Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] about [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the new boxes could be locked quickly into its computer and management system , operating costs would rise only by about 20 per cent . |
| 2 | A lead-only second-hand car is now worth about 10 per cent less than an unleaded equivalent . |
| 3 | Compared with 1991 , they were running overall at about 25 per cent down in the regions and 29 per cent down at CAS HQ , with smaller jobs showing the greatest fall in London . |
| 4 | The preference for polling has increased from about 50 per cent 60 years ago to about 95 per cent today , presumably by selection to suit management systems in which the cattle are housed for as much as eight months in the winter . |
| 5 | The significance of these percentages can be gauged by comparing them with the South East 's share of total manufacturing which stood then at about 27 per cent . |