Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] around [num] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In France , the launch of Glen Ord has put United Distillers in an improved position to benefit from a market which is currently growing at around 8 per cent per annum . |
| 2 | Although the economy was growing at around 2 per cent per annum , and although a fall in the value of the krone had brought the country 's trade balance back into surplus , its industries continued to suffer a severe crisis of confidence . |
| 3 | Ordinary shares dominate the UK company securities section and the overall portfolio , accounting for around 56 per cent of total net assets . |
| 4 | As mentioned above , although the exiled inhabitants of Siberia never amounted to a large proportion of the total population , nevertheless they did make a significant quantitative and qualitative contribution during the seventeenth century to the region 's manpower resources — accounting for around 11 per cent of the total , and engaged in a variety of administrative , military , clerical and agricultural occupations essential to the proper management of the newly-conquered territories . |
| 5 | The current trend towards ever higher emissions would be curbed by energy conservation ( accounting for around 43 per cent of the required reduction ) and a shift away from fossil fuels to renewable energy ( accounting for the remaining 57 per cent ) . |
| 6 | Sight deposits are the other major item , accounting for around 28 per cent . |
| 7 | In August 1990 the sanctions imposed on Iraq as a result of the Gulf crisis triggered a major debt crisis at Goodman International , the Irish conglomerate controlled by Larry Goodman which was Europe 's largest meat processing concern , accounting for around 40 per cent of Ireland 's cattle processing industry . |
| 8 | Guinness stout is the world 's leading stout brand , accounting for around 40 per cent of the company 's beer volume . |
| 9 | Time deposits form the largest item , accounting for around 50 per cent of the total . |
| 10 | Under pressure from property developers , local authorities and site owners , however , the government has now proposed that only the " most contaminated " sites ( amounting to around 10-15 per cent of the total ) would be registered . |
| 11 | Rail fares have been rising at around 1 ½ per cent over inflation in recent years and the new corporate plan also warns that BR has 12 months to assess whether passengers would pay even more for a better service . |
| 12 | If bound in our Galaxy they must be travelling at around 0.1 per cent the speed of light ; if bound within the Solar System ( as Earth is ) their velocity must be nearer 0–01 per cent that of light . |
| 13 | The Government also wants private firms to curtail wage rises , currently running at around six per cent . |
| 14 | While making primary products more competitive , the devaluation of the kina inevitably resulted in higher inflation which , by the end of 1990 , was running at around 7 per cent per annum . |
| 15 | By 1953 , Defence expenditure had almost doubled and was running at around 10 per cent of GDP . |
| 16 | In February 1990 employers and unions agreed an unprecedented deal on wages , in a concerted effort to bring inflation ( running at around 15 per cent ) down to single figures . |
| 17 | The problem is compounded by increased water consumption — up by 70 per cent per head compared to 30 years ago — and leakage in the supply system , which is estimated to be running at around 20 per cent . |
| 18 | Although controlling inflation , running at around 12 per cent , remained a priority , the government hoped to boost private lending and enterprise by cutting the floor rate on commercial lending by 1 percentage point to 14 per cent [ for last interest rate rise see p. 38533 ] . |
| 19 | According to the Middle East Times of Sept. 24-30 , the country 's annual inflation rate was running at around 700 per cent . |
| 20 | Opinion surveys suggested that this factor , together with the country 's recent economic malaise ( including a slowing rate of growth and sharply rising prices and rents — see pp. 37375-76 ) , resulted in the popularity of the government falling to around 12 per cent , the lowest rating ever achieved by Roh . |
| 21 | The government also provided a multitude of tax concessions which at their 1955 peak probably reduced average corporation-tax liability by one-fifth , falling to around 12 per cent in the early sixties . |
| 22 | There appears to have been a certain degree of retrenchment after the initial enthusiasm , with overseas securities standing at around 45 per cent of the total at the end of 1988 . |
| 23 | It suggests that a fine aerosol mist of sulphuric acid , produced by the combination of sulphur gases emitted by the volcano with atmospheric water vapour , is reducing by around 2 per cent the amount of sunlight reaching the earth . |