Example sentences of "[vb -s] around [adj] [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final gas mixture , called producer gas , contains around 20–30 per cent carbon monoxide , 5–15 per cent hydrogen , along with traces of methane . |
| 2 | At £1,249 it costs around 50 per cent more than the Phoenix but it is the most powerful machine . |
| 3 | As a County Council we have a commitment to reduce the amount of waste produced in the County , the building waste which includes spoil and rubble , forms around fifty per cent of the total waste production . |
| 4 | More than half the adult population receive unemployment benefit grants or pensions from the government , which in addition employs around 40 per cent of the workforce . |
| 5 | Yet Food Giant only takes around four per cent profit . |
| 6 | John Reeve , chief executive of Family Assurance which owns around 3 per cent of the bank , said : ‘ It is difficult for me to comment . |
| 7 | Finance from ESRC constitutes around 40 per cent of Centre resources . |
| 8 | If this is allowed to continue it means the destruction of the British egg industry , according to United Kingdom Egg Producers ' Association , which represents around 80 per cent of producers . |
| 9 | The Ignalina plant , located north-east of Vilnius , is Lithuania 's only nuclear power station and produces around 60 per cent of the country 's electricity . |
| 10 | The factory processes around 15 per cent of the whitefish landed in Shetland . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | All the same , that still leaves around 33 per cent profit … |
| 13 | The government , which controls around 85 per cent of the country , has turned to logging as a way of making up the shortfall in revenue resulting from the end of Soviet aid , and its loss of the Palinn gem mines in western Cambodia to Khmer Rouge forces . |
| 14 | The domestic rating system , which provides around 11 per cent of local government income in England , is due to be replaced by the community charge ( or poll tax ) in England , Scotland and Wales by the end of the 1980s . |