Example sentences of "with [adj] [no cls] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , in Argentina , Chile and Uruguay , they have topped the 90 per cent mark , with 94.2 per cent ( 1982 ) , 95.6 per cent and 96.3 per cent ( 1983 ) respectively . |
| 2 | Men had a median value of 124 per cent , compared with 109 per cent for women . |
| 3 | Mr Gordon Brown , Labour 's trade and industry spokesman , swept to victory in Dunfermline East with 62.4 per cent of the vote and a majority of over 17,000 . |
| 4 | Electricity demand responded ( rising only 3.7 per cent in 1952/3 compared with 8.4 per cent in the previous year and 12.4 per cent in the year before that ) , thus providing some respite in the BEA 's struggle to keep up . |
| 5 | Deflationary pressure in the budget was expected to come from a continuing reduction in the fiscal deficit , to 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992-93 ( compared with 8.4 per cent in 1990-91 and 6.5 per cent in 1991-92. i.e. the year ending March 31 , 1992 ) . |
| 6 | Abdalá Bucaram Ortiz , the director of the Ecuadorean Roldosist Party ( PRE ) , came third with 20.7 per cent , and Raúl Baca Carbo , candidate of the ruling Democratic Left ( ID ) , came a distant fourth with 8.4 per cent . |
| 7 | The Socialist Unity Party ( PSU — formerly the Italian Socialist Party ) won 20 per cent ( compared with 15.4 per cent in the more extensive local elections of May 1990 — see pp. 37468-69 ) . |
| 8 | Economic conditions were described as deteriorating , and economic growth was expected to be only 1 per cent in 1992 ( compared with 2.25 per cent in 1991 ) . |
| 9 | And the , I went to the my little now in Italy , making this conditional he says it 's no bloody good on me , poor old curly what , I think he 's about ninety , he looked it , he said what they keep making you conditional for he said you 've got no ruddy condition it 's gone and the , the recommended me for a complete discharge and , and eh , I started off with fifty per cent pension . |
| 10 | The placing and rights issue to fund the acquisition were undersubscribed , with 61.2 per cent of the rights issue taken up . |
| 11 | The 1990 inflation target had to be revised from 5.7 per cent , and the final figure for the year was 6.5 per cent , compared with 6.9 per cent in 1989 . |
| 12 | If we issue new shares , you 'll end up with seventy-five per cent of the business and a large sum of cash . ’ |
| 13 | In voting for the 56 Greek-Cypriot delegates to the House of Representatives ( the nominal allocation of 24 seats to Turkish-Cypriots continued unfilled ) , the conservative Democratic Rally ( DISY ) finished first with 35.8 per cent of the vote and 20 seats ( one more than in the previous assembly ) . |
| 14 | Of all pupils 9 per cent had an IQ of 130 or more , compared with 4.5 per cent in the population as a whole . |
| 15 | For the second year in succession the largest contribution to economic growth came from the financial and business services sector , which grew by 15 per cent , compared with 10.1 per cent in 1989 . |
| 16 | The Social Democratic Party ( SDP ) with 10.1 per cent secured one seat and an MPRP candidate , standing as an independent , won the remaining seat . |
| 17 | While the drift out of industrial employment was common to all developed countries after 1945 , in Britain in 1975 the ratio of non-industrial to industrial employment was 41 per cent , compared with 32.8 per cent in Germany , 27.9 per cent in the USA , 22.5 per cent in France , and just 4.5 per cent in Japan . |
| 18 | To the undisguised disquiet of Civic Forum officials the Communist Party improved on its strong showing in the June elections , again coming second , with 17.2 per cent of the vote . |
| 19 | In Piraeus the Pasok-Left Coalition candidate , Stelios Logothetis , won with 56.5 per cent , and the left also took Patras and Iraklion . |
| 20 | In regional elections on March 22 the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) of President François Mitterrand polled only 18.3 per cent of the vote in metropolitan France , compared with 29.88 per cent at the last regional elections in 1986 . |
| 21 | Agricultural production had increased by 5.6 per cent in 1989/90 while the industrial sector grew by 8.4 per cent , as compared with 2.3 per cent in 1988/89 . |
| 22 | Under the terms of Belau 's new electoral system the number of candidates for the presidency and vice-presidency had been narrowed to two through the holding of a first round elections on Sept. 22 , when incumbent President Ngiratkel Etpison was eliminated after finishing third with 24.8 per cent , behind Nakamura with 37.2 per cent and Toribiong with 37.9 per cent . |
| 23 | By 1990 , industry observers expect Japan to account for 30 per cent of world sales of computer-related goods , compared with 11.2 per cent in December 1980 . |
| 24 | France is second with 11.2 per cent . |
| 25 | For example , 46 per cent of those aged 65 — 69 report their health as good compared with 32 per cent of those aged 85 + . |
| 26 | Of those from social classes 1 and 2 53 per cent rated their health as good , compared with 32 per cent from classes 4 and 5 . |
| 27 | Only 13 per cent of single mothers received any payments compared with 32 per cent of separated women and 40 per cent of divorced women . |
| 28 | Dorota Symonides polled 67 per cent in the second round of voting compared with 32 per cent for Henryk Krol , the leader of the Silesian German Minority Cultural Association , after a campaign during which conflicting Polish and German nationalist sentiments had been expressed . |
| 29 | The Guardian only needs to seek agreement from 75 per cent of those who vote , while the Abbey had to secure the vote of 20 per cent of all eligible investing members , with 75 per cent of those in favour and a majority vote in favour from eligible borrowers . |
| 30 | Only 25 per cent of nests on managed grouse moors were successful compared with 75 per cent on unmanaged moors . |