Example sentences of "is about [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lowest proportion of any cohort of married women to remain childless by age 50 is about 7 per cent ( see figure 4.10 ) . |
| 2 | ; in Waltham Forest , my borough , it is about 7 per cent . |
| 3 | For Earthlife , however , the fact that seal pup mortality is about 95 per cent indicates that the species needs protection , not culling . |
| 4 | The average literacy rate in India is about 34 per cent . |
| 5 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 6 | Forty eight per cent is about fifty per cent , what 's fifty per cent as a fraction ? |
| 7 | This is about 4 per cent for HG92 , which is comparable with the ratio of the average baryonic density , derived through models of cosmological nucleosynthesis , to the critical density . |
| 8 | That 's nine thousand five hundred million pounds , which is about four per cent of our gross domestic product . |
| 9 | As an index of this environmental richness , Figure 5 shows the distribution of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in these islands ( see appendix ) ; a land designation that is about 10 per cent of the total area . |
| 10 | The normal premium is about 10 per cent of the total sum insured . |
| 11 | The population as a whole is about 10 per cent fatter than it used to be . |
| 12 | The best efficiency achieved to date is about 10 per cent . |
| 13 | The current gross yield is about 5.46 per cent gross . |
| 14 | The success rate for liver transplants in children is about 75 per cent . |
| 15 | Bell Group is about 75 per cent owned by Bond Corp . |
| 16 | Today it is about 75 per cent Palestinian . |
| 17 | For other frauds the rate is about 77 per cent . |
| 18 | The yield on these accounts fluctuates daily and the current rate of interest is about 6.1 per cent gross . |
| 19 | The unemployment rate in the area is about 13 per cent , being rather higher in the winter months and near the coast . |
| 20 | I think she is about 70 per cent right . |
| 21 | The impact of maternal age upon the viability of children up to age 5 years is illustrated by WFS statistics for 39 developing countries , which show that the mortality of those under age one year is about 42 per cent higher if the mother was less than 20 years old at their birth than for infants born to women in the 20–29 year age group . |
| 22 | Market penetration of answering machines is about six per cent , although research indicates 20 per cent of the population are considering purchasing one . |
| 23 | Thus the maximum saving of diesel fuel is about 85 per cent . |
| 24 | In money terms , the value is about 60 per cent of the level of basic pension to which their husband is entitled . |
| 25 | Even with the decline in business investment in this recession , it is about 40 per cent . |
| 26 | On average this is about 33 per cent , although it ranges up to about 60 per cent in the case of Italy , and is over 40 per cent for Britain , France and the United States . |
| 27 | The percentage of added records that can not be held in these embedded overflow areas is about 10.26 per cent . |
| 28 | The clear-up rate is about 30 per cent . |
| 29 | The first , and most important , is that the natural rate of increase of the Albanian population is about 2.5 per cent per annum , while the corresponding rate among Serbs and Montenegrins is probably below 0.5 per cent . |
| 30 | The ‘ rule-based ’ spelling currently being tested is about 20 per cent slower to read for the first 1200 words , although some backward readers and beginners immediately improve speed or accuracy . |