Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Body oils can generally be used in higher concentrations of around 3 per cent . |
| 2 | Small panels of bold , simple very low relief are perhaps most easily carved by hand , but on other work time savings of over 90 per cent can be achieved ; 75 per cent is a reasonable average . |
| 3 | These include : * Dutch studies which claim that energy savings of 33 per cent can be achieved by packaging milk in reusable plastic bottles ; * savings of around 90 per cent in energy use and polluting emissions achieved by Swiss supermarket chain Migros through a switch from cardboard boxes to re-usable plastic ones ; * the success of Sainsbury 's " Penny Back " scheme , which encourages shoppers to re-use carrier bags . |
| 4 | To achieve savings of around 30 per cent , the French will relax certain safety constraints observed in Super-Phenix , the 1200 megawatt breeder due to come into operation next year . |
| 5 | But this represented an increase in the stock of gold held as reserves of only 17 per cent . |
| 6 | That represents a growth of expenditure in those sectors of roughly 80 per cent . |
| 7 | Analysis by the European Commission 's Information Market Observatory suggests growth rates in electronic sectors of around 20 per cent in Europe more generally . |
| 8 | This is usually expressed in terms of their having replacement ratios of over 100 per cent . |
| 9 | Immediately before a visit to Tokyo by Delors [ see p. 38202 ] , the Commission on May 11 , 1991 , imposed punitive duties of around 17 per cent on imported Japanese audio cassettes , which had not reduced their market share to 35 per cent as agreed in 1988 . |
| 10 | Within EFTA ( the free trade zone formed by seven of the non-EEC European countries , including at that time the United Kingdom ) lower barriers resulted in extra imports of around 10–15 per cent for the countries concerned . |
| 11 | During a five-day smog in the Ruhr area of West Germany in January 1985 the authorities believed they had achieved overall emission reductions of about 30 per cent , including 14 per cent of sulphur dioxide from power stations and 40–50 per cent of oxides of nitrogen from traffic ( Lubkert , 1989 ) . |
| 12 | The latter ( which is not internationally recognized other than by Turkey ) was declared in November 1983 by the Assembly of the Turkish Federated State of Cyprus , which was itself created after the occupation by Turkish troops of about 40 per cent of the island 's area in July 1974 . |
| 13 | The dominant greenhouse or infrared absorbing gas for all three planets is carbon dioxide , but whereas Venus and Mars have atmospheric carbon dioxide contents of over 80 per cent , the earth 's atmosphere contains only 0.04 per cent . |
| 14 | A section of the bank employees ' trade union voted on Feb. in favour of strike action after claims for salary increases in excess of 10 per cent were countered by an offer from the banks of only 5 per cent , plus a one-off lump sum payment of DM300 ( nearly US$200 ) . |
| 15 | In three referendums held on June 3-4 , majorities of around 93 per cent in each case supported proposals to revoke existing laws on game hunting and the use of pesticides in agriculture . |
| 16 | They resulted from the introduction of a new pricing system which was designed to allow cuts in price subsidies of around 60 per cent in 1991 . |
| 17 | This is less stringent than the German standards , but represents a toughening of earlier suggestions , which envisaged targets of only 60 per cent recovery , and 40 per cent recycling , although within a shorter time-frame of five years . |
| 18 | In the Lake District too , Clark ( 1982a , 1982b ) cites an estimate of 11 per cent of stock being in use as second homes in the mid-1970s , with figures of over 30 per cent in some parishes . |
| 19 | Experts estimated that the change might allow the disposal under these regulations of about 30 per cent of US low-level waste , which would , however , contain under 1 per cent of total radioactivity . |
| 20 | Thus , in early 1988 the banks would have to charge an average rate of interest on their dinar loans of over 200 per cent to cover themselves . |
| 21 | Since the average rate of interest paid on the deposits was about 9 per cent ( Mates 1986 ) , the banks would have needed to charge an average interest rate on their counterpart dinar loans of over 50 per cent in order to cover themselves . |
| 22 | C & G will give a fixed 0.5 per cent discount on its mortgage rate , but only for people who take loans of under 60 per cent of the property 's value . |
| 23 | In London , for instance , the most severely affected boroughs like Hackney and Tower Hamlets , with male unemployment rates of over 28 per cent in 1986 , had already seen sharp rises in joblessness between 1971 and 1981 , which had driven more people to work outside the boroughs of residence and brought a marked fall in the numbers of women in paid work ( Townsend el al. , 1987 ) . |
| 24 | Borrowers with companies financed by the wholesale money markets are already paying rates of about 14.75 per cent . |
| 25 | Some might say that typical annual percentage rates of around 24 per cent are crippling . |
| 26 | In the United Kingdom , the Publishers Association report roughly a 9 per cent growth in the British book market in the last few years while electronic sectors are showing growth rates of around 20 per cent . |
| 27 | The pact was designed to allow the Reserve Bank of New Zealand ( central bank ) , which had anticipated wage rises of around 5 per cent ( the current rate of inflation ) , to relax its tight monetary policy and to reduce interest and mortgage rates accordingly . |
| 28 | It is also clear that additionality has varied considerably amongst zones : while Rotherham 's additionality amounts to 60 per cent , others , such as Dudley and Clydebank , reveal totals of about 30 per cent . |
| 29 | It is expected the increases will be introduced in three annual stages of roughly 5 per cent . |
| 30 | He pointed out that the federal government was directly responsible for determining the prices of only 11.5 per cent of industrial products and 14.5 per cent of retail prices , and concluded from that that the government played only a minor role in generating inflation . |