Example sentences of "[verb] about 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legislation covered property illegally seized after Feb. 25 , 1948 , representing about 10 per cent of property in Czechoslovakia and worth an estimated total of 300,000 million koruna , of which about kcs60,000 million would be paid out as cash or bonds and the remainder as real estate ( US$1.00=kcs26.4234 as at Feb. 18 , 1991 ) . |
| 2 | It is due on stream in 1995 and is expected to meet about 10 per cent of Pakistan 's total current gas consumption . |
| 3 | ( Coal loses about 10 per cent of its potential energy in the conversion , but this is balanced by the reduction in pollutants produced during burning . ) |
| 4 | Sugar was the third most important export after tobacco and tea , providing about 10 per cent of export earnings . |
| 5 | Together , they will generate approximately 1,000 megawatts of power — providing about 10 per cent of the country 's electricity needs , enough in itself to supply a city the size of Amsterdam . |
| 6 | But nuclear industry officials doubt the prospects of emission targets being achieved if the present review leads to early retirement of older Magnox stations , providing about 10 per cent of electricity in England and Wales , to accommodate a more concentrated mix of coal and gas stations . |
| 7 | Full-time married women workers formed about 10 per cent of the labour force between 1911 and the outbreak of World War II , and the experience of these women will be considered in Part II . |
| 8 | The Copts formed about 10 per cent of Egypt 's population overall and about 20 per cent of the population of Upper Egypt . |
| 9 | ‘ They were losing about 10 per cent of their profit by not claiming back the tax , and no Japanese businessman does that . ’ |
| 10 | Levels of lending , in which property companies represented about 10 per cent of total loan exposure to UK residents , did not present a ‘ major ’ supervisory anxiety , he said . |
| 11 | Under the scheme , successful claimants would pay about 10 per cent of their winnings to a central fund which would meet the costs of unsuccessful claims . |
| 12 | Cheney announced on Feb. 23 , 1990 , during a tour of Japan and the Far East , that the USA intended to withdraw about 10 per cent of the 120,000 US troops currently stationed in Japan , the Philippines and South Korea , over a three-year period starting in 1990 . |
| 13 | Of the final quarter , I 'd put about 10 per cent into a straight emerging markets fund … and the rest into US smaller companies through the Hypo Foreign & Colonial fund . |
| 14 | Having consolidated his base , he launched an aggressive drive that led to the take-over of Newcastle Breweries and several smaller Edinburgh companies to form Scottish & Newcastle , which by the time he retired as chairman in 1969 was supplying about 10 per cent of British beer sales . |
| 15 | So far portables have about 10 per cent of the PC market ( 5b ) , and sales are growing for all the reasons given in the last question ( 6d ) , including ‘ yuppies love them . ’ |
| 16 | Morainic drift with a typical hummocky landform occupies about 10 per cent of the Outer Hebrides . |
| 17 | Brooks Marketing , which owns the Burke 's franchise , is offering about 10 per cent of its equity in return for £150,000 . |