Example sentences of "[num] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fifty eight per cent of asthmatics had a hiatal hernia . |
| 2 | Data from the health and lifestyle survey indicate that for those aged 65 — 74 43 per cent of men and 39 per cent of women with a chronic health problem report that it does not restrict their activities , or handicap them . |
| 3 | The increase in value , for both exports and imports , in 1984 was 18 per cent , in 1985 43 per cent ; in 1986 53 per cent for exports and 58 per cent for imports . |
| 4 | A small part of these sales taxes is raised from industries other than wholesale and retail trade , but in 1985 74 per cent was collected from retail organizations and nearly 13 per cent from wholesale organizations . |
| 5 | Forty seven point eight per cent , well it 's about forty eight per cent . |
| 6 | Forty eight per cent is about fifty per cent , what 's fifty per cent as a fraction ? |
| 7 | Overall per cent , erm forty eight per cent for that one . |
| 8 | The increase in value , for both exports and imports , in 1984 was 18 per cent , in 1985 43 per cent ; in 1986 53 per cent for exports and 58 per cent for imports . |
| 9 | Of those from social classes 1 and 2 53 per cent rated their health as good , compared with 32 per cent from classes 4 and 5 . |
| 10 | Further , it seems likely that although it may have been the case in the earlier nineteenth century that the proportion of the English population living in the higher-waged North increased both as a result of a higher natural rate of increase and from in-migration , in 1801 53 per cent of the population still lived south of the Severn/Wash line , while north of it counties like Herefordshire and Worcestershire were not high-waged . |
| 11 | In 1985 7 per cent of those aged 65 + were receiving home help services and 3 per cent home meals ; this compares with 5 per cent and 1 per cent respectively in 1972 . |
| 12 | In 1989–90 45 per cent of NAO direct costs were devoted to financial audit and 53 per cent to VFM audit work . |
| 13 | Last time round he took more than forty six per cent of the poll — almost 4,000 votes ahead of the SDP 's highly-active candidate Chris Huhne . |
| 14 | By today 's deadline Green King had only picked up forty six per cent of Morland 's shares … |
| 15 | Forty six per cent cotton , forty six per cent eh polyester and eight per cent lycra . |
| 16 | Forty six per cent cotton , forty six per cent eh polyester and eight per cent lycra . |
| 17 | Forty three per cent of all workers are women . |
| 18 | Forty three per cent had been investigated , often extensively , before referral , and eight had had a non-curative cholecystectomy . |
| 19 | erm we budgeted at fifteen K at forty three per cent , we did twenty two but only at thirty six per cent cos the product mix changed . |
| 20 | In Berlin in 1885 81 per cent of men engaged in food supply , 83–5 per cent of builders , and over 85 per cent of those in transport had been born outside the city . |
| 21 | I think it it was a it it was a very bad er announcement for Lincolnshire , and er , on the strength of that , er , for the benefit of all of us in the county , I just like to lobe a few , as a minister for roads and traffic , er expressing our bitter disappointment really , 'cos it 's er , particularly on the T S G , it 's a , it 's a cut of of er , of forty five per cent against the er er er national cut of of of of of of about half of that . |
| 22 | And and and and across the board there has been a cut of er , er of of of just below fifteen per cent , that that the that er er , our cut is forty five per cent , and and I mean , it er , it it it does er er create problems , there 's no doubt about it , and that I I got the letter from er which er , Rod instructed to come along to the department to me yesterday , in fact , I did refer very briefly to it , 'cos I 'm gon na just before the meeting that er er it it sets out saying that it was a very generous set settlement for ninety-three , ninety-four . |
| 23 | Two hundred pounds , it 's a good one , double decker with all sorts of , and then adds a forty five per cent mark up on it , so it starts at two hundred pounds , then adds |
| 24 | You 've got to add forty five per cent . |
| 25 | Add forty five per cent . |
| 26 | Oh , they just do the two hundred pounds and then these people add forty five per cent in on the the because |
| 27 | Today the company announced that sales of its Old Speckled Hen ale are up by more than ( 200 ) two hundred per cent and operating profits are up by over ( 45 ) forty five per cent . |
| 28 | In one of the biggest about turns in city politics , six thousand council house tenants have been told that their rents wo n't after all be going up by forty five per cent , and their homes wo n't be sold to a private landlord . |
| 29 | It 's a bit too much , forty five per cent . |
| 30 | But in 1985 27 per cent of all wives were working in full-time employment , and the trend towards women working is supported by public opinion , except when there are very young children at home . |