Example sentences of "[adv] 20 [unc] cent [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only flexibility in a local authority 's ability to raise finance will be the poll tax , which on current reckoning is intended to make up only 20 per cent of a local authority 's revenue base . |
| 2 | In the West although we are only 20 per cent of the world 's 3,000 million we have 90 per cent of the world 's income , 90 per cent of its gold reserves , 95 per cent of its scientific knowledge , 70 per cent of its meat and 80 per cent of its protein . ’ |
| 3 | It is estimated that by the first decade of next century , only 20 per cent of the peat soils now present on the 561 square kilometres marked by the soil map of the Ely district will remain . |
| 4 | Furthermore local authorities are also allowed to spend only 20 per cent of the money raised from the sale of council houses to tenants . |
| 5 | In other words , without it one can not explain why at the present time there is a maldistribution of world wealth and income such that the countries of the Northern hemisphere contain only 25 per cent of the world 's population but obtain 80 per cent of the world 's income , while the countries of the South contain 75 per cent of the world 's population but obtain only 20 per cent of the world 's income . |
| 6 | Simply stated , only 20 per cent of the tasks we do in a day produce 80 per cent of the rewards . |
| 7 | The regular facilities provide only 20 per cent of the credit available from the Fund . |
| 8 | In 1817 England was still , as it had been for centuries , an agricultural nation , only 20 per cent of the population living in towns . |
| 9 | Only 20 per cent of the lone men drew supplementary pensions , along with 33 per cent of widows and 28 per cent of other lone women ( DHSS , 1984 , p. 17 , Table 4 ; p. 19 , Table 7 ) . |
| 10 | Furthermore , only 20 per cent of the women were getting more than £5 per week in non-state pension income , as compared with 50 per cent of the men . |
| 11 | There was , however , disappointment for the government on both counts : investment by industry in the inner cities has remained relatively small , and only 20 per cent of the funds for the first City Technology Colleges came from non-government sources . |
| 12 | Speakers looked at listeners 50 per cent of the time while speaking fluently compared with only 20 per cent of the time during hesitant speech . |
| 13 | I think there 's sufficient weighting on the course in art for the child to make it work … if you kill the word ‘ exam ’ and just call it a ‘ set piece ’ , and say ‘ This is the final piece of work I 'd like you to do ’ , and see if there 's a climax of five terms ' work , as opposed to some sort of insurmountable hurdle that only 20 per cent of the pupils can get over … ‘ if you do n't make a particularly good job of it , it only carries 40 per cent of the marks and you 've got 60 per cent for the coursework ‘ . |
| 14 | A strong challenge anticipated from the fiercely nationalist and right-wing Serbian Renaissance Movement ( SP0 ) failed to materialize : SPO leader Vuk Draskovic took only 20 per cent of the vote to come second in the presidential election , while his party took only 19 seats in the Assembly ( after winning 13 seats in the first round it fought the second round in coalition with other opposition parties ) . |
| 15 | Only 20 per cent of the US$178,000,000 urgently requested by the UN had so far been received . |
| 16 | Two-thirds of both patients and community cases experienced major difficulties compared to only 20 per cent of the sample of normal women . |
| 17 | ( 1988 ) report that 87 per cent of those aged 75 + were aware of the district nursing service as compared with only 20 per cent for the health visiting service . |
| 18 | With the balance of £9.4 million going towards cutting Howden 's own net debt from the current £32 million , Alan Maclachlan , Howden spokesman , forecasts that gearing will fall below 20 per cent by the year-end . |
| 19 | After he won last year Tolstikov , who also won the World Cup gold medal because the race was run in conjunction with the London event , had to hand over 20 per cent to the then Soviet federation . |
| 20 | Simply expressed , a relatively poorly supported centre party with well under 20 per cent of the vote , but with some eighty or so seats , would invariably be in government ; would be in a position to determine whether Conservative or Labour were drawn into government with it ; and would , therefore , be able to exert an influence over the direction of public policy out of all proportion to their votes and support in the country at large . |
| 21 | Just under 20 per cent of the population , however , in both areas complain of spring/summer symptoms and in the oilseed rape area a proportion attributed their symptoms to this crop . |
| 22 | Figures for the first pregnancies conceived before marriage show the same trend , falling from around the 40 per cent in the early nineteenth century to under 20 per cent in the early twentieth century . |
| 23 | Only 10 per cent of the 1940–4 birth cohort of women ( now aged 45–50 ) remained childless ; this figure is expected to rise to at least 15 per cent and possibly 20 per cent for the 1960–4 birth cohort ( Werner 1986 , OPCS 1989a , figure 4.9 ) . |
| 24 | Firstly , there were the rich , who owned farms and employed labour in both agriculture and the home and who made up 20 per cent of the population . |
| 25 | For the same period in Britain these workers made up 20 per cent of the workforce . |
| 26 | In a combative interview with Empire Magazine he declared : ‘ Black people make up 20 per cent of the population of the US but they make up more than 95 per cent of what 's interesting and hip . ’ |
| 27 | The dominating influence of meteorological conditions on the ozone trend is highlighted by trends in emissions of VOCs ( involved in the formation of ozone ) since these emissions show a decrease of nearly 20 per cent during the 1980s . |
| 28 | However , in that year , the scheme came close to disaster when nearly 20 per cent of the breed was found to be infected with brucellosis ( in comparison with a national rate of less than 5 per cent ) . |
| 29 | Nearly 20 per cent of the bottom third and about 10 per cent of the top chose July on each occasion , possibly because it is both one of the two hottest and one of the two sunniest months . |
| 30 | Growth in gold mining activities during the 1930s continued , and by 1939 , JCI was responsible for the administration of seven major gold mining companies producing on an annual basis , nearly 20 per cent of the total gold output in South Africa at that time . |