Example sentences of "for [adv] than [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Hobbs said the loss of the Chicago service was a ‘ real blow ’ for Stansted , although it accounted for less than two per cent of the airport 's traffic . |
| 2 | The OR then calls a meeting of creditors to decide whether they will make the debtor bankrupt or let him off by accepting an arrangement for less than 100 per cent of their debts to be paid in full and final settlement . |
| 3 | A partial offer is a takeover offer which is for less than 100 per cent of the voting rights of the target company . |
| 4 | Rape , for example , accounts for less than 1.5 per cent . |
| 5 | Today US-registered vessels make up only one-third of the fleet , and account for less than 16 per cent of the total number of dolphin deaths . |
| 6 | Twenty years ago lager accounted for less than 10 per cent of total beer sales . |
| 7 | Of the instrumental daily living activities jobs involving cleaning pose problems for about 20 per cent , while cooking is a problem for less than 10 per cent . |
| 8 | There are also career opportunities in teaching and planning , although these have accounted recently for less than 10 per cent of Geography graduates . |
| 9 | More than 40 per cent of the world population lives in China , India , Eastern Europe and South America , which account for less than 10 per cent of our sales today . |
| 10 | In most developed countries , cooking would account for less than 5 per cent of national energy consumption . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , LIFFE still trades derivatives in US T-bonds and eurodollars , but these account for less than 5 per cent of the exchange 's total business . |
| 12 | Look at the other person for less than 50 per cent of the time . |
| 13 | The land tax accounted for the lion 's share of total government revenue throughout the 1870s and 1880s , and it was only towards the end of the century that it accounted for less than 50 per cent of tax income . |
| 14 | At the end of the fifteenth century , the largest city , London , accounted for less than 2 per cent of the population in England . |
| 15 | It should be pointed out , however , that the results of the Forster and Olbrei experiment do not provide evidence for a constant effect of syntactic analysis since a correlation coefficient of.65 accounts for less than 40 per cent of the variance in processing times . |
| 16 | In total , the upper castes accounted for less than 20 per cent of the country 's total population , but their members constituted a closed political and economic elite . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) A partial offer may not be made without the consent of the Panel , although this will usually be forthcoming where the offer is for less than 30 per cent of the company 's voting rights . |
| 18 | Coal-fired power stations were responsible for more than 41 per cent of the electricity in 1987 , with nuclear power second with 22 per cent and gas third at 9 per cent . |
| 19 | Production now accounts for more than five per cent of the national pig kill . |
| 20 | Contemporary observers were quite clear that the modest decline in marriage around 1870 could not account for more than 10 per cent of the fall in births ( Yule 1906 ) . |
| 21 | Agricultural pollution accounted for more than 10 per cent of total incidents , and for a third of the major ones . |
| 22 | The US was the largest investor in Scotland , accounting for more than 44 per cent of electronics jobs . |
| 23 | On 11th March the merchant bank Kleinwort Benson announced on behalf of its brand new client , Fayed , that they had acceptances from House of Fraser shareholders for more than fifty per cent of the issued share capital . |
| 24 | A turnout of at least 40 per cent was required to make a first round vote valid , but on Sept. 30 this threshold was not met in the majority of constituencies ( turnout nationwide was only 36 per cent ) , necessitating a second ballot for more than 80 per cent of council seats . |
| 25 | Power stations and road traffic are the major sources of nitrogen oxide , together accounting for more than 80 per cent of the UK total . |
| 26 | In 1990 , investment , in terms of net capital expenditure , accounted for more than 18 per cent of all investment by Scottish manufacturing industries . |
| 27 | If your mortgage is for more than 70 per cent of the property 's value you will also have to pay a special insurance premium . |
| 28 | With the disposal of the eight Lilley subsidiaries now completed , Price Waterhouse reported that employment has been secured for more than 70 per cent of the Lilley Group 's 2,800 employees . |
| 29 | As regards content , the convention established that , where practicable , a majority of European works should be screened ; as regards advertising , it established that advertisements should not account for more than 15 per cent of daily transmission time . |
| 30 | Holdings of unlisted shares must not account for more than 15 per cent of total investment . |