Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] 10 per cent " in BNC.
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| 31 | They can calculate all too clearly that the average value of sterling has fallen 17.5 per cent , ( and over 25 per cent against the dollar ) since September , and the price of fuel and raw materials for industry has so far risen by just over 10 per cent , while retail prices have actually fallen . |
| 32 | Thereafter about 10 per cent of qualified staff left annually , particularly in the younger age groups which is partially compensated for by the re-entry of qualified staff . |
| 33 | In the first phase of development in the early 1980s around 30 per cent of changes were bought by former council house tenants , but as prices have rocketed this percentage is now below 10 per cent . |
| 34 | Our data were subject to several constraints : a far lower response rate from probation officers in the second survey ; the effects of changes in agency policies and practices during the two survey years ( e.g. medics ' notifying practices , police detection efforts/successes ) ; the ‘ loss ’ of some users identified in the first survey , and of some new users , to institutions and agencies not covered by the research ( e.g. custody , rehabilitation units , drug agencies in adjacent areas ) ; disillusionment with some agencies among heroin users ( particularly medical services ) , which may have produced a higher ratio of unknown to known users than in the previous year ; the optimistic assumption of 20 per cent annual outcidence-for instance , one review of follow-up studies of opioid users suggests that outcidence after one year is typically around 10 per cent , and may only reach 40–50 per cent after ten years , even for those who have received ‘ treatment ’ ( Home Office 1986 , ch. 7 ) ; and the decline in the size of the youth population , due largely to the drop in the birth rate during the 1960s-that is , the absolute number of known heroin users could decrease while the rate per 1,000 youths remained the same or even increased ( the population figures from which our prevalence rates were calculated derived from 1981 Census statistics , and do not take into account projected trends ) . |
| 35 | But , as table 4. 1 shows , by the early 1980s the railways ' share of passenger traffic was well below 10 per cent in both countries , their share of freight traffic not that much higher . |
| 36 | As recently as five years ago only 10 per cent . |
| 37 | However , it is likely that well under 10 per cent of patients will need to be admitted to a psychiatric unit provided that other treatment facilities are available . |
| 38 | These conclusions were partially based on an attempt to identify users and their needs empirically ( Jones et al. , 1985 ) , though that exercise was somewhat disappointing because of the very low response rate ( reportedly around 10 per cent ) . |
| 39 | Moreover , by the beginning of the 19th century , the rate of growth had become really fast — well over 10 per cent in ten years . ’ |
| 40 | If one parent is obese , 40 per cent of the children will be obese , and if both parents are lean , then only 10 per cent will be obese . |
| 41 | This is where you may have a problem , particularly if you are a first-time buyer , because the deposit payable is usually 5 per cent of the total value of the house , sometimes even 10 per cent . |
| 42 | If the rate of violence amongst families in the population is relatively low , and we have noted that the incidence of sexual abuse maybe around 10 per cent while the incidence of serious physical abuse may be 3–4 per cent ( Straus et al . , |
| 43 | Notice that the ratio of cash to deposits is no longer 10 per cent , but is now as high as 25 per cent . |