Example sentences of "least [adj] per [no cls] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least eight per cent of them have previous intelligence experience , although we do recruit direct from other commercial organizations ( especially ones that Midwinter has an interest in ) and sometimes even from college . |
| 2 | Under the electoral law no other parties retained legal status because of their failure to win at least 1.5 per cent of the vote in elections held in February 1990 . |
| 3 | Palau 's constitution bans nuclear activity unless agreed by at least 75 per cent of voters . |
| 4 | at least 75 per cent of the portfolio must be invested in shares quoted on a recognised stock exchange . |
| 5 | Compared with 10 years ago , when it was estimated that at least 70 per cent of two-parent households with two children came within the scheme , less than half of two-parent families now qualify , according to the author of the study , Michael Murphy , a statistician at the London School of Economics . |
| 6 | This means at least 70 per cent of people attending fertility clinics will feel they are failures — not only for having to attend the clinic , but also for not having succeeded with treatment ; they may also feel they have failed the clinic and the doctor , as well as themselves , their partners and families . |
| 7 | At least 70 per cent of Courtelle sales are generated here . |
| 8 | Today , Finniston runs his own small firm ( small by comparison with British Steel at any rate ) , but at least fifty per cent of his time is now taken up with interests outside the corporate world . |
| 9 | Of the reports on problem children that came through to Bloomsbury House , in at least fifty per cent of the cases education , or the lack of it , was a contributory factor . |
| 10 | ‘ At least fifty per cent of which is documented historical fact , you claim that yourself at the beginning of the book . ’ |
| 11 | At least 43 per cent of those who served as directors of the Bank of England between 1694 and 1715 were either Dissenters or from Dissenting backgrounds , whilst persons from the Dissenting interest also figured prominently as holders of Bank stock and as directors of the New East India Company . |
| 12 | At least 30 per cent of the registered capital or half-a-million forints ( whichever is the greater ) must be paid up simultaneously with the foundation of the company . |
| 13 | Dr Edgar Lin , Taiwan 's leading environmentalist , estimates that at least 30 per cent of the annual rice crop is dangerously contaminated by heavy metals like mercury and cadmium . |
| 14 | Looked at the other way this means that at least 30 per cent of Englishmen in the mid seventeenth century were able to read and to sign their name . |
| 15 | At least 30 per cent of all ICI sales in this product area are expected to convert to ‘ Dumpy ’ 2 in the next three years . |
| 16 | If Kingfisher succeeds , it would control stores which last year sold at least 22 per cent of all electrical goods retailed in Britain . |
| 17 | In other words , education accounted for at least 12 per cent of the total economic growth during the first period and 23 per cent during the second ; if the overlap between educational improvements in labour and advances in knowledge is not complete , then the contribution of education to economic growth is higher for both periods . |
| 18 | He said he was confident that at least 85 per cent of LWT 's shareholders , and all the managers , would support it . |
| 19 | But by 1954 it was confidentially estimated by the Narok administration that at least 85 per cent of the Masai living on the Mau , Melili and the plains had taken the Mau Mau oath . |
| 20 | ‘ In addition , they must achieve at least 85 per cent of their own target , ’ explained Sales Development Manager Nick Finlay . |
| 21 | It also stipulated that no subsequent change to the borrowing rules could be made without the approval of at least 85 per cent of the shareholders . |
| 22 | Mr Wheeler , now moving to the rear of the plant to show off the £2m smoke-cleaning section , which had just broken down , pointed out that his company achieved destruction of at least 99.9999 per cent of all materials . |
| 23 | In his speech , De Michelis urged EC countries to devote at least 0.25 per cent of their gross national product ( GNP ) towards investment in the Maghreb countries where demographic pressures were rendering them vulnerable to the forces of Islamic fundamentalism and encouraging mass migration to Europe . |
| 24 | ‘ The field has been open to females only during the past year but we soon expect at least 10 per cent of dog-training course applicants will be female . ’ |
| 25 | The requirement of the old London Building Acts was that an area of window equal to at least 10 per cent of its floor area should be provided to light a habitable room . |
| 26 | In recent years tourism has also made an increasing impact on farming , particularly in the more scenically attractive and marginal farming areas , and in Scotland , at least 20 per cent of farms indulge in farm tourism , and farm tourism accounts for at least 10 per cent of net income ( Denman , 1978 ) . |
| 27 | The Financial Times said the acquisition represent a significant step towards the Royal Bank 's goal of generating at least 10 per cent of its earnings from the US . |
| 28 | A republic might secede subject to a referendum called by the republic 's Supreme Soviet either on its own initiative or in response to a petition signed by at least 10 per cent of USSR citizens permanently resident in that republic . |
| 29 | A request by at least 10 per cent of voters was necessary for a ballot to be considered , and a vote by at least 50 per cent would then be needed to pass a recall motion . |
| 30 | All parties gaining at least 10 per cent of electoral support in each of the nine regions would send an equal number of representatives to an upper house . |