Example sentences of "of about 30 [unc] [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This means that leaded bronze is relatively weak and may explain why the statuette in Figure 5.2 , which has a particularly high lead content of about 30 per cent , was broken at the neck . |
| 2 | It is also clear that additionality has varied considerably amongst zones : while Rotherham 's additionality amounts to 60 per cent , others , such as Dudley and Clydebank , reveal totals of about 30 per cent . |
| 3 | The winter populations in 12 major wildfowl localities in the county for the period 1964/65 to 1974/5 are summarised in the table on page 86 , and a comparison of these figures with similar figures for the same areas between 1947 and 1964 indicates an overall decline of about 30 per cent . |
| 4 | The next 30 years saw a drop of about 30 per cent , very unevenly distributed and with many fluctuations . |
| 5 | It seems a more unlikely plant than most to be a herb , but the whole of it , leaves , stems etc. , consist of about 30 per cent mucilage , and this has a great number of medicinal applications , known for many centuries . |
| 6 | During a five-day smog in the Ruhr area of West Germany in January 1985 the authorities believed they had achieved overall emission reductions of about 30 per cent , including 14 per cent of sulphur dioxide from power stations and 40–50 per cent of oxides of nitrogen from traffic ( Lubkert , 1989 ) . |
| 7 | Experts estimated that the change might allow the disposal under these regulations of about 30 per cent of US low-level waste , which would , however , contain under 1 per cent of total radioactivity . |
| 8 | On March 6 the Central Bank of Nigeria , having the previous day decided to float the naira , set a new starting exchange rate of 17.8 naira to the US dollar , compared with 10.6 naira earlier in the week ; bank officials said that a devaluation of about 30 per cent was expected . |
| 9 | Conservative financial management in the UK usually recommends a level of about 30 per cent . |
| 10 | Conservative financial management in the UK usually recommends a level of about 30 per cent . |