Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Austria the Germans made up 36.8 per cent of the population . |
| 2 | We survived the Thirties and the war , we sold successfully up to 1987 ( a flourish of porcelain animals and birds sold out 90 per cent before the opening party , immediately after Black Monday in the City ) ; even in 1991 we had secured a collection which made the first half of the year look profitable . |
| 3 | Along with orders to France and Scandinavia , exports make up 75 per cent of ANTA 's business . |
| 4 | The Copts formed about 10 per cent of Egypt 's population overall and about 20 per cent of the population of Upper Egypt . |
| 5 | Staff of institutions responded about 18 per cent of those who had been in residential homes for less than a year , 47 per cent of those in one for longer . |
| 6 | Company cars make up 60 per cent of the sales . |
| 7 | Consumer goods manufacturers averaged only 12.5 per cent . |
| 8 | Tamils made up twenty-two per cent of Colombo residents , Moors nineteen per cent , and Burghers eight per cent . |
| 9 | Even standing as independents in April 's elections , their candidates won about 13 per cent of the vote . |
| 10 | Imports of passenger cars over the three months rose only two per cent by volume , whilst imports of capital goods were down six per cent . |
| 11 | He guesstimates that the existence of different European currencies cost about 1.5 per cent of Europe 's total income each year , merely in terms of the losses incurred by traders and investors when they change currencies . |
| 12 | But even at their early fifties peak , these funds constituted only 7 per cent of industrial finance ( 12 per cent of that raised outside the firm ) . |
| 13 | Although it seems that the South is recovering its appetite for fresh fish , with restaurants buying about 30 per cent of the fish sold in the area , there is no doubt that there has been a positive nosedive in the demand for fresh fish in Britain as whole . |
| 14 | National Assembly elections involve two rounds of voting on consecutive Sundays with the two most successful candidates in the first round and candidates polling over 12.5 per cent of the vote going on to the second round . |
| 15 | Net premiums grew just 3.4 per cent , in spite of rates hardening . |
| 16 | In the constituency section figures are less certain , but Mr Davies 's supporters calculate around 23 per cent for him , 27 per cent forMr Field and 10 per cent for Ms Wilson . |
| 17 | Although the KMT gained a majority in the Yuan , the party 's official candidates won only 53 per cent of the vote , compared with 71 per cent in elections to the National Assembly held in December 1991 [ see p. 38679 ] . |
| 18 | All fungi require about 20 per cent moisture content in the host wood to germinate and although in new buildings the moisture content of the timber may be as high as 18 per cent , this is soon reduced to about 12–14 per cent by heating and ventilation of the enclosed spaces . |
| 19 | On the export side the volume of cars shot up 27 per cent in the three months to November , compared with the previous three months though other consumer , intermediate and capital goods showed much more modest increases of 5.5 per cent , 4 per cent and 9 per cent , respectively . |
| 20 | The 58 inspectors spend only 65 per cent . |
| 21 | The prospect of a national curriculum with prescribed core and foundation subjects covering about 70 per cent of timetabled time , marks a departure from earlier recommendations that sought to delineate a core of subject studies or areas of experience within the secondary curriculum . |
| 22 | Even in the 1900s the national census returns show over 60 per cent of men over 65 employed , in England , the United States , and France . |
| 23 | Including all remuneration ( the majority of managing directors received a bonus averaging around one-fifth of their salary ) , half of all managing directors received about 14 per cent or more . |
| 24 | Bottles make up 51 per cent of the total , all but three being from Kent , the important exceptions being from the seventh-century rich graves of Asthall ( Oxfordshire ) and Sutton Hoo ( Suffolk ) . |
| 25 | Black and other ethnic communities make up 47 per cent of Newham 's 220,000 population . |
| 26 | But in the 1983 and 1987 elections the Conservatives averaged nearly 60 per cent and led Labour by 14.8 per cent and 11.5 per cent of the votes respectively in the two elections . |
| 27 | In a Dartmoor study area , key settlements attracted only 22 per cent of outline planning permission compared with 34 per cent in non-key villages . |
| 28 | The European Commission allows assisted areas to cover about 35 per cent . |
| 29 | Material suppliers ' levels of plant utilisation have fallen again with 25 per cent of companies reporting over 90 per cent utilisation ; the lowest proportion for over five years . |
| 30 | Industrial countries in 1980 took 33 per cent of their tax from incomes while least developed countries collected only 17 per cent from incomes , getting most of their revenue from trade and sales duties . |