Example sentences of "[noun] and nearly [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | A small part of these sales taxes is raised from industries other than wholesale and retail trade , but in 1985 74 per cent was collected from retail organizations and nearly 13 per cent from wholesale organizations . |
| 2 | Although self-sufficient in basic foodstuffs , Lithuania imported 90 per cent of its fuel and nearly 100 per cent of its industrial raw materials from the rest of the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | The 57,000 boat people in Hong Kong are taxing the colony 's resources and nearly 90 per cent of new arrivals are unlikely to qualify as refugees , he said in the second day 's debate on the Queen 's speech . |
| 4 | Many people said the test took place because they were blood donors , but more than four per cent of men and nearly three per cent of women had felt the need for a test anyway . |
| 5 | That brings the officially acknowledged contribution of petrol-lead to blood-lead up to 30 per cent in adults and nearly 25 per cent in children and boosts the case against lead in petrol . |