Example sentences of "is over [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Martin ( 1988 ) aggregates employment in a wider group of growth sectors and calculates that the South East region 's share of employment is over 41 per cent , with East Anglia and the South West together claiming over 10 per cent more . |
| 2 | In 1900 the proportion was 4.7 per cent , in 1950 it was 10.8 per cent and today it is over 18 per cent . |
| 3 | In total the withdrawal rate for some claimants with incomes above the applicable amount is over 80 per cent . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | On average this is about 33 per cent , although it ranges up to about 60 per cent in the case of Italy , and is over 40 per cent for Britain , France and the United States . |
| 6 | Labour took Thurrock , Gravesham , and Feltham and Heston , in all of which the Sun 's penetration is over 40 per cent , and had one of its biggest swings , 6.8 per cent , in Hayes and Harlington , where 42 per cent of homes buy it . |
| 7 | Though Brazil 's massive debt of about $115 billion is only 30 per cent of GNP , its debt service ratio is over 50 per cent . |
| 8 | And even if based on the assumption that no more returns can be included In analysis , the response rate is over 50 per cent of the total number of questionnaires sent out . |
| 9 | ( 4 ) In the case of an offer which , if accepted in full , would result in the offeror holding shares carrying over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights , the condition relating to the level of acceptances required ( " the acceptance condition " ) may be set above the minimum required by Rule 10 ( which is over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights ) . |
| 10 | They range from 8.10 per cent to 9.68 per cent and the weighted average gross yield is over 8.5 per cent . |
| 11 | The reporting rate , and the detection rate , for murder is over 90 per cent , and for serious assault over 80 per cent . |
| 12 | One of the southern authority 's main potable supply rivers , for example , consists in dry weather of more than 50 per cent effluent ; and another river flowing through a major city in the northern authority is over 90 per cent effluent . |