Example sentences of "[adv] about 40 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the land we do have to set-aside , only about 40 per cent would receive compensation , compared to two thirds in France , and 93 per cent in Greece . |
| 2 | When we add to this in turn the effect of nearly half of all women working ‘ part-time ’ , then the average income of all households where the married woman was working was only about 40 per cent higher than where the married woman was not working . |
| 3 | Only about 40 per cent of the electorate vote in local elections ( the turnout in the 1985 English shire county elections , for example , was 41 per cent ) but such a figure can be highly misleading . |
| 4 | Only about 40 per cent of British boilers would meet the proposed standards . |
| 5 | In 1970 productivity in European manufacturing seems to have been around or perhaps a little over one-half of the US level , while in Japan it was only about 40 per cent of the US level . |
| 6 | This is because only about 40 per cent of total costs are ‘ specific ’ to particular sectors ; the rest represents facilities , such as track , signalling and administration , that are shared by the different sectors . |
| 7 | It might be of interest to the House to hear that already about 40 per cent . |
| 8 | Altogether about 40 per cent of public spending was directly cash limited . |