14 | In 1979/80 the expenditure per student in polytechnics was 82 per cent of that in the universities : by 1987/88 per capita expenditure in the polytechnics had fallen to 58 per cent of the university figure and by 1989/90 it stood at a little over 50 per cent . |
| 15 | He eventually found that the ideal mix was 55 per cent Polled Lincoln Red , 35 per cent Polled Beef Shorthorn ( he had also succeeded in polling the latter ) and 10 per cent Aberdeen Angus , which improved the qualities he desired without reducing size and liveweight gains . |
| 16 | ( The figure for the United States was 15 per cent . ) |
| 17 | Until 1970 the United States was 90 per cent self-sufficient in energy . |
| 18 | The completion rate for rating scales in this study was 100 per cent for the student samples . |
| 19 | When pressed by the US Federal Trade Commission for an explanation they replied that it meant that the inside of the car was 700 per cent quieter than the outside . |
| 20 | Although bakery closures by the Mothers Pride , Mr Kipling and Bisto purveyor were reflected in slightly lower sales in this area , turnover was 7 per cent ahead at £1.79billion . |
| 21 | Although bakery closures by the Mothers Pride , Mr Kipling and Bisto purveyor were reflected in slightly lower sales in this area , turnover was 7 per cent ahead at £1.79billion . |
| 22 | Turnover was 7 per cent down at $4880m . |
| 23 | Turnover was 4.8 per cent higher at DM 34 800m . |
| 24 | Turnover was 12 per cent higher at £36.3million , showing profit margins at almost 19 per cent . |
| 25 | The Conservatives ' share of the vote was 14.6 per cent , compared with 19.8 per cent in the previous local elections in 1985 [ see pp. 34505-06 ] . |
| 26 | In Sverdlovsk , home city of Russian Federation President Boris Yeltsin , the " yes " vote was 34 per cent , while in Lvov , the centre of Ukrainian nationalism , it was 25 per cent . |
| 27 | The vote was 55.8 per cent in favour to 44.2 per cent against ; the turnout was 39 per cent . |
| 28 | Having failed to secure an absolute majority in the first round on April 12 ( his share of the vote was 44.95 per cent ) , Konare was obliged to contest a run-off against Tieoule Mamadou Konate , leader of the Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally ( US-RDA ) ( who won 14.51 per cent of the vote in the first round . |
| 29 | Falling short of the necessary 75 per cent vote to approve the changes , the vote was 54 per cent in favour and 44 per cent against . |
| 30 | The " yes " vote was 76.4 per cent of voters taking part , and the " no " vote 21.7 per cent . |