Example sentences of "[vb base] nearly [adj] per [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The haciendas , in contrast , are not only larger ( 5 ha to 10 000 ha ) but occupy nearly 63 per cent of the agricultural area including a much higher proportion of the best agricultural land . |
| 2 | Promoted nationally by ministerial circular in 1955 , approved belts now cover nearly 11 per cent of England , an area similar to that devoted to urban development , and greater than is covered by either National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty . |
| 3 | Peatbogs and the Greenhouse Effect , shows that the world 's peatlands are a major carbon store : covering 3 per cent of the land area they contain three times as much carbon as tropical rainforests , which cover nearly 6 per cent of the land area . |
| 4 | He revealed that although this appeared to be an instance favouring a pluralist conception of law-making , i.e. law representing a compromise between the interests of numerous groups , it was in fact a law which basically reflected the interests of the coal industry and those dependent upon it — manufacturers of heavy equipment and the electric utilities , who consume nearly 80 per cent of domestically mined coal . |
| 5 | Current annual increases average nearly 1 per cent . |
| 6 | He said no bread would be baked this Sunday in the first of a series of one-day strikes if the 9,000 workers who produce nearly 80 per cent of loaves throw out the deal . |
| 7 | Currently , production personnel spend nearly 4 per cent of their working time in training , but the figure can be as high as 25 per cent in the case of new nuclear power stations . |