Example sentences of "for about 30 [unc] " in BNC.

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1 This accounts for about 30 per cent of all deaths from cancer ; the second largest source of cancer mortality is lung cancer for men ( 33 per cent of all deaths ) and breast cancer for women ( 20 per cent ) of all cancer deaths .
2 The advance in age at marriage , and in its popularity , accounted for about 30 per cent of the increase in annual fertility rates from the 1930s to the 1950s which comprised the ‘ baby boom ’ .
3 The Audit Commission focused on the 20 most common operations , which account for about 30 per cent .
4 Food products account for about 30 per cent of Third World manufacturing output and more of employment ( Fath , 1985 ) .
5 ‘ Low mortgage rates — a £30,000 flat can be bought for about 30 per cent less than it can be rented — has undoubtedly triggered off a renewal in confidence . ’
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