Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] 10 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Copts formed about 10 per cent of Egypt 's population overall and about 20 per cent of the population of Upper Egypt . |
| 2 | The annual report of the United Nations Children 's Fund ( UNICEF ) , released on Dec. 19 , showed that poor countries spent an average 12 per cent of their budgets on health and education , while rich countries allocated only 10 per cent of their aid to these sectors in the developing world . |
| 3 | Levels of lending , in which property companies represented about 10 per cent of total loan exposure to UK residents , did not present a ‘ major ’ supervisory anxiety , he said . |
| 4 | Full-time married women workers formed about 10 per cent of the labour force between 1911 and the outbreak of World War II , and the experience of these women will be considered in Part II . |
| 5 | In a confidential report he reviewed the properties of steels containing upward of 5 per cent chromium , and concluded that steels containing over 10 per cent chromium should be investigated . |
| 6 | The Act also allows President Ramos to negotiate contracts to build new power plants , bypassing the public bidding process , and requires state-owned casinos to give up 10 per cent of their profits over the next five years to the National Power Corporation . |
| 7 | So far portables have about 10 per cent of the PC market ( 5b ) , and sales are growing for all the reasons given in the last question ( 6d ) , including ‘ yuppies love them . ’ |