Example sentences of "[verb] for [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was known that fees in secondary schools would shortly be abolished , that grammar-school education would be developed for about 20 per cent of the population , and assumed that secondary modern schools would be provided for the rest . |
| 2 | Unleaded petrol sales in the United Kingdom currently account for nearly 44 per cent . |
| 3 | Yet even the most draconian measures would still have little effect on health-care inflation — because drugs account for just 7 per cent of all spending on patients . |
| 4 | Social services costs account for over 70 per cent of the amount spent in the public sector . |
| 5 | In a survey of more than 200 port operators ( which collectively account for over 70 per cent of all UK traffic movement ) 59 per cent of respondents reported an increase in competition since July 1989 ( 1 ) . |
| 6 | Nowadays , imports account for over 20 per cent of the UK carpet market and this percentage is increasing . |
| 7 | Investment accounts have offered competitive rates in the late 1980 's and now account for over 22 per cent of the total assets portfolio . |
| 8 | Advances are the major profit-earning asset for the banks and account for over 60 per cent of their sterling assets . |
| 9 | Notably Kent , whose player costs soared by 27 per cent between 1990 and 1991 and account for over 40 per cent of its total costs , have been forced to cut to 20 . |
| 10 | Together these two industries account for over 90 per cent of the exports generated . |
| 11 | In Java , homegardens have increased in extent in the last 50 years and now account for c. 18.5 per cent of agricultural land . |
| 12 | Short-term assets account for around 5 per cent of total assets , and have been becoming more important in recent years . |
| 13 | ‘ Children 's products now account for around 22 per cent of total volume in this market ’ , said . |
| 14 | Pubs and hotels together account for around 60 per cent of all sales . |
| 15 | Since labour costs account for around 60 per cent of operating costs in BR and RENFE , these pressures for financial stringency and cost cutting have naturally had a major impact on industrial relations in the two enterprises as later chapters will show . |
| 16 | Altogether , United 's brands account for about 4.5 per cent of all beer and 15 per cent of lager sales . |
| 17 | Emissions from power stations , which account for about 80 per cent of the total , hardly fell at all . |
| 18 | Interbank deposits regularly account for about 70 per cent of the market 's gross size . |
| 19 | Broadleaved trees now account for about 46 per cent of all planting , encouraged by higher grant rates . |
| 20 | The Audit Commission focused on the 20 most common operations , which account for about 30 per cent . |
| 21 | Food products account for about 30 per cent of Third World manufacturing output and more of employment ( Fath , 1985 ) . |
| 22 | In fact , the right-hand side variables in equation ( 6.7 ) account for about 90 per cent of the movements in so this criterion seems likely to be satisfied . |
| 23 | Power plants are responsible for most of the pollution : they account for about 90 per cent of all the emissions of sulphur dioxide , 40 per cent of nitrogen dioxide and around 60-70 per cent of dust . |
| 24 | There may , after all , be something to be said for allowing the communes to retain their sales taxes , which at present account for about 60 per cent of their revenues . |
| 25 | For 400 years the city has been divided between Estonians and Latvians , but today Russian speakers account for about 40 per cent of the population . |
| 26 | Trimphones were introduced in the 1960s as an alternative to the conventional type of ‘ phone , and now account for almost 6 per cent of all Britain 's telephones . |
| 27 | As Table 2.5 shows , some 70 per cent of agency workers are in eight narrowly defined occupations — systems analysts and programmers , nurses , draughtsmen , clerks , secretaries and receptionists , office machine operators , telephonists , and bus and lorry drivers — which account for only 18 per cent of total employment . |
| 28 | Political polls account for only six per cent of the research industry 's business , but they are its most visible — and accountable — manifestation . |
| 29 | Pupils from ethnic minorities account for only 4 per cent of the school roll . |
| 30 | According to Wang Yangzu , deputy director of the agency , these businesses account for only 4 per cent of polluters but are responsible for over 60 per cent of the total industrial pollution caused . |