Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Conservatives have been in Government , either alone or in coalitions dominated by their party , for sixty-seven of the past 100 years , and their share of the vote at general elections has rarely fallen below 40 per cent . |
| 2 | Notwithstanding the above , there were still 67 small independent non-specialist brewery companies in 1977 , together producing around 16 per cent of total beer production . |
| 3 | Hollywood began to wake up to black culture , spurred on by statistics showing that although blacks only made up 12 per cent of the nation 's population they accounted for 25 per cent of America 's cinema audiences and were the fastest growing segment of US population . |
| 4 | The vote marked a rejection of all the traditional parties of government , with the centre-right Union for France ( UPF — comprising the Gaullist Rally for the Republic — RPR — and the centrist Union for French Democracy — UDF ) together polling only 33 per cent ( 39.3 per cent in 1986 ) . |
| 5 | Yet Food Giant only takes around four per cent profit . |
| 6 | In 1700 North America and the West Indies together took only 11 per cent of domestic exports and re-exports while supplying 20 per cent of imports . |
| 7 | They were so incensed that they flew to Los Angeles officially to deny charges that ‘ they only sang about 20 per cent of the music on their 1988 album , Hanging' Tough . |
| 8 | I think we 've put I know we 've put erm eight per cent on on everything that 's now outstanding so it should all go up eight per cent . |
| 9 | Although a fuller account would include a detailed analysis of all sources of income , the plain fact is that by far the largest source of pensioners ' income is social security , comprising 60 per cent , with the retirement pension alone making up 49 per cent of pensioner income . |
| 10 | Martin ( 1988 ) aggregates employment in a wider group of growth sectors and calculates that the South East region 's share of employment is over 41 per cent , with East Anglia and the South West together claiming over 10 per cent more . |
| 11 | After around 1910 the proportion of Sri Lankans in the civil service , which had long hovered around ten per cent , began to increase . |
| 12 | When I started we only had about five per cent of the biscuit trade . |
| 13 | On the question of voting rights , Hashimoto described as " regrettable " the fact that Germany , France , the United Kingdom and Japan together controlled only 8 per cent of the shareholder vote , compared to the 34.6 per cent controlled by the United States and Canada together . |
| 14 | He states : ‘ Like solicitors , estate agents generally charge only 1 per cent . |
| 15 | Like solicitors , estate agents generally charge only 1 per cent . |
| 16 | Available UK coal stocks may last another three to four hundred years , North Sea gas used at current levels another 30 years , and we have already used over 40 per cent of North Sea oil . |
| 17 | Those in favour of an executive presidency thus constituted about 40 per cent of the electorate ; to be accepted , the proposal had to be approved by over half of the total electorate . |
| 18 | The social groups C2DE still make up 57 per cent of the electorate ; if Labour had enjoyed the same dominance among these voters as do the Tories in social groups ABC1 , they would have swept to power with a big majority . |
| 19 | There is general agreement that Chlamydia trachomatis is the pathogen responsible for a high percentage of cases of NSU , but the best isolation rates still remain below 70 per cent of cases and are more usually in the region of 40 to 50 per cent . |
| 20 | However , only 43 per cent were paid more than £5 per week above the minimum , and full-time male farm workers in 1977 still earned only 77 per cent of the average earnings of all male manual workers . |
| 21 | With the base interest rate now at seven per cent , most banks still charge around 19 per cent for personal overdrafts . |
| 22 | Michael Green , chairman of media group , Carlton Communications , yesterday sold about 20 per cent of his stake in the company for more than £10.5 million . |
| 23 | But the referendum plan could be swallowed up in a swamp of indifference — a Russian television opinion poll yesterday showed only 34 per cent of those questioned would take part . |
| 24 | They 've tried hard to reach owners of models that could be a potential problem but have still reached only 70 per cent of them . |
| 25 | In 1914 Europe including Russia still took only 6 per cent of her grain from outside . |
| 26 | Although less significant it still provides about 15 per cent of funds . |
| 27 | All the same , that still leaves around 33 per cent profit … |
| 28 | ‘ Think how long BBC2 and Channel 4 have been on the air and they still have barely 10 per cent of the British audience . |
| 29 | Many women are in employment but women also make up 60 per cent of Britain 's six million carers , many of whom look after elderly relatives . |
| 30 | Dairy products make up over 20 per cent of our calories and they also provide over 20 per cent of our protein intake and much of our calcium . |