Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] 15 per " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The once-powerful communists have splintered into hundreds of pieces , the largest of which is the Democratic Party of the Left , now expected to pick up only about 15 per cent of the vote . |
| 2 | By 1987 , only about 15 per cent of housing was within local-authority or housing-association sectors . |
| 3 | Yet only about 15 per cent will be sold fresh ; the rest will go to make cranberry sauce , juice and other products . |
| 4 | Although all males try to get a second female , only about 15 per cent are successful . |
| 5 | Its share of ‘ small systems ’ was only about 15 per cent , but due to grow . |
| 6 | The funds thus obtained , which would be repayable over a five-year period , represented only about 15 per cent of the estimated cost of making good damage to infrastructure [ see p. 38362 ] ; most reconstruction funding was expected to come from oil revenues . |
| 7 | With a burden of about 150 kilograms — equal to more than a quarter of its body weight — a camel burns only around 15 per cent more fuel than it burns unladen . |
| 8 | In 1968 only around 15 per cent of the work force was unionized . |
| 9 | However , for the Gosville Company the general picture was of increase from 1939 to 1949 , then a period of stability , followed by decline in service frequency of just over 15 per cent during the 1970s . |
| 10 | At just over 15 per cent it is 6 per cent lower than the least variable of the constituent shares ( BTR ) . |
| 11 | Underground activity generally causes fewer headaches in countries like the the US , UK , Canada and Australia where it is still under 15 per cent of all economic activity . |
| 12 | It will be a year or two before set aside begins to bite but even then 15 per cent may not be enough to achieve the aims of the CAP reforms . ’ |
| 13 | In the USA , income in the largest post-war cohorts is indeed about 15 per cent less than in smaller cohorts ( Easterlin 1980 ) and their scholastic education scores have been lower . |
| 14 | Because some snakes are genuinely dangerous to man , all snakes are feared , and yet only 15 per cent of the living species are in fact venomous . |
| 15 | The most significant restriction was that only 15 per cent of profits made in Romanian currency could be transferred abroad in hard currency . |