Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [subord] 40 [unc] cent " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Families whose incomes are not more than 40 per cent above the sb level are often considered to be ‘ living on the margins of poverty ’ ; in 1985 , seven in ten of all one parent families had incomes below this level compared with two out of ten two parent families . |
| 2 | Meanwhile more than 40 per cent of respondents to an opinion poll said that they would prefer a return to more centralized economic management and only 25 per cent wanted a market-oriented system . |
| 3 | The attention-grabbing deal comes as the US market , which in the past has made up more than 40 per cent of sales of the Coventry-produced supercars , shows the first signs of upturn in three years . |
| 4 | Now a new report , prepared by the University of Reading 's Department of Agricultural economics and Management , reveals that those small farms make up more than 40 per cent of the UK 's farming industry , but are of ‘ negligible agricultural significance ’ , being responsible for only 2 er cent of all the UK 's agricultural production . |
| 5 | In more than half of the years between 1713 and 1785 debt service took up more than 40 per cent of total revenue . |