Example sentences of "than 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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1 | Twenty years ago lager accounted for less than 10 per cent of total beer sales . |
2 | The movement cost less than 10 per cent of the price quoted by the British firm and this included all import duties and delivery charges , and VAT . |
3 | ‘ My initial inquiries suggest that a figure of significantly less than 10 per cent is a real possibility , ’ Mr Pulman said . |
4 | But he probably received a pay rise of less than 10 per cent in 1988-89 . |
5 | Oyston is also chairman and owner of Blackpool Football Club , and is seeking the permission of the League to waive their rule that no one may hold more than 10 per cent of a club if he has a financial interest in another . |
6 | A League statement later spelt out that ‘ League Regulation 86 quite unequivocally prohibits an individual , a member of his family or any other associate including a nominee from holding more than 10 per cent of the shares in more than one League club ’ . |
7 | Less than 10 per cent has been excavated . |
8 | There is evidence now that both Paribas and AGF ( Assurance Generale de France ) have been allowed to build up stakes of more than 10 per cent in Navigation Mixte , a holding company with insurance and banking subsidiaries . |
9 | The price of Paribas shares has soared by more than 10 per cent this week . |
10 | The number of policewomen in each section varies , although there is always a minimum of one , which is low because women constitute less than 10 per cent of the regular force ( Brewer et al . |
11 | Amongst party supporters it increased by no more than 10 per cent , irrespective of what paper they read . |
12 | The economy continued to lapse into decline , with manufacturing output having fallen by no less than 10 per cent in the past twelve months . |
13 | Normally , we do n't pay less than 10 per cent to an artist . |
14 | Research shows that less than 10 per cent of listeners to Radio 1 are regular record buyers , so it would be unrepresentative of our audience 's taste to be ruled by the movements of the singles ' chart . |
15 | Only for five years between 1945 and 1983 has approval for the Prime Minister exceeded that of his party by more than 10 per cent , and Harold Wilson , and Harold Macmillan are the only post-war premiers to have retained the support of 50 per cent or more of the electorate for two successive years . |
16 | In the early 1950s no more than 10 per cent of households had a television . |
17 | By 1939 there were two million private cars and taxation was no more than 10 per cent for a man on £500 a year . |
18 | Banque Indosuez of France already owns more than 10 per cent and wants to buy a further 9.8 per cent . |
19 | They will be pressing for a settlement of more than 10 per cent in what will be the most severe test of the Government 's inflation policy . |
20 | Cable & Wireless finance director , Mr Rod Olsen , said the size of the stake being discussed was ‘ not less than 10 per cent and not more than 20 per cent ’ which would cost CITIC between £375million and £750 million . |
21 | On our own Stock Exchange the shares of Deutsche Bank , with its tentacles in every corner of Euro-business , have doubled this year and climbed more than 10 per cent in one trading day this week . |
22 | Nowadays , less than 10 per cent of its worldwide expenditure on conservation is directed solely on species protection . |
23 | Unemployment thus remained at well over one million ; more than 10 per cent of the workforce . |
24 | The value of several banks fell by more than 10 per cent yesterday , and this will reduce the amount of money available to lend to British companies . |
25 | ‘ The architect has to have his fee , but it will usually account for no more than 10 per cent of the building cost . ’ |
26 | This could make it impossible to test QCD to better than 10 per cent , bringing the business of science to a halt . |
27 | Lone parents themselves are likely to be over 25 years of age — on average less than 10 per cent were younger . |
28 | You should never increase a long run , tempo run , speed session or total weekly mileage by more than 10 per cent over the previous week . |
29 | Before the 1940s over 50 per cent of Bartholin 's gland infections were gonococcal in origin compared with less than 10 per cent today . |
30 | Fewer than 10 per cent of house-buyers have full professional surveys carried out on their prospective homes , and only 15 per cent have a mini-survey carried out , according to Britain 's biggest estate agent . |