Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , the US national forest system comprises 95 million ha of forest land , which is approximately 25 per cent of the national total ; the remaining area is privately owned . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) In the case of an offer which , if accepted in full , would result in the offeror holding shares carrying over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights , the condition relating to the level of acceptances required ( " the acceptance condition " ) may be set above the minimum required by Rule 10 ( which is over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights ) . |
| 3 | The simple fact is that American consumers regarded them as boring , which is why 60 per cent of the crop had always gone into products like bread and biscuits . |
| 4 | Beech et al. ( 1985 ) have compared its dietary characteristics with those of lean raw beefsteak , and although it has a protein content of c. 47 per cent , which is nearly 20 per cent less than the beefsteak , it contains half the fat and is rich in fibre . |
| 5 | And he seemed surprised at the Darlington rents rise which is around 100 per cent in some cases . |
| 6 | Only 169 mammalian species ( which is roughly 4 per cent of the 4,237 living species ) can boast any form of armoured protection . |
| 7 | the standard rate , which is currently 17.5 per cent ; and |
| 8 | This is based on a detailed survey of 687 km 2 , which is c. 6 per cent of Jamaica 's total land area . |
| 9 | Mortgage rates are still at around 9.25 per cent , which is now 2.25 per cent above the bank base rate . |
| 10 | The British Coal Corporation has achieved impressive improvements in productivity , which is now 105 per cent . |
| 11 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 12 | That 's nine thousand five hundred million pounds , which is about four per cent of our gross domestic product . |
| 13 | The fall of 17 per cent in company liquidations for the third quarter of 1991 brings us down to a figure which is still 44 per cent higher than the same period ; it does not yet represent a net recovery . |
| 14 | When we do so , we find that the inflation rate comes down somewhat , but it comes down to 7.9 per cent. , which is still 2.5 per cent . |
| 15 | I think she is about 70 per cent right . |
| 16 | Sure enough , there is only forty per cent attendance at breakfast . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know what I can do to improve my security , it 's already 100 per cent . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's exactly ten per cent , ’ Buzz retorted . |
| 19 | It 's about four per cent on each of the prices . |
| 20 | ‘ We do have a bit of indie in us , it 's about 10 per cent indie , 90 per cent dance . |
| 21 | It 's about eighty per cent experience and the other twenty common sense . ’ |
| 22 | Currently it 's around 8.3 per cent a year . |
| 23 | It 's still fifty per cent less than one of those properties at Harrow Road , right ? |
| 24 | In 1900 the proportion was 4.7 per cent , in 1950 it was 10.8 per cent and today it is over 18 per cent . |
| 25 | The government claims that total spending is larger in other western states because many have a larger private sector ; in the United Kingdom it is just 0.8 per cent of total spending . |
| 26 | It is currently 6 per cent of the premium ( typical A.P.R. 13.7 per cent . |
| 27 | The divergence between the two loading techniques depends on packing density , and for single record buckets it is almost 10 per cent — one record in ten — for an 85 per cent packed file . |
| 28 | when the right hon. Member for Huntingdon ( Mr. Major ) became Chancellor , and that it is now 7.3 per cent ? |
| 29 | Thus for technicians and draughtsmen it is only 11 per cent . |
| 30 | However , whereas it is only 6 per cent of the solar value for HG92 ( the smallest value ever found for the intragalactic medium in a group or cluster ) , it is 15 per cent for HCG62 . |