Example sentences of "[conj] 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.

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1 This year , government-held countryside produced only 150,000 tonnes of wheat , or 10 per cent of Afghanistan 's total consumption , due to a bad harvest and the war .
2 ‘ It is as much as the Soviet Union has been spending on vodka , as much as US companies have been spending on advertising cigarettes , or 10 per cent of the EC 's annual subsidy to its farmers . ’
3 The government has been spending beyond its means , with a budget deficit last year of 120 billion roubles ( £120 billion at the official rate ) , or 10 per cent of GNP .
4 So while it may not seem obvious that two magmas , differing only by 5 or 10 per cent in silica content , should behave quite differently on eruption , this chain of cause and effect operates to produce very substantial differences indeed .
5 In one example he states that a 1 : 25 000 scale soil map measuring 400 by 600 mm may have as much as 24 000 mm of drawn lines , covering 24 000 mm² ; or 10 per cent of the total map area .
6 In addition , when a sample is analysed by different techniques the results sometimes show substantial variations , while no technique is more precise than about 5 or 10 per cent of the measurement indicated .
7 Fines of up to 1,000,000 ecu ( £650,000 ) or 10 per cent of an undertaking 's turnover , whichever is the greater ( for these purposes , however , where an undertaking is part of a group , ‘ turnover ’ relates to the group 's turnover ) .
8 For external use a moisture content of perhaps 20 per cent may be suitable , for an unheated building about 15 per cent , and for a steam-heated environment about 8 or 10 per cent .
9 And what would it be assuming your salary increases by , say , 5 or 10 per cent before you eventually retire ?
10 Then a list of possible new schemes dear to committee members ' hearts is added and a list of possible economies and cuts , 1 per cent , 5 per cent or 10 per cent in total .
11 Just over two-thirds of the total , or 10 per cent , worked with some identifiable voluntary organisation .
12 I have substantially increased the roads and transport programme by nearly £40 million or 10 per cent .
13 The package , originally proposed on Oct. 26 , included a reduction in government spending of 15,000 million kronor ( US$2,650 million ) over three years and a reduction of 18,000 civil service jobs , or 10 per cent of the total , over the same period .
14 Eventually about 600,000 acres , or 10 per cent of present farmland , will be purchased by the government for the scheme .
15 The transaction must involve the acquisition of non-cash assets ( as defined in CA 1985 , s739(1) ) of more than £100,000 or 10 per cent of the company 's net asset value as determined by the audited accounts for the preceding financial year .
16 ( 8 ) If shares in the target are proposed to be sold to the bidder by a director ( including a shadow director ) of the bidder , or of its parent company , or by a person connected with that director ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) and the value of the shares is not less than £2,000 but ( subject to that ) exceeds £100,000 or 10 per cent of the bidder 's asset value , then the arrangement must not be entered into unless it is first approved by an ordinary resolution of the bidder or , as the case may be , its parent company in general meeting ( CA 1985 , s320 ) .
17 A multi-party conference , which the government and the ANC want convened next month , will determine whether 5 per cent of the vote or 10 per cent is necessary for representation .
18 ‘ We try to keep our own plants running flat out , at maximum efficiency , and make up changing needs by buying in the varying five or 10 per cent above that from other manufacturers .
19 C&P are currently calculating that their cost of non-conformance could be as high as £400m or 10 per cent of turnover — a sum which could , in theory , be added to profitability if the various defective jobs were only done right , first time .
20 The constitutional tribunal had ruled on July 1 that such a change was necessary and could be approved by a three-fifths majority in both houses of parliament , although 10 per cent of deputies or senators could demand a referendum within two weeks of the amendment 's approval .
21 Twenty years ago lager accounted for less than 10 per cent of total beer sales .
22 The movement cost less than 10 per cent of the price quoted by the British firm and this included all import duties and delivery charges , and VAT .
23 ‘ My initial inquiries suggest that a figure of significantly less than 10 per cent is a real possibility , ’ Mr Pulman said .
24 But he probably received a pay rise of less than 10 per cent in 1988-89 .
25 Oyston is also chairman and owner of Blackpool Football Club , and is seeking the permission of the League to waive their rule that no one may hold more than 10 per cent of a club if he has a financial interest in another .
26 A League statement later spelt out that ‘ League Regulation 86 quite unequivocally prohibits an individual , a member of his family or any other associate including a nominee from holding more than 10 per cent of the shares in more than one League club ’ .
27 Less than 10 per cent has been excavated .
28 There is evidence now that both Paribas and AGF ( Assurance Generale de France ) have been allowed to build up stakes of more than 10 per cent in Navigation Mixte , a holding company with insurance and banking subsidiaries .
29 The price of Paribas shares has soared by more than 10 per cent this week .
30 The number of policewomen in each section varies , although there is always a minimum of one , which is low because women constitute less than 10 per cent of the regular force ( Brewer et al .
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