Example sentences of "cent [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The banks offered a 30 per cent cut and asked for a US$1,000 million payment to reduce interest arrears of US$8,000 million . |
| 2 | All the competition prizes will contain at least 80 per cent wool and carry either the woolmark or the wool heart mark as a guarantee of quality . |
| 3 | join the Thirty Per Cent Club and promise to reduce sulphur emissions by 30 per cent by 1993 |
| 4 | All the linen is made from 100 per cent cotton and carries the delicate Ophelia design . |
| 5 | If history is any guide , the Bank of England could force overnight money rates up into the 20 to 30 per cent range and ram home the message with aggressive buying of pounds . |
| 6 | Part of that policy is the unlisted market group 's recent £7.2 million bid for Brabant Resources , where it already owns a 9.99 per cent stake and has irrevocable undertakings to accept its offer from holders of 11.4 per cent more . |
| 7 | Morgan will take a 51 per cent share and invest about £3.7 million in technology and equipment for the Shanghai Morgan Carbon Company . |
| 8 | The union affirmed its opposition to 100 per cent coursework and support for a 20 to 70 per cent limit . |
| 9 | Mr Douglas finished well behind but recorded a seven per cent swing and pushed the Conservatives into third place . |
| 10 | There are at least as many home records as synonyms in all circumstances ( Table 6.5 shows that , even with 100 per cent packing and randomizing to individual record positions , 50 per cent of records are home records ; with a two-pass load 63 per cent are home records ) . |
| 11 | The reduction to just the two land-cover categories , concerned with housing , loses only 3 per cent explanation when compared with the Shotgun model . |
| 12 | National Power chief executive John Baker got a 157 per cent increase that lifted his salary from £147,194 to £383,935 . |
| 13 | Central London agents Cluttons estimate that for properties valued under £185,000 , it is now cheaper to buy with a 95 per cent mortgate than to rent . |
| 14 | The Bristol & West 's Vantage Bond , which locks up your cash for 12 months , pays a fraction more at 11.8 per cent net but needs a minimum opening deposit of £5,000 . |