Example sentences of "be [adv] 20 per [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the West although we are only 20 per cent of the world 's 3,000 million we have 90 per cent of the world 's income , 90 per cent of its gold reserves , 95 per cent of its scientific knowledge , 70 per cent of its meat and 80 per cent of its protein . ’ |
| 2 | Is the Prime Minister aware that building employers say that conditions are worse than they have been in 40 years , that car sales are down 20 per cent . |
| 3 | Detailed studies of the cost of such tied aid have indicated that the resultant prices to the recipient country are typically 20 per cent more than they would have been if the country had a free choice in its supplier . |
| 4 | The uranium series measurements give a slightly older date of 205,000 years BP , but given that the uncertainties in each of these figures are typically 20 per cent , the two techniques can be said to agree with each other . |
| 5 | In rural areas , however , literacy in any language was estimated to be only 20 per cent . |
| 6 | Firstly , individual trade unions raise the real wages of their members at the expense of non-unionised workers — in practice wages obtained by collective bargaining tend on average to be about 20 per cent higher than other wages . |
| 7 | Run a program of this type on both your machine and your friend 's and compare results — your friend 's PC should be about 20 per cent faster , all other things being equal . |
| 8 | MALT for distilling whisky will be about 20 per cent of 's total sales in 1993 . |
| 9 | Turnout in the second round was reported to be around 20 per cent . |
| 10 | We have decided on the cuts as a result of strong competition from Mercury , whose prices until now have been around 20 per cent lower than ours . ’ |
| 11 | In fact , in Tanzania in 1984 farmgate prices for a mix of agricultural products using estimated market exchange rates were only 20 per cent of export prices . |
| 12 | If it were 20 per cent greater , there would be no less dissatisfaction and unfulfilled demand at the margin ; if it were 20 per cent less — I do not mean if it were reduced by 20 per cent but if it were now 20 per cent less than it actually is , nobody would be the wiser . |
| 13 | Coats had ‘ a unique competitive advantage ’ , as its ‘ quick-response ’ UK clothes-manufacturing facilities were now 20 per cent more competitive . |
| 14 | For example , in the Cambridgeshire Health Authority , Jenkins and Walker ( 1985 ) found that data were around 20 per cent in error . |
| 15 | In South Dakota the number of cattle has dropped from 5.2 million to four million since the bankruptcy crisis of ‘ 85 , and the human population is down 20 per cent . |
| 16 | A glance at the percentages of synonyms shows that even when the file is only 20 per cent packed , almost 10 per cent of the file will be stored as synonyms . |
| 17 | Beech et al. ( 1985 ) have compared its dietary characteristics with those of lean raw beefsteak , and although it has a protein content of c. 47 per cent , which is nearly 20 per cent less than the beefsteak , it contains half the fat and is rich in fibre . |
| 18 | The ‘ rule-based ’ spelling currently being tested is about 20 per cent slower to read for the first 1200 words , although some backward readers and beginners immediately improve speed or accuracy . |
| 19 | However , nearly six million women are ‘ significantly obese ’ ( that is about 20 per cent or more about their ideal weight ) . |
| 20 | The price in column 4 is simply 20 per cent on the corresponding average cost from year 2 onwards . |
| 21 | Department of Energy analyses also imply that the scope for energy savings could be as high as 60 per cent , although a more realistic figure is around 20 per cent . |
| 22 | As was clear in the original Warnock Report ( DES 1978 ) , however , the proportion of children who fall within the general definition of special educational needs is around 20 per cent . |
| 23 | Tax rates vary from one country to another : a prime example being VAT , which in some parts of Europe at the time of writing is over 20 per cent on certain items . |
| 24 | The local content of those cars ( where ‘ local ’ means ‘ European ’ , not necessarily ‘ British ’ ) was approximately 20 per cent and only 500 jobs were created . |
| 25 | It does appear that , in general , British new towns have a better than average safety record : a 1975 TRRL report suggests that the frequency of injury accidents in seven ‘ Mark One ’ new towns was about 20 per cent less than in other towns . |
| 26 | In the late 1980s , teacher drop-out was around 20 per cent a year , higher than the drop-out rate among pupils . |
| 27 | By 1988 it was over 20 per cent . |