Example sentences of "and [adv] 70 [unc] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Moreover , while 5 per cent of Afro-Caribbean men and 13 per cent of Asian men are in professional and managerial occupations , 19 per cent of white males are in such jobs ; but it is important to note that the ‘ Asian ’ category conceals significant material differences , with 25 per cent of African Asians being in the professions and managerial employment , and nearly 70 per cent of Bangladeshi workers occupying semi-skilled or unskilled jobs ( Brown , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | A poll carried out into the reasons why people voted for the SDP candidate in the Warrington by-election of 1981 revealed that only 9 per cent did so because they supported SDP policy ; 8 per cent did so because they admired the well-known candidate ; and nearly 70 per cent voted for negative " reasons — the most frequently cited being their opposition to the extremism of the two established parties . |
| 3 | Wrongful dismissal actions seldom reach a full trial in the High Court and about 70 per cent of all unfair dismissal claims are settled or withdrawn without the need for a hearing . |
| 4 | In particular , the massive increase in car ownership from about 10 per cent in the early 1950s , to about 58 per cent of all urban households and around 70 per cent of rural households in 1982 ( Phillips and Williams , 1984 ) has let more and more rural people travel to a greater range of destinations at their own time and convenience . |
| 5 | Giotto was launched in July 1985 and almost 70 per cent of its original instruments remained intact . |
| 6 | Graduates of Oxford and Cambridge predominated , and over 70 per cent of all masters had themselves attended HMC ( Headmasters ' Conference ) schools . |
| 7 | If fluid from the prostate and a specimen of the ejaculate are also examined , however , the diagnosis rate increases markedly , and over 70 per cent of male contacts were shown to be harbouring the organism in one series where these exhaustive tests were carried out . |
| 8 | Data from the Labour Force Survey for the late 1980s indicate that around a half of Afro-Caribbean households and over 70 per cent of Pakistani and Bangladeshi households contained children , compared with around one-third of white households ( Haskey , 1989 ) . |