Example sentences of "or 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | This year , government-held countryside produced only 150,000 tonnes of wheat , or 10 per cent of Afghanistan 's total consumption , due to a bad harvest and the war . |
| 2 | ‘ It is as much as the Soviet Union has been spending on vodka , as much as US companies have been spending on advertising cigarettes , or 10 per cent of the EC 's annual subsidy to its farmers . ’ |
| 3 | The government has been spending beyond its means , with a budget deficit last year of 120 billion roubles ( £120 billion at the official rate ) , or 10 per cent of GNP . |
| 4 | So while it may not seem obvious that two magmas , differing only by 5 or 10 per cent in silica content , should behave quite differently on eruption , this chain of cause and effect operates to produce very substantial differences indeed . |
| 5 | In one example he states that a 1 : 25 000 scale soil map measuring 400 by 600 mm may have as much as 24 000 mm of drawn lines , covering 24 000 mm² ; or 10 per cent of the total map area . |
| 6 | In addition , when a sample is analysed by different techniques the results sometimes show substantial variations , while no technique is more precise than about 5 or 10 per cent of the measurement indicated . |
| 7 | Fines of up to 1,000,000 ecu ( £650,000 ) or 10 per cent of an undertaking 's turnover , whichever is the greater ( for these purposes , however , where an undertaking is part of a group , ‘ turnover ’ relates to the group 's turnover ) . |
| 8 | For external use a moisture content of perhaps 20 per cent may be suitable , for an unheated building about 15 per cent , and for a steam-heated environment about 8 or 10 per cent . |
| 9 | And what would it be assuming your salary increases by , say , 5 or 10 per cent before you eventually retire ? |
| 10 | Then a list of possible new schemes dear to committee members ' hearts is added and a list of possible economies and cuts , 1 per cent , 5 per cent or 10 per cent in total . |
| 11 | Just over two-thirds of the total , or 10 per cent , worked with some identifiable voluntary organisation . |
| 12 | I have substantially increased the roads and transport programme by nearly £40 million or 10 per cent . |
| 13 | The package , originally proposed on Oct. 26 , included a reduction in government spending of 15,000 million kronor ( US$2,650 million ) over three years and a reduction of 18,000 civil service jobs , or 10 per cent of the total , over the same period . |
| 14 | Eventually about 600,000 acres , or 10 per cent of present farmland , will be purchased by the government for the scheme . |
| 15 | The transaction must involve the acquisition of non-cash assets ( as defined in CA 1985 , s739(1) ) of more than £100,000 or 10 per cent of the company 's net asset value as determined by the audited accounts for the preceding financial year . |
| 16 | ( 8 ) If shares in the target are proposed to be sold to the bidder by a director ( including a shadow director ) of the bidder , or of its parent company , or by a person connected with that director ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) and the value of the shares is not less than £2,000 but ( subject to that ) exceeds £100,000 or 10 per cent of the bidder 's asset value , then the arrangement must not be entered into unless it is first approved by an ordinary resolution of the bidder or , as the case may be , its parent company in general meeting ( CA 1985 , s320 ) . |
| 17 | A multi-party conference , which the government and the ANC want convened next month , will determine whether 5 per cent of the vote or 10 per cent is necessary for representation . |
| 18 | ‘ We try to keep our own plants running flat out , at maximum efficiency , and make up changing needs by buying in the varying five or 10 per cent above that from other manufacturers . |
| 19 | C&P are currently calculating that their cost of non-conformance could be as high as £400m or 10 per cent of turnover — a sum which could , in theory , be added to profitability if the various defective jobs were only done right , first time . |