Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and the fact that we 're making over sixty per cent margin i is good business for us in such Okay it 's only twenty K , but potentially longer term when the recovery comes , they 're gon na be |
| 2 | Investors who should really be thinking of making a move are those in National Savings Deposit Accounts which are paying only 10.75 per cent gross ( without deduction of tax ) . |
| 3 | Prices had been driven up 125 per cent since 1914 and the wave of nation-wide strikes and industrial unrest that had been coming to a head on the eve of the great conflict , burst into flame . |
| 4 | The increase in tax rates for higher earners , which would follow a Labour victory on Thursday , would then be comparable to the top tax rate across the Irish Sea , which this month is to be reduced below 50 per cent . |
| 5 | If you exclude the eight hours on average spent in bed each night , then you could be spending around 65 per cent of your entire waking life in one form of sedentary position or another . |
| 6 | Government advisers said the public element of the offer was four times subscribed , ensuring that shares allocated for foreign investors were ‘ clawed back ’ for private applicants , who will now be allocated virtually 30 per cent of the entire sale . |
| 7 | The government will be putting up 50 per cent of the cost of commercial projects in the four key areas , although academic work will be fully funded by the Department of Education and Science ( DES ) . |
| 8 | So it 's got to put up it 's got ta be put up eight per cent , I can tell you that . |
| 9 | With interest rates at their lowest level for 15 years , your savings could be earning only 3 per cent interest . |
| 10 | Zoned fares have been pitched about five per cent higher than BR 's , ranging from a minimum 70p standard single to a £4.90 return , with the furthest-flung commuters paying £729 for an annual season ticket . |
| 11 | Put another way , 25 per cent of the population are spread over 90 per cent of the land area , or that while the average density is 2.4 people per hectare , the median density is only 0.5 people per hectare . |
| 12 | In a decision which surprised MPs and investors , the Trade Secretary , Mr Nicholas Ridley , told the Commons that the bulk of the 18,000 investors are to get nearly 90 per cent of their money back in an unprecedented state payout . |
| 13 | Husbands or wives were seen about 36 per cent of the 639 , other relatives about 43 per cent , friends or neighbours about 10 per cent , staff of institutions about 10 per cent and other officials about one per cent . |
| 14 | The offer made them a special case but by the same token was condemned by other groups such as the ancillary workers , who protested that they were offered only 4 per cent . |
| 15 | Insured life office pension funds are typically more balanced , being invested about 40 per cent in bonds . |
| 16 | Glasgow , Manchester and Liverpool all lost more than 15 per cent and even free-standing cities such as Nottingham and Hull were losing around 5 per cent . |
| 17 | ‘ They were losing about 10 per cent of their profit by not claiming back the tax , and no Japanese businessman does that . ’ |
| 18 | A change of government produced a temporary halt , when Labour , who returned in February 1974 , stopped further expansion until after the Annan inquiry , But under the Thatcher Government new franchises were again allocated and by 1988 46 ILR stations were covering about 85 per cent of the UK population . |
| 19 | A 24-hour general strike called by the General Confederation of Greek Workers ( GSEE ) in support of 19 per cent pay rises — state and private employers were offering about 9 per cent — mobilized more than 1,000,000 workers and disrupted public transport , flights , hospitals and electricity services on Jan. 25 . |
| 20 | Because of the drought , cotton farmers in north-western New South Wales are receiving only 10 per cent of their normal allocation of water from irrigation projects , while the cost of water has risen by as much as 30 per cent . |
| 21 | Similarly , POC is constrained above 50 per cent accuracy and POE is constrained below 50 per cent accuracy . |
| 22 | Renewable energy is to provide only one per cent of electricity by the end of the century . |
| 23 | CRUCIBLE , Channel 4 's answer to Horizon , is being scotched at a time when the new TV channel is capturing only 4 per cent of the viewing market in the UK . |
| 24 | According to reliable sources , however , Italy is paying only 0.25 per cent to its underwriters . |
| 25 | Norwich & Peterborough Building Society is moving up 0.5 per cent to 14.5 per cent , but it put on 0.5 per cent just before the base rate rise was announced . |
| 26 | For satellites launched with this vehicle , which has failed on two launches out of five , the premium is set around 12 per cent . |
| 27 | The safer option is to start about fifteen per cent further down the line , thereby giving yourself a little more room . |
| 28 | We have heard that Nissan is spending about 15 per cent . |
| 29 | The further the cut-off point is reduced below 100 per cent , however , the more difficult it becomes to specify what has been learned . |
| 30 | they get rid of , saying that privatised the price of gas is gone down fourteen per cent in the past . |