Example sentences of "for around [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Short-term assets account for around 5 per cent of total assets , and have been becoming more important in recent years . |
| 2 | It is responsible for around 79 per cent of deforestation , 72 per cent of arable land expansion , and 69 per cent of growth in livestock numbers … some 4.5 million square kilometres of additional wildlife habitat will have to be converted to human uses — equivalent to four-fifths of the total area of nature reserves in the world in 1990 . ’ |
| 3 | Most important , however , is the rate support grant , which accounts for around 75 per cent of the total grant paid to local authorities and is paid over to individual authorities as a block sum . |
| 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 | Ordinary shares dominate the UK company securities section and the overall portfolio , accounting for around 56 per cent of total net assets . |
| 6 | The existing equity holders may also be asked to participate in a further round of equity raising , for around 10 per cent of the total . |
| 7 | All you have to do is send the invoices you want factored to your factor and , provided they approve the accounts they will send you a cheque for around 80 per cent of their value by return mail . |
| 8 | Time deposits form the largest item , accounting for around 50 per cent of the total . |
| 9 | Production for the international market is concentrated in the most powerful capitalist state : the United States accounts for around 50 per cent of world grain exports . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The capital city , Jakarta , accounts for around 40 per cent of the Indonesian market but there are Guinness drinkers on many of the 13,677 islands in the archipelago and they also need to be served . |
| 12 | Guinness stout is the world 's leading stout brand , accounting for around 40 per cent of the company 's beer volume . |
| 13 | Pubs and hotels together account for around 60 per cent of all sales . |
| 14 | Since labour costs account for around 60 per cent of operating costs in BR and RENFE , these pressures for financial stringency and cost cutting have naturally had a major impact on industrial relations in the two enterprises as later chapters will show . |
| 15 | At the end of 1988 UK and overseas ordinary shares accounted for around 67 per cent of total net assets ( Table 7.8 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ Children 's products now account for around 22 per cent of total volume in this market ’ , said . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | Sight deposits are the other major item , accounting for around 28 per cent . |