Example sentences of "[adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the kestrel has large excesses of isolated teeth for both incisors and molars , and all three samples show a similar pattern , although with a greater range of variation than was seen in the tawny owl : incisor excess range of 110–172 per cent . |
| 2 | In Venezuela , women represent 74.6 per cent of teachers and 59.5 per cent of those in the medical professions ( Schmink 1977 ) . |
| 3 | ( According to the Finance Ministry , inflation had risen 640 per cent between 1988-1989 , with only a 0.2 per cent growth rate as against 4.1 per cent for 1987-88 . ) |
| 4 | For example , catalytic converter equipped petrol cars contribute 30–35 per cent more carbon dioxide — gas causing much of the greenhouse effect — to the environment than diesel cars . |
| 5 | Several expert committees now recommend that this is reduced to 30–35 per cent of the calorie intake . |
| 6 | Between March 1979 and March 1989 employment in manufacturing fell by 28.1 per cent . |
| 7 | Interest payments accounted for 28.1 per cent of 1990 spending ( as against 23.6 per cent in 1980 ) and tax revenues had failed to keep pace with income growth . |
| 8 | The Premier Group whose business focuses primarily on the manufacture and distribution of food , groceries and pharmaceuticals , has a 28.1 per cent stake held by JCI . |
| 9 | Only 39 per cent of patients in Britain were seen within four weeks of referral ( Hungary 98.5 per cent , Italy 87 per cent , Spain 85 per cent , Holland 71 per cent ) . |
| 10 | It is therefore feasible to make projections of future trends only in the case of opioid use , and so the remainder of this section focuses on users of opioids , of whom 98.5 per cent ( 776 out of 788 ) primarily used heroin . |
| 11 | Kohl was elected chair by 98.5 per cent of the vote and de Maizière deputy chair by 97.4 per cent of the vote . |
| 12 | Federal Chancellor Franz Vranitzky was re-elected SPÖ chair by 98.5 per cent of delegates ' votes . |
| 13 | In 1983 their record was even better , all within three per cent of the share , with an average error of only 0.86 per cent . |
| 14 | Such cells have only achieved efficiencies of 5–6 per cent , due mainly to problems with the junction between the two solids . |
| 15 | When we look specifically at machinery imports from the West , we find that at their peak in the mid-1970s , they amounted to some 5–6 per cent of equipment investment . |
| 16 | Similarly , out of 196 victims in the Scottish sample , 5–6 per cent . |
| 17 | The self-employed form a larger proportion of the workforce in services ( 8.2 per cent in 1975 ) compared with manufacturing ( 1.6 per cent ) . |
| 18 | Soviet Defence Ministry spokesperson Col.- Gen. Nikolai Chervov announced on Dec. 15 , 1989 , that Soviet military spending was to be cut by 8.2 per cent in 1990 ( falling from 77,300 million roubles in 1989 to 71,000 million roubles in 1990 ) as a result of " new political thinking on defence doctrines ' . |
| 19 | On Dec. 15 , 1989 , an 8.2 per cent reduction in Soviet military spending , to 70,975.8 million roubles in 1990 , was announced . |
| 20 | Civil servants ' salaries were to take 17 per cent of government expenditure in 1990 , with a further 14.7 per cent devoted to foreign debt service and 8.2 per cent to subsidies on food and to state companies . |
| 21 | The annual retail prices inflation rate for the 12 months ending April ( announced on May 17 ) showed a sharp fall to 6.4 per cent ( from 8.2 per cent a month earlier ) . |
| 22 | The plan predicted an average annual growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) of 8.2 per cent , compared with the 10.5 per cent achieved under the sixth five-year plan . |
| 23 | In the south the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement ( MSI ) trebled its vote to 17 per cent in Reggio Calabria and became the city 's second-largest party , proposing a coalition with the anti-Mafia Network ( La Rete ) which took 8.2 per cent , with the Democratic Party of the Left ( PDS — formerly the Communist Party ) and with the hardline Marxist Communist Refoundation Party to challenge the traditional parties . |
| 24 | A total of 23,594 companies in England and Wales went into compulsory or voluntary liquidation in 1992 — a rise of 8.2 per cent — according to figures from the accountancy firm KPMG Peat Marwick . |
| 25 | Airtours still retains its 8.2 per cent stake in Owners , and Mr Crossland said he would be watching events at the company closely . |
| 26 | The total dividend is 8.2 per cent up on 1991 at 11.9p . |
| 27 | The UK 's largest building society , the Halifax , yesterday announced an 8.2 per cent rise in pre-tax profits for 1992 to £680 million — despite the ravages of the worst year for the housing market since the Second World War , which forced provisions up two-thirds to £374 million . |
| 28 | For the spot yields given above , we can derive the implied forward rates from ( 5.35 ) : = 10 per cent , = 10.53 per cent and = 11.92 per cent . |
| 29 | The main built-up areas at the hearts of the 228 functional regions recognized still account for 61.6 per cent of the total population , despite losing nearly 1.5 million people during the preceding ten years . |
| 30 | The " black " group were correct 61.6 per cent of the time ( over all 12 voices ) and the " white " group 52.5 per cent of the time . |