Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [num] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Fidelity — one of the few companies which is to date offering these funds — the yield on its Tax Free Income Plan ( a unit trust comprising 51 per cent equities and 49 per cent bonds ) will fall from about 6 per cent now to 5.75 per cent after 5 April . |
| 2 | Nonetheless , Mori figures show that between the second half of 1991 and 9 April 1992 , the swing to the Tories was 9 per cent among Sun readers and 6 per cent among Star readers , compared to just 1 per cent among Mirror readers — evidence that the press influenced its readers in 1992 as in 1987 . |
| 3 | But amongst uncommitted voters , it increased by 28 per cent amongst Express/Mail readers and 50 per cent amongst Sun/Star readers . |
| 4 | Use in rural areas is extensive , but it is in urban areas that it reaches its apogee , with some 30 per cent of home-work trips and 64 per cent of home-school trips made by cycle . |
| 5 | The consequence is that of those questioned in an opinion poll carried out in Buxtehude by the German Automobile Association ADAC , 67 per cent of the car drivers and 76 per cent of the inhabitants approve of 30 km/h as a speed limit . |
| 6 | Since the Royal Commission on Population found that out of a sample of 7,625 pregnancies only 147 resulted in criminal abortions ( equal to 2 per cent of all pregnancies and 17 per cent of all abortions ) , it is unlikely that changes in the abortion rate played a major part in accounting for the decrease in working class fertility . |
| 7 | Among ‘ working class ’ identifiers 72 per cent were Labour supporters and 28 per cent Tories . |
| 8 | Fully 10 per cent of Tory supporters and 22 per cent of Liberal Democrats would vote Labour under those circumstances . |
| 9 | Surveys show that where the family head is aged between 55 and 64 , more than the average is spent on home and leisure : 60 per cent more on home improvement , 38 per cent more on furnishings , 26 per cent more on cars and 17 per cent more on holidays . |
| 10 | Volvo now owns 20 per cent of Renault 's car division , with the French company owning 25 per cent of Volvo Cars and 10 per cent of AB Volvo . |
| 11 | The fastest growth will occur in the electrical sector , with overall rates of 7 per cent pa , but uncertainty over recycling will damage prospects for the automotive polyesters — annual growth is forecast to be as low as 2 per cent for cars and 1.7 per cent for commercial vehicles . |
| 12 | Drainage — which has affected 97 per cent of lowland bogs and 95 per cent of fens , also played a role in the removal of wetland habitat , said the report , as did the canalization or culverting of waterways . |
| 13 | In this case 18 string players would be required : seven violins and four basses de violon to play the outer parts , and seven violas , divided 2-3-2 to play the inner three parts . |
| 14 | Merrill Lynch found that ‘ one in five companies who provide assistance with bridging finance do not set a time limit , 28 per cent provide assistance for up to three months and 41 per cent for four to six months ’ . |
| 15 | It found that 28 per cent would extend the time limit indefinitely , 8 per cent would extend it for another six months and 5 per cent for a further year . |
| 16 | In the action sub-samples ( Ipswich and Newham grouped together ) 57.7 per cent were at home at six months and 23.1 per cent at l2 months , but in the control sub-samples 66.7 per cent were at home at six months , and 40 per cent at 12 months . |
| 17 | ( 1990 ) report depression prevalences among assessable residents of 11 per cent in NHS long-stay psychiatric beds , 28 per cent for local authority residential homes and 35 per cent in private homes . |
| 18 | One-third also administered medicines to clients and 17 per cent said they carried out tasks which should have been done by nurses . |
| 19 | Less than a third agreed they came by their fees easily , while half felt they made a positive effort to support and understand clients and 59 per cent that they respond very positively to requests for help and advice ( although these two groups of responses should be seen in the light of that ‘ distress purchase ’ attitude , where lawyers are unlikely to be negative when a client suddenly calls up offering business ) . |
| 20 | Within the 4,000 sq ft of living space , upstairs she specified four bedrooms and three en suite bathrooms , a playroom , a study and , for Edward , a small dressing room . |
| 21 | reported more teachers in the schools and 75 per cent . |
| 22 | It found that 81 per cent had attended public schools and 76 per cent had attended Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 23 | He found that 68 per cent went to public schools and 74 per cent to Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 24 | There are plans to enlist students who can already handle computers — about 50 per cent of California 's high schools and 20 per cent of its elementary schools already have computers . |
| 25 | Of the 17 High Court judges appointed between 1 January 1980 and 1 May 1982 , 76 per cent attended public schools and 88 per cent Oxford or Cambridge . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the government only directly controls and finances 5.8 per cent of primary schools and 12.8 per cent of secondary schools . |
| 27 | Merrill Lynch 's 1985 survey on relocation policies found that 98 of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed ( 41 per cent ) had a policy which gives mortgage compensation when employees move from low-cost to high-cost areas and 18 per cent provided subsidised loans or cheap mortgages . |
| 28 | Previously the Government was prepared to pay only 50 per cent in Less Favoured Areas and 40 per cent outwith them . |
| 29 | In their recent survey , Goacher et al ( 1988 ) showed that 76 per cent of LEAs recorded a ‘ substantial increase ’ in the number of welfare assistants/non-teaching auxiliaries and 65 per cent indicated that this was an area attracting priority finding . |
| 30 | Currently , there are no fewer than 25 per cent of quoted industrial companies and 16 per cent of quoted distribution companies at risk of failure ( Z |