Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] 20 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The privatisation programme , it was proposed , would take place in three stages , with not less than 20 per cent of the republic 's assets in private hands by the end of 1992 . |
| 2 | Cable & Wireless finance director , Mr Rod Olsen , said the size of the stake being discussed was ‘ not less than 10 per cent and not more than 20 per cent ’ which would cost CITIC between £375million and £750 million . |
| 3 | Adding the HCA operations would give it over 1,500 beds — still less than 20 per cent of the private hospital beds in the UK . |
| 4 | In total women make up less than 20 per cent of the labour force in large private sector firms and the majority are young and unmarried who leave before they have accumulated more than 10 years service . |
| 5 | Local authorities would be obliged to allocate 15 per cent of council housing to people from depressed areas , and in areas where council housing made up less than 20 per cent of housing , the local authority would be obliged to make a 15 per cent contribution to its construction . |
| 6 | The detection rate is well down and has fallen steadily in the past four years — the detection rate for burglary in dwellings is now less than 20 per cent . |
| 7 | of the price but still had far more than 20 per cent . |
| 8 | Tory backbenchers are furious at the plight of small firms which face punitive interest rates , sometimes more than 20 per cent . |