Example sentences of "cent [prep] [noun] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1958 , some 62 per cent of mothers smacked their year-old babies . |
| 2 | The Newsons ( 1965 ) in Nottingham in the late 1950s similarly found 83 per cent of mothers potting their babies before 1 year , with 63 per cent starting before 8 months , and 20 per cent in the first days after birth . |
| 3 | ‘ In 1965 , 30 per cent of women had their babies at home , ’ says Caroline . |
| 4 | In practice , 70 per cent of employers pay their workers less than the legal minimum wage , according to Mr Masduki . |
| 5 | 92 per cent of students provided their names and addresses so that they might be contacted for a follow-up postal survey planned for Spring 1985 ( 571 students ) . |
| 6 | The content of reports seems mainly to have been descriptive , as opposed to judgmental , 90 per cent of teachers thinking their reports to be fairly , or very descriptive . |
| 7 | An anonymous letter from an opponent of the regime in Franconia , condemning the ‘ puppet show ’ of the Reichstag and claiming ninety per cent of Germans shared his own desire , that Hitler ‘ disappear from the face of the earth as fast as possible ’ , was an absurd exaggeration . |
| 8 | AA research shows that 64 per cent of motorists use their cars for this purpose -among them , semi-skilled and unskilled workers for whom the car is an absolute necessity . |
| 9 | Craig and Wedderburn showed that while almost all industrial workers have to clock in , almost all managers do not have to do so ; while 90 per cent of workers had their pay reduced for lateness , none of the management employees suffered in the same way . |
| 10 | The first set of surveys revealed considerable support for the main principles of the reforms : 85 per cent of DGMs described their general attitude to the NHS and Community Care Act as " mostly approve with some reservations " and 6 per cent had no reservations at all ; 87 per cent agreed with the separation of purchasing from provision ; 88 per cent considered the reforms would make the NHS more business-like and that this was a good thing . |
| 11 | In 1984 , 61 per cent of households owned their own homes , the proportion in 1971 being only 49 per cent . |
| 12 | The bottom 40 per cent of households saw their share of national income fall from 8.7 per cent in 1981 to 6.0 per cent in 1986 . |
| 13 | By the end of the campaign , 50 per cent of voters believed their taxes would rise under Labour . |
| 14 | At the third job level , between 25 per cent and 60 per cent of recruits found their position through ‘ word of mouth ’ . |
| 15 | One in 10 women and eight per cent of men say their vehicles are in a disgusting state . |
| 16 | Seventy-four per cent of men learned their sexual technique from sexual partners ; 27% learned from conversations with male friends , ; 23% from TV , films , radio or videos ; 18% from sex manuals , text books or technique books ; 13% from conversations with female friends ; 7% from sex education at school ; 5% from other , unspecified sources ; and 2% from conversations with their parents . |
| 17 | More than 40 per cent of men give their cars a once-a-fortnight wash , compared to 22 per cent of women . |
| 18 | Thirty-nine per cent of men rate their sexual performance as ‘ average ’ ; 29% say they do n't know ; 17% think it 's a little better than most . |
| 19 | If any one of those companies loses two per cent of market share their profitability is just about completely destroyed . |
| 20 | Certainly it is welcome news to report that oral examination entry levels rose by 33 per cent with FLIC overtaking its sister examination , Spoken English for Industry and Commerce ( SEFIC ) , for the first time in six years . |