Example sentences of "of about 20 [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Bekesi said that unless the government moved swiftly on economic reform , the outcome would be a flourishing black market , widespread shortages , inflation much higher than its current level of about 20 per cent , and high unemployment . |
| 2 | It means a government confident in its support from more than 40 per cent of the voters , rather than one nervously beholden to the conditional backing of about 20 per cent of them . |
| 3 | The old Company had paid lavish dividends of about 20 per cent at first , which had led to calls on the shareholders for more capital in the 1690s ; after 1709 the new company paid dividends starting at 8 per cent and declining as the years passed . |
| 4 | The National Farmers ' Union 's South East region environmental study group is arguing for a fertiliser cut of about 20 per cent , to be applied across Europe by means of individual farm quotas . |
| 5 | Production over 1992 fell by 9 per cent , compared with a slump of about 20 per cent in Russia . |