Example sentences of "that 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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1 | Traditionally operators with insufficient passengers simply cancelled ; BR now insisted that 10 per cent of the train hire charge — in some cases as much as £500 — be paid as a non-returnable deposit . |
2 | Even the Commission acknowledges that 10 per cent of the EC 's annual budget — about £3 billion — is still being lost in fraud ; it is a point the British will not forbear to mention now that they are being asked to pay an extra £1 billion per year into EC coffers . |
3 | Remember that 10 per cent of the population have a reading problem and just look at the low demands made in reading skills by the popular tabloid press . |
4 | An earlier GHS survey found that 10 per cent of the care provided for children in one parent families was provided by another member of their households and a further 10 per cent by a relative outside the household . |
5 | The institute reports that 10 per cent of cattle slurries and 23 per cent of pig slurries are contaminated with salmonellas — even if the animals themselves are healthy . |
6 | The Department of Energy estimates that 10 per cent of our electricity could come from hot dry rock in 125 years ' time . |
7 | When we consider that 10 per cent by weight of domestic refuse is metal , and in 1988 a total of 5.6 billion drinks cans were sold in the UK , the need to encourage an efficient and easy recycling scheme is obvious . |
8 | The Nature Conservancy Council reports that 10 per cent of its Sites of Special Scientific Interest are annually contaminated by spray drift . |
9 | When all other methods have failed , the patient is blasted with radiation and chemotherapy so caustic that 10 per cent die . |
10 | It has been shown that 10 per cent of the 400 people interviewed in Birmingham had given a lower age to gain admission to Britain , and now can not gain a pension at the proper time ( Bhalla and Blakemore , 1981 ) . |
11 | Data provided by Wall ( 1988 ) show that 10 per cent of those aged 65 + in Holland reside in an institution ; this is the highest percentage in Europe . |
12 | Let us continue by reconsidering our two mutually exclusive projects , A and B , and assume that 10 per cent represents a fair assessment of the opportunity cost of capital . |
13 | If we assume that these vehicles have an operational life of five years , and that 10 per cent is an agreed discount rate , then this scheme should produce benefits in net present value terms of approximately £2.8 million . |
14 | It is then assumed that these mortality measures correctly reflect more general health ( or morbidity ) differentials and , furthermore , that 10 per cent extra resources are needed to compensate for a 10 per cent excess risk . |
15 | Table 11.7 pointed out that 10 per cent of air tour operators ' costs represented travel agents ' commission . |
16 | In 1976 a survey carried out from Lancaster University , Rural Housing in the Lake District , revealed that 10 per cent of the houses in the national park area were holiday homes . |
17 | The 1982 BCS found that 10 per cent of assault victims were women who has been attacked by present or previous husbands or boyfriends ( Hough and Mayhew 1983 ) . |
18 | It assumes that 10 per cent of the gaseous and volatile fission products are released from a 1000 MW(e) nuclear reactor as a cloud of radioactive material . |
19 | One eminent obstetrician estimated in 1931 that 10 per cent of all pregnant women were disabled by the experience of childbirth . |
20 | The recent study found that 10 per cent of the two year old females were breeding . |
21 | It expresses particular concern about the fact that 10 per cent of England 's salty lagoons are projected to be lost over the next 20 years : " Their rarity , both in England and on a European scale , is such that their conservation is of the highest importance . " |
22 | ‘ I know from other work going on in the south of Shetland that 10 per cent of the residents there remain concerned about the possibility of major long-term health effects , ’ he said . |