Example sentences of "[adj] and [num] [unc] cent [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Similar proportions were seen among social classes 4 and 5 with 34 per cent totally dependent and 26 per cent at least partly dependent on public transport ( Smith and Gant 1981 ) . |
| 2 | In 1988 , 70 per cent of the estate 's adults were unemployed and 49 per cent of the jobless had criminal records . |
| 3 | Consulting others , furthermore , had no impact on outcome , consultation occurring in 88 per cent of sectioned and 87 per cent of not sectioned GP referrals . |
| 4 | Unsuitable buildings , half of them now over fifty years old and 18 per cent over a hundred years ; |
| 5 | ( 1989 ) report that , in a five-year follow up of the population aged 65 + in Leicestershire mortality rates of 87 per cent for the demented and 36 per cent for those without the condition . |
| 6 | This reached a climax in the budget of March 1988 which reduced the rate of income tax to two bands only , 40 per cent for the rich and 25 per cent for all other income-tax payers . |
| 7 | In 1982 , 44 per cent of under fives in Islington had the use of an under-fives facility , 29 per cent on a full-time and 15 per cent on a part-time basis . |
| 8 | This compares with only about 25 per cent for US retail and 40 per cent for US mail order . |
| 9 | In Brazil the rates of participation in the workforce of women with university education are 66 per cent for married and 77 per cent for single women ( Filet- Arbreu Souza 1980 ) . |
| 10 | It is instructive to note that 24 per cent of professional workers and 22 per cent of employers and managers were covered by private insurance in 1986 , as compared with 1 per cent of unskilled workers , 2 per cent of the semi-skilled and 3 per cent of skilled manual workers . |
| 11 | After 20 years of continuous service workers record a growth in wages of 150 per cent in small and 180 per cent in large firms compared to 52 per cent and 30 per cent in the US . |
| 12 | For example , GP home visits were reported by 78 per cent of the severely disabled and 35 per cent of those living alone . |
| 13 | By the late 1960s 56 per cent of managerial and 52 per cent of other non-manual workers ' wives then used reliable methods of contraception , while only 45 per cent of skilled manual workers ' wives and 38 per cent of other manual workers ' wives did so . |
| 14 | The Bank 's record was particularly bad in some African countries : only 26.3 per cent of loans made to Nigeria were considered successful and 34.8 per cent in Tanzania ; Uganda , however , had a 70.2 per cent success rate . |
| 15 | Among families of West Indian origin as many as 49 per cent are lone-parent families , as are 30 per cent of African families but only 6 per cent of Indian and 8 per cent of Pakistani families . |
| 16 | In Virginia , Mr Clinton won with 52 per cent , to 36 per cent uncommitted and 12 per cent for Mr Jerry Brown , the ex-California Governor , and his only rival . |
| 17 | Consistently , approximately 60 per cent of the population aged 65 + rate their health as good , 30 per cent as fair and 10 per cent as poor ( Victor 1987 ) . |
| 18 | A recent survey showed that 18 per cent of the births were unattended and 35 per cent of institutions had maternity beds with more than one patient to a bed . |
| 19 | For women workers there is a different pattern : 47 per cent of Afro-Caribbean women and 52 per cent of Asian women are manual workers , while 37 per cent of white women are manual workers ; and 1 per cent of Afro-Caribbean women as compared to 6 per cent Asian and 7 per cent of white women are in professional and managerial occupations . |
| 20 | There was also an emphasis on getting all urban and 75 per cent of rural children through seven grades of primary school . |