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

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1 As an example , suppose the nominal interest rate is 15 per cent per annum and that the rate of inflation over the past year has been 10 per cent .
2 If your net profit on sales is 5 per cent and your interest costs are 10 per cent , your entire profit will be lost if you are not paid within six months .
3 Base rates are 10 per cent .
4 For example , if D = 2.74 years and yields are 10 per cent then .
5 The final dividend should be 10 per cent up on last year 's payment .
6 For the employed , rural wages can be 10 per cent lower and the cost of living 10 per cent higher than in city areas .
7 So if w = 0.5 , this year 's expected rate would be 13 per cent ; if w = 1 , this year 's expected rate would be 16 per cent ( in this case , the expectation is said to have been fully adjusted ) ; if w = 0 , the expectation would be 10 per cent ( that is , it would not have been adjusted at all ) .
8 Similarly , just as when expectations of inflation were zero actual inflation of 5 per cent might sufficiently fool workers to generate an unemployment rate of 3 per cent , now , if expectations of inflation are 5 per cent , actual inflation would need to be 10 per cent to fool them by the same amount as before and hence generate the same unemployment rate of 3 per cent .
9 In the past year , unemployment has risen by a massive 47 per cent. , but instead of rising by a similar amount , expenditure in 1991-92 will be 10 per cent .
10 In addition to the human health implications , a professor of chemistry at Lancaster University has said that there could be 10 per cent crop losses of barley , beans and peas as a result of ozone depletion .
11 The figures for BBC 1 and BBC 2 were 10 per cent , with violent acts occurring at a rate of 2.5 per hour on BBC 1 , and two on BBC 2 .
12 Sales last month , at 171,730 , were 10 per cent down on September 1988 — the first time there has been a month on month decline since April 1987 , according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders .
13 At the same time , Labour identifiers who read right-wing papers were 10 per cent less optimistic than Labour identifiers who did not ; while Conservatives who read right-wing papers were similarly less optimistic about Labour 's chances than Conservatives who did not read right-wing papers ( Table 7.13 ) .
14 In the pre-campaign week , average Conservative and Alliance images were 10 per cent higher than Labour 's but the gap was halved by the second fortnight of the campaign .
15 The gap between mortality rates for the two groups has in fact widened since the 1930s , when the rates were 10 per cent below the average for professional and managerial workers , and 11 per cent above for unskilled workers .
16 ( The previous limits were 10 per cent and 50 cubic metres . )
17 Lambs : Auction market throughputs of lambs were 10 per cent lower in Great Britain during the first four days of the week commencing 26 October .
18 Similarly the production area at the Saarlouis plant in Germany , another single-model plant , is 10 per cent bigger than at Dagenham .
19 Performance is 10 per cent better than that of Turbo R
20 He has appreciated the freedom to develop his work , the experience of dealing with everything from factory floor practicalities to board-room presentations , and the additional training which is 10 per cent of any scheme programme .
21 He has appreciated the freedom to develop his work , the experience of dealing with everything from factory floor practicalities to board-room presentations , and the additional training which is 10 per cent of any scheme programme .
22 Suppose that the actual inflation rate is 10 per cent and that this has been expected by all economic agents , with the result that it has been fully accounted for in wage bargaining , in the activities of borrowing and lending and in the tax system .
23 If your net margin on sales is 10 per cent and the discount offered for early payment is 2.5 per cent , you are effectively giving away a quarter of your profit .
24 During that year , however , the rate of inflation in the UK relative to that in WG is 10 per cent ( e.g. inflation in the UK is 10 per cent p.a and in WG is zero ; or is 15 per cent p.a in the UK and 5 per cent p.a. in WG ) .
25 During that year , however , the rate of inflation in the UK relative to that in WG is 10 per cent ( e.g. inflation in the UK is 10 per cent p.a and in WG is zero ; or is 15 per cent p.a in the UK and 5 per cent p.a. in WG ) .
26 When paid from the same age the difference in capital value is 10 per cent .
27 If the firm 's decision criterion is to go ahead if the expected return is 10 per cent , then it should go ahead .
28 Most workers , for example , receive the craftsman 's grade , which is 10 per cent above the minimum .
29 This year — 1991-92 — our aid programme is £1,789 million , which is 10 per cent .
30 If we know that the discount rate on a 91 -day 100 TB is 10 per cent , then we can calculate the Issue price as implying a discount of 2.49 .
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