Example sentences of "[noun] for [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were located mostly in two areas — launcher rockets ( primarily the Ariane programme ) , accounting for 50 per cent of the workforce and satellites for 45 per cent . |
| 2 | If that is the case for 50 per cent . |
| 3 | In the Sejm elections contests for 65 per cent of the seats were restricted to candidates from the then ruling Polish United Workers ' Party ( PUWP ) , and from its traditional coalition partners the United Peasants ' Party ( ZSL ) and the Democratic Party ( SD ) or from three lay Roman Catholic organizations ; the remaining 35 per cent were contested by candidates from opposition or independent groups , and were all won by the Solidarity Citizens ' Committee ( the electoral platform of the recently relegalized Solidarity trade union ) . |
| 4 | English Nature is planning to draw up management plans for 80 per cent of the country 's estuary areas by the end of the decade , starting with the Mersey , Humber and Exe . |
| 5 | A turn-round time of 24 hours for 90 per cent of prescriptions is guaranteed and an extended range of frames offers a greater choice of fashionable designs and colours . |
| 6 | The grant provides support for 90 per cent . |
| 7 | A draft agreement containing proposals for 10 per cent of the total volume of a country 's textile imports effected under bilaterally negotiated MFA quotas in 1990 , to be brought under GATT rules as of 1992 , was still under discussion when the Uruguay Round was suspended in December [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 8 | The pursuers sued the defenders for 75 per cent of the price as damages , and the Sheriff found the defenders liable in damages . |
| 9 | This was followed by an attempt to thwart the deal by Scandinavian Airlines System ( SAS ) , which made a partial bid for 26 per cent of British Caledonian 's shares in a proposed deal which also involved a complex financial restructuring package . |
| 10 | In return , the chairmen will want the PFA to drop their demands for 10 per cent of the TV revenue . |
| 11 | The government was unable to agree to any wage increases , despite union demands for 20 per cent rises , but as partial compensation higher subsidies would be given for rice , flour and other basic commodities , totalling R250,000,000 . |
| 12 | The Federation of Venezuelan Workers ( CTV ) and other trade union organizations on Nov. 7 staged a 12-hour general strike in support of demands for 30 per cent pay increases to keep pace with the cost of living , a reduction in the price of petrol , and changes in economic policy . |
| 13 | The London based Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) , in a recent report on the French construction market , points out not only that the number of British housing starts is only 60 per cent of the French level , but also that ‘ individuals are clients for 50 per cent of dwellings and construction companies for 25 per cent . ’ |
| 14 | A working class composed of 60–70 per cent of the potential labour force confronts the 5 per cent of capitalists who own significant amounts of the means of production , but the picture is complicated by the two different intermediate categories , each accounting for 10–15 per cent of the population . |
| 15 | Records from Beachy Head , where systematic watching for passage raptores has been carried out , show marked passage peaks , May accounting for 87 per cent . |
| 16 | Market capitalisation of domestic equities listed throughout the world stood at £6 551 billion in 1989 , with European stock exchanges representing 23.1 per cent of the market capitalisation , and the ISE accounting for 30 per cent of European domestic equity capitalisation ( the largest proportion of any European country ) . |
| 17 | By 1851 its population had soared to 69,542 and the cotton trade provided work for 32 per cent of adult males and 28 per cent of the women . |
| 18 | Indeed , if the Government had faced up to the reality of BSE earlier and had accepted the Opposition 's proposal for 100 per cent . |
| 19 | On the magazine , Jane 's main task was to wrestle with the anglicising of indifferent American short stories , while the particular harpy who was her boss gazed out of the window for ninety per cent of the time . |
| 20 | In 1983 the Conservatives gained 85 per cent of the seats in Southern England for 50 per cent of the votes , Labour 55 per cent of the seats in Northern England for 37 per cent of the vote . |
| 21 | In 1983 the Conservatives gained 85 per cent of the seats in Southern England for 50 per cent of the votes , Labour 55 per cent of the seats in Northern England for 37 per cent of the vote . |
| 22 | The London based Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) , in a recent report on the French construction market , points out not only that the number of British housing starts is only 60 per cent of the French level , but also that ‘ individuals are clients for 50 per cent of dwellings and construction companies for 25 per cent . ’ |
| 23 | By 1981 328 companies accounted for over 50 per cent of manufacturing employment , and a mere 66 companies for 30 per cent . |
| 24 | Are we supposed to send out bills for 100 per cent . |
| 25 | As the mouthpiece of the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities , he asks whether authorities are supposed to send out bills for 100 per cent . |
| 26 | 151 , 188 , para. 25 , the court held that a requirement for 75 per cent . |
| 27 | The 75 per cent requirement is less than the requirement for 90 per cent acceptances in respect of the shares to which the offer relates in order to effect a compulsory sale by the minority under CA 1985 , s429 ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
| 28 | Holders of the prefs will forego dividends in return for 13.7 per cent compound growth over the trust 's seven years , thereby allowing the managers to increase dividends to ordinary shareholders who will hold two-thirds of the capital . |
| 29 | It did not simply result in a situation in which the Liberals won 2.2 per cent of the Commons seats in return for 19.3 per cent of the national vote since Labour also sneaked into office with only 37.1 per cent of the votes cast — less than the Conservative total . |
| 30 | 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 ) . |