Example sentences of "cent [coord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible for Jarrow to raise the 80 per cent or the amount needed for new schools ; so the children will continue to suffer … . |
| 2 | Gearing will be pushed up from the present 13 per cent and the board will then seek some longer-term financing . |
| 3 | Our vote had collapsed to a paltry 7 per cent and the alliance of the centre now seemed capable of taking everything before it . |
| 4 | After a flat opening beers perked up when it became known that August beer production was up 8 per cent and the year 's output had edged 0.6 per cent ahead of last year 's corresponding performance . |
| 5 | By taking a four-month period to flatten out the effect of the usually low total in August and the correspondingly high one for September it calculates the increase on the previous four months was four per cent and the year on year growth at 11 per cent . |
| 6 | The joint left programme gained the parties presenting it — the Socialist Unity Party ( still commonly known as the PSI ) , the Social Democrats ( PSDI ) and the communists ( PDS ) — an aggregate of only 25 per cent and the government coalition parties ( DC , PSI , PSDI and Liberals — PLI ) an aggregate of only 23 per cent . |
| 7 | Share prices in the five major industrialized countries showed the following percentage losses in share prices in the year ending Oct. 26 , 1990 : France 14.9 per cent , West Germany 1.6 per cent , Japan 33.7 per cent , UK 5.4 per cent and the USA 10.6 per cent . |
| 8 | The DLP won 40 per cent of the total vote , the NDP 22 per cent , the DP 14 per cent and the Minjung 1 per cent , with independents taking the remaining 23 per cent . |
| 9 | .. The Bundesbank puts up its rate by 1 per cent and the Chancellor is forced to put up his rate by 1 per cent straight ahead of the Tory Party conference . |
| 10 | Adenauer still emerged triumphant in the September 1961 election , but the CDU fell back to 45 per cent of the vote whilst the SPD advanced to 36 per cent and the FDP to 13 per cent . |
| 11 | With effect from Dec. 20 the Bundesbank raised the discount rate from 7.5 per cent to 8 per cent and the Lombard rate from 9.25 per cent to 9.75 per cent . |
| 12 | The following day ( Sept. 4 ) , the Bank of Italy raised its discount rate from 13.25 to 15 per cent and the Lombard rate from 14.75 to 16.50 per cent amidst large-scale support operations . |
| 13 | The DLP won 38.5 per cent of the total vote , the DP 29.2 per cent and the UNP 17.3 per cent . |
| 14 | The market dismissed a 0.25 point discount rate cut to 3.75 per cent and the bringing of forward public spending plans , worth 0.5 per cent of gross domestic product , as window dressing . |
| 15 | In the legislative elections , preliminary results carried by Tanjug gave the HDZ 42.6 per cent of the vote , the HSLS 17.7 per cent , the HNS 6.9 per cent and the HSP 6.4 per cent . |
| 16 | The labour supply would have been reduced by about 5 per cent and the reduction in potential output was estimated to be some 3–4 per cent of the gross national product . |
| 17 | If your net margin on sales is 10 per cent and the discount offered for early payment is 2.5 per cent , you are effectively giving away a quarter of your profit . |
| 18 | ( In the Mediterranean the kernel is only 35 per cent and the shell 65 per cent ; the Californian reversal is just one result of the intensive breeding and selection programme . ) |
| 19 | Cable & Wireless holds around three-quarters of the shares , the Hong Kong Government another 7 per cent and the remainder are held by outside shareholders . |
| 20 | Russians comprised 9.4 per cent , Poles 7.0 per cent and the remainder were Byelorussians , Ukrainians , Jews , Latvians , and Germans ( 1989 census ) . |
| 21 | Between 1950 and the early 1970s the sector grew by just under 10 per cent and the increase was mainly made up of financial and commercial services . |
| 22 | In any event adjustments are required where the cumulative inflation rate over the three years is approaching or exceeds 100 per cent and the operations in the hyper-inflationary economies are material to the group . |
| 23 | In any event , adjustments are required where cumulative inflation over three years is approaching or exceeds 100 per cent and the operations in the hyperinflationary economy are material to the group . |
| 24 | Pakistan 's economic growth rate for the 1991/92 fiscal year ( ending on June 30 , 1992 ) was estimated at 5.8 per cent , while inflation had dropped from 12.5 to 9.5 per cent , exports were up by 13 per cent and the budget deficit , which had risen to 8.8 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1990/91 following the Gulf war , was expected to be about 6 per cent , well short of the IMF 's target of 4.8 per cent . |
| 25 | The ranking produced by the NPV 30 per cent and the yield tables are the same since the rates found in the latter are of the order of the 30 per cent applied in the former . |
| 26 | The ranking produced by the NPV 30 per cent and the yield tables are the same since the rates found in the latter are of the order of the 30 per cent applied in the former . |
| 27 | Income tax brackets were to be reduced from 11 to three , with the rate for the upper bracket cut from 60 to 40 per cent and the ceiling of tax exempted income raised from $3,105 to $4,140 . |
| 28 | In the pre-congress elections among party members , the Mauroy-Jospin faction had gained 28.9 per cent of the votes , the Fabius faction 28.8 per cent and the Rocard faction 24.3 per cent ; smaller factions led by Jean-Pierre Chevènement , the Defence Minister , and Jean Poperen , Minister for Relations with Parliament , had gained 8.5 per cent and 7.2 per cent respectively ; two other platforms gained the remaining 1.4 per cent . |
| 29 | The boys ' mean score was 57 per cent and the girls ' 51 per cent . |
| 30 | Again there is no initial charge and the annual management fee is 0.5 per cent and the fund invests in a combination of high interest building society and bank deposits , gilts and local authority bonds . |