Example sentences of "and [adv] 10 [unc] [unc] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , our lifestyles have become more busy , and only 10 per cent of us eat a full cooked breakfast . |
| 2 | As a result , in the sixty years from 1851 the proportion of old people living in institutions almost doubled , rising to over 7 per cent of men over 65 and nearly 10 per cent of those over 75 , and slightly over half this figure for women . |
| 3 | It is the more-educated people who most use complementary medicine , thus helping to dispel the idea that it is ‘ unscientific ’ and used only by the uncritical ; and about 10 per cent of clients going to complementary practitioners are referred by doctors or paramedics . |
| 4 | The port never recovered from this blow and about 10 per cent of the trade lost to Gdynia during this crisis never returned . |
| 5 | Nearly 20 per cent of the bottom third and about 10 per cent of the top chose July on each occasion , possibly because it is both one of the two hottest and one of the two sunniest months . |
| 6 | Ethnic minority groups account for 3.9 per cent of the economically-active working age population in Britain and about 10 per cent in London . |
| 7 | There are around three million players in Britain , but only 10 per cent of these are actually affiliated to a club and around 10 per cent of the club members are actually rated . |
| 8 | Around four million barrels ( 660,000 tonnes ) of oil were being burned each day in March 1991 , nearly three times the pre-war Kuwait output and almost 10 per cent of the world 's daily ration . |