Example sentences of "be [adv] [num] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economic conditions were described as deteriorating , and economic growth was expected to be only 1 per cent in 1992 ( compared with 2.25 per cent in 1991 ) . |
| 2 | On a similar US-style deal , commissions might be only 0.325 per cent but most of that should end up with the banks . |
| 3 | At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 per cent . |
| 4 | The region 's gross domestic product ( GDP ) had shown a growth rate of 6 per cent in 1991 but the figure for 1992 was expected to be only 5.7 per cent . |
| 5 | In these areas the turnout was estimated to be only 10 per cent . |
| 6 | In rural areas , however , literacy in any language was estimated to be only 20 per cent . |
| 7 | The report projected a 3 per cent annual growth of per capita incomes in the developing world in the 1990s , with wide variations between east Asia , where income per capita was set to grow at 5.3 per cent , and sub-Saharan Africa , where the rate was expected to be only 0.5 per cent . |
| 8 | If BA can resell $300m of its United investment — ideally to US citizens - then its remaining equity share could be said to be only 21 per cent , airline officials in New York argue . |
| 9 | If death rates declined by 10 per cent during the same period ( a more realistic assumption ) then the growth rate would be only 0.02 per cent higher per annum . |
| 10 | By that year , energy consumption should be down 30 per cent and emissions of pollutants by 70 per cent . |
| 11 | The Bank concludes that , despite the remarkable fall in the headline rate last month , the underlying level of inflation is still close to the top end of the target range of 1 per cent to 4 per cent , though at this stage of the cycle it should be below 2 per cent , and the cost pressures created by devaluation have still to feed fully into the economy . |
| 12 | In an effort to meet its 1991 inflation target , the government in October 1990 concluded with the UGT ( General Workers ' Union ) and the Employers ' Association a pact for the following year : average wage increases would be below 13.4 per cent ; the working week would be reduced from 48 to 44 hours ; the minimum monthly wage for industrial and farm workers would rise by 15 per cent , as would most pension and social security payments ; labour disputes were to be resolved through negotiation rather than industrial action . |
| 13 | The law states that if the insured driver 's held to be just one per cent responsible , then his insurers have to pay . |
| 14 | Bryden ( 1967 ) found this proportion to be approximately 15 per cent . |
| 15 | The plastic sector is expected to reflect its depressed market with a decline in production of 4 per cent , while fibres will be up 1 per cent . |
| 16 | UK GDP in 1992 is expected to be up 1.25 per cent , while chemical production growth is likely to be 2 per cent according to the CIA panel . |
| 17 | The losses run up in the third quarter will seriously hit the aggregate figure for the whole of 1992 , with pre-tax profits for the year expected to be about 95 per cent down on the £528 million recorded in 1991 . |
| 18 | Accordingly , among 25 countries , the reduction of infant deaths alone would range from 5 to 40 per cent ( Maine and McNamara , 1985 , p.17 ) and for the same 25 countries , the average reduction in infant mortality would be about 10 per cent and in death rates of children aged 1–4 years , 21 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) . |
| 19 | Total union membership in RENFE appears to be about 46 per cent of the workforce . |
| 20 | The NEDA was still hopeful that gross national product ( GNP ) growth would be about 5 per cent in 1990 compared with an original projection of 6 per cent . |
| 21 | In the long run , this was thought to be about 3 per cent per year . |
| 22 | Pakistan 's economic growth rate for the 1991/92 fiscal year ( ending on June 30 , 1992 ) was estimated at 5.8 per cent , while inflation had dropped from 12.5 to 9.5 per cent , exports were up by 13 per cent and the budget deficit , which had risen to 8.8 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1990/91 following the Gulf war , was expected to be about 6 per cent , well short of the IMF 's target of 4.8 per cent . |
| 23 | We can not make forecasts , but in 1991-92 our aid is expected to be about 0.3 per cent . |
| 24 | Firstly , individual trade unions raise the real wages of their members at the expense of non-unionised workers — in practice wages obtained by collective bargaining tend on average to be about 20 per cent higher than other wages . |
| 25 | Run a program of this type on both your machine and your friend 's and compare results — your friend 's PC should be about 20 per cent faster , all other things being equal . |
| 26 | MALT for distilling whisky will be about 20 per cent of 's total sales in 1993 . |
| 27 | This turns out to be about 21.5 per cent of embedded overflow areas . |
| 28 | For example , when the standard rate was 30 per cent , the composite rate would be about 25 per cent . |
| 29 | Local authorities in London are estimating the figure to be about 15 per cent . |
| 30 | The document is full of information about Dixons ' market share — reckoned to be around 16 per cent — and efforts to smarten up Dixons and Currys outlets . |