Example sentences of "nearly 12 [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coniston Partners , the New York investment group which holds nearly 12 per cent of UAL , has given the board until January 8 to come up with an alternative to the $6.75billion buyout which failed to take off in October . |
| 2 | Output in cars , engineering and clothing is down nearly 12 per cent , says a Labour survey . |
| 3 | Of the 20–25 year olds in temporary jobs 14 per cent were in special measures , and most of these ( nearly 12 per cent ) were in the CP . |
| 4 | Wang also announced an increase of nearly 12 per cent in military spending for 1991 , the second increase in two years , saying that the extra money was needed for the modernization of weapons and equipment . |
| 5 | In 1986 this accounted for nearly 12 per cent of revenue raised by expenditure taxes and 4 per cent of total government revenue ( see Godfrey and Maynard 1988 ) . |
| 6 | Brazil is responsible for nearly 12 per cent of carbon emissions in the world , according to the director of the National Institute for Space Research , Volker Kirchhoff . |
| 7 | If they had done so , the economy would have retained a much fuller utilization of capacity , which in turn would have increased the companies ' profits ( from 1957 to 1963 the capacity utilization rate in manufacturing averaged only 80.5 per cent , nearly 12 per cent less than the peak achieved in 1966 ) . |