Example sentences of "[prep] around 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Perry , chief executive of Unisys UK , added that the British subsidiary made a profit of around 10 per cent , in spite of the adverse economic climate . |
| 2 | Izvestiya of March 12 reported that officials were predicting a budget deficit in the first quarter of around 10 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) against the government 's target of 1 per cent . |
| 3 | Largely because of migration patterns , the non-white population is also younger than the white population ; for example , around 4 per cent ( approximately 97,000 ) of the black and Asian populations had reached retirement age by 1986 , compared with around 10 per cent of the white population ( Patel , 1990 ) . |
| 4 | The table documents a growth in the proportion of those living by themselves from around 10 per cent in 1945 to over one-third in 1980 . |
| 5 | While expenditure was reduced after this , by the 1960s , with the entry of the United States into the Vietnam conflict , it rose to around 10 per cent of GDP once more . |
| 6 | The existing equity holders may also be asked to participate in a further round of equity raising , for around 10 per cent of the total . |
| 7 | By 1953 , Defence expenditure had almost doubled and was running at around 10 per cent of GDP . |
| 8 | Home loans now stand at around 10 per cent . |
| 9 | Left-wing parties were highly critical of the proposals , and called instead for increases in public spending to reduce unemployment , which was expected to remain at around 10 per cent . |
| 10 | This group benefited most from the increasing absorption of men into the Army and Navy which peaked at around 10 per cent of the adult male labour force , nullifying the effect of population increase on the labour market . |
| 11 | Moreover , he says that the present level of interest rates may mean that instead of prices stagnating next year they could fall by around 10 per cent . |
| 12 | The late Victorian and Edwardian period offered low taxes , cheap servant labour , and reasonable returns of capital whilst the retail price index fell by around 10 per cent between the wars . |
| 13 | Per kWh in winter as against ½d. in summer , which might cut peak consumption by around 10 per cent . |
| 14 | It performed quite well in my network benchmarks , nosing ahead of the RSC by around 10 per cent . |
| 15 | Languages : Bulgarian ( official ) ; Turkish spoken by around 10 per cent of population . |
| 16 | Manufacturing output increased by around 10 per cent , and manufactures now accounted for about 80 per cent of all exports ( compared with about 33 per cent in 1980 ) . |
| 17 | It planned a 6 per cent increase in expenditure on public works ( in accordance with the SII deal ) , but suggested that local authorities would be encouraged to increase public works expenditure by around 10 per cent . |