Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | He states : ‘ Like solicitors , estate agents generally charge only 1 per cent . |
| 2 | Like solicitors , estate agents generally charge only 1 per cent . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | With the base interest rate now at seven per cent , most banks still charge around 19 per cent for personal overdrafts . |
| 6 | ‘ Think how long BBC2 and Channel 4 have been on the air and they still have barely 10 per cent of the British audience . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 10 | Vegetarians who exclude fish and poultry as well as red meat , now make up 3.7 per cent of the population — an increase of 23 per cent since 1988 and 76 per cent since 1984 . |
| 11 | This phenomenon affects all areas of the travel industry : the airlines , most of which had introduced some sort of business class travel by the mid-seventies , now sell about 50 per cent of all scheduled flight tickets to business travellers . |
| 12 | Promoted nationally by ministerial circular in 1955 , approved belts now cover nearly 11 per cent of England , an area similar to that devoted to urban development , and greater than is covered by either National Parks or Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty . |
| 13 | A study by the International Forest Science Consultancy has shown that log-exporting countries typically receive only 10 per cent of the total value of the processed timber . |
| 14 | Leading shares now earn just 6 per cent gross and pay dividends of 4 per cent . |
| 15 | But despite severe financial problems they have been growing in number and now produce around 40 per cent of Israel 's agricultural output and almost seven per cent of its industrial goods . |
| 16 | Farmers in California now use about 85 per cent of the state 's water while city residents face severe rationing after six years of drought . |
| 17 | Medical and pharmaceutical products now represent about 15 per cent of our total rigid packaging sales — a figure which will double by 1995–96 . |
| 18 | The fall in employment has been much more marked amongst male than female workers and this has affected the composition of union membership ; females now comprise almost 35 per cent of the entire membership . |