Example sentences of "[adj] [num] [unc] cent [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For instance , Du Pont in Northern Ireland need absoloutely pure 100 per cent sulphuric acid , not made before in Britain . |
| 2 | Also , Christie 's tell me that their film and entertainment sale of December 1991 saw a mere 10 per cent unsold by value and a paltry 25 per cent unsold by lot , which of course does not add up to ‘ a third of the lots ’ unsold , as I wrongly stated last week . |
| 3 | On the economy , Li supported the cautious 6 per cent annual growth target as outlined in the current five-year plan , and thereby failed to endorse Deng 's demand for double-digit expansion rates . |
| 4 | this is going to be easy he thinks , so you 've made your mind up before you go to the shop , but unfortunately when you get there there 's a , they 've got these special hundred gram bars in because they , they have n't got a hundred , there 's a big sticker on them saying ten per cent more chocolate , extra bit free , extra ten per cent free , on the smaller bars , so which ones do you buy ? |
| 5 | MR ASHDOWN served notice last night that his party would seek to block Labour 's plans for a 59p top rate of tax — including the extra nine per cent national insurance contributions — if Mr Kinnock becomes Prime Minister in a hung Parliament . |
| 6 | The OECD 's bi-annual economic report Outlook , released on Dec. 19 , set growth in industrialized nations in the second half of 1991 at a mere 1 per cent annual rate ; in July the OECD had forecast a 2.4 per cent annual growth for this period . |
| 7 | Nearly half the cases ( 49 per cent ) involved abuse of adolescent girls between 12 and 16 years ; 37 per cent involved abuse of children aged between 6 and 11 years ; while the remaining 14 per cent involved children of preschool age . |
| 8 | Following its defeats in municipal elections and in elections to the House of Councillors in July 1989 [ see pp. 36800-01 ] , the LDP had embarked upon a programme aimed at reasserting and regaining the political influence which had been damaged not only by the scandals but also by the imposition of an unpopular 3 per cent general consumption tax [ GCT — see p. 36618 , where it is wrongly referred to as a value added tax ] and by the liberalization of import controls in the agricultural sector [ see p. 36800 ] . |
| 9 | This devaluation was on top of the regular 1.8 per cent monthly " crawling devaluation " in place since October 1991 . |
| 10 | The Dollar Preference Shares will , as regards income and capital , rank pari passu with the existing 9⅝ per cent Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares . |
| 11 | At his inauguration Balaguer defended a government austerity plan introduced on Aug. 8 which was designed to reduce the current 60 per cent annual inflation rate and a US$1,000 million trade deficit by cutting government subsidies . |
| 12 | It was expected that the unemployment rate by the end of the plan period would be reduced from its current 14 per cent official estimate , with a projected 394,000 jobs to be created each year . |
| 13 | Also , Christie 's tell me that their film and entertainment sale of December 1991 saw a mere 10 per cent unsold by value and a paltry 25 per cent unsold by lot , which of course does not add up to ‘ a third of the lots ’ unsold , as I wrongly stated last week . |
| 14 | Wolfgang Schäuble , parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , had on Aug. 31 suggested that financing for the east should be raised by the introduction of a compulsory 5 per cent interest-free investment bond , repayable after 1996 , ( i ) for those earning over DM5,000 per month gross who had not bought special eastern solidarity bonds ; or ( ii ) for businesses with more than 20 employees which had not invested in the east . |
| 15 | In 1987 , the small 2.5 per cent national swing from Conservative to Labour was differentiated between North and South . |
| 16 | An example of a statutory liquidity ratio was the minimum 121/2 per cent reserve assets ratio imposed on banks from 1971 to 1981 . |
| 17 | A compromise proposal which would have spread the package 's proposed 30 per cent real increase in spending over two more years rather than over 1992-97 was rejected . |
| 18 | Despite all the hurrahs about Europe from marquandistas in London , the plain economic fact is that Europe has the worst unemployment record in the industrial world , and the construction of Europe with an enduring 10 per cent out of work leaves a permanent 10 per cent unlikely to vote at all , or , if they do vote , to vote racist . |
| 19 | We are offering this fabulous prize in partnership with the Birmingham Midshires building society , who are also bringing a ray of sunshine to the mortgage market with their special 8.24 per cent Super Discount mortgage . |
| 20 | Despite fears that the rebate would be cut in 1993 , the government has announced that for people over 30 it will continue to remain at its existing level of 5.8 per cent ( i.e. , 4.8 per cent which applies to everyone plus a special 1 per cent age-related addition ) . |