Example sentences of "be about 20 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , individual trade unions raise the real wages of their members at the expense of non-unionised workers — in practice wages obtained by collective bargaining tend on average to be about 20 per cent higher than other wages . |
| 2 | Run a program of this type on both your machine and your friend 's and compare results — your friend 's PC should be about 20 per cent faster , all other things being equal . |
| 3 | MALT for distilling whisky will be about 20 per cent of 's total sales in 1993 . |
| 4 | The ‘ rule-based ’ spelling currently being tested is about 20 per cent slower to read for the first 1200 words , although some backward readers and beginners immediately improve speed or accuracy . |
| 5 | However , nearly six million women are ‘ significantly obese ’ ( that is about 20 per cent or more about their ideal weight ) . |
| 6 | It does appear that , in general , British new towns have a better than average safety record : a 1975 TRRL report suggests that the frequency of injury accidents in seven ‘ Mark One ’ new towns was about 20 per cent less than in other towns . |