Example sentences of "[art] 70 per cent [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The key contributor to life profits came from the 70 per cent rise in single-premium pension transfers to £73.3 million , mainly recession-related transfers from occupational schemes . |
| 2 | The 0 coefficients vary between 0.44 and 0.67 for the 50 per cent pass mark and between 0.44 and 0.74 for the 70 per cent pass mark . |
| 3 | It 's four-and-a-half years on now — Harefield has topped 1,500 transplants and there is a 70 per cent survival rate after five years . |
| 4 | Any candidate who obtains more than 12.5 per cent of the registered number of voters ( which means around 18 per cent of the actual vote cast if there is a 70 per cent turnout , as is now being forecast ) is eligible for the run-off . |
| 5 | As at Feb. 10 the rate was $1.00=£S90.1971 , representing an 83 per cent devaluation , following a 70 per cent devaluation in October 1991 [ see p. 38520 ] . |
| 6 | In November the NERC announced a 70 per cent increase in BAS 's 1983–84 budget to £9.7 millions . |
| 7 | There was a 70 per cent increase in shop raids in London between 1925 and 1929 , for example , and a 90 per cent increase in bag-snatches over the same four-year period . |
| 8 | The promotion of substitute crops , whose importance had been recognized in the February 1990 Cartagena Declaration [ see pp. 37243-44 ] and other international accords , would be assisted by the US economic aid programme , worth US$150,000,000 for the 1991 fiscal year ( a 70 per cent increase ) . |
| 9 | Finally I make a 70 per cent reduction copy of my dick , because the highland reduction setting used the whole area of the glass that my dick could reach , and so I captured something vaguely obscene looking , even if the total overall scale was reduced . |
| 10 | Borja announced on Jan. 18 , 1990 , that in order to concentrate on domestic economic and social problems Ecuador would seek to negotiate a 70 per cent reduction in principal payments on its $11,100 million foreign debt in line with the " Brady plan " for voluntary debt reduction [ see pp. 36541-42 ; 37016-17 ] . |
| 11 | As a result of Peruvian opposition , the meeting failed to approve a Colombian plan , supported by the USA , for a 70 per cent reduction in cocaine production by the end of the decade . |
| 12 | He added that Caledonian Mining remained interested in obtaining a 70 per cent stake in the company . |
| 13 | The ANC and its allies modified earlier demands for a two-thirds majority , proposing a 70 per cent majority for most decisions but conceding a higher majority , of 75 per cent , for a bill of rights . |
| 14 | PL lamps offer a 70 per cent energy saving . |
| 15 | Days lost from 1987 to 1991 average 126 per 1,000 employees — a 70 per cent drop against the 1982–86 period , when Britain 's record for industrial strikes was among the worst in the Community . |
| 16 | However , few of the statistical methods have achieved more than a 70 per cent explanation rate , and furthermore , the regressions have often been based on very small samples of professional people , and the mechanistic techniques have cloaked what is essentially unquantifiable with an indefensible professional mysticism . |
| 17 | However , assuming a 70 per cent efficiency we can take this as 3A , and this calls for a 80VA transformer and a 6A rectifier to be on the side of ‘ belt and braces ’ . |
| 18 | Over the next 13 years , the regulations set out to achieve a 70 per cent cut in hydrocarbon emissions . |
| 19 | On March 20 , during President Lech Walesa 's visit to the United States , President Bush promised a 70 per cent cut in Poland 's $2,900 million official debt to the USA . |