Example sentences of "with [adv] [subord] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sotheby 's sale of books about the Orient from the Blackmer library have made £2.2m over the last two days with less than one per cent unsold . |
| 2 | Most people in the area work in manufacturing and services industries with less than one per cent working in agriculture . |
| 3 | However within this age-group there is a rising proportion of those over 75 and even more so of those over 85 , who are projected to make up 12 per cent of the elderly in 2001 , compared with less than 8 per cent in 1983 . |
| 4 | Before the 1940s over 50 per cent of Bartholin 's gland infections were gonococcal in origin compared with less than 10 per cent today . |
| 5 | We wished to compare those living in the same areas ( as we did for arrest rates ) and decided to exclude areas with less than 10 per cent . |
| 6 | The analysis of arrest rates ( males aged 11–35 ) showed that in the whole city , Blacks had higher rates than Whites , but when the areas were grouped into those with less than 10 per cent . |
| 7 | With nationalized industries accounting for more than 25 per cent of the country 's non-housing investment ( compared with less than 10 per cent in the United States and Japan ) , the efficiency of the public sector had a considerable impact throughout the whole of the economy . |
| 8 | Today , with less than 2½ per cent of Britain 's people left on the land ( and this percentage is still falling ) , the destruction of the ‘ bold peasantry ’ might be considered complete ; that it is too late to revive and rebuild it . |
| 9 | Earlier this century they broke through the Liberal-Conservative two-party system without the help of proportional representation , and under the established electoral system they have been able to form governments on their own with less than 40 per cent of the popular vote . |
| 10 | In Germany , Scandinavia and France , social costs — state pension contributions , national insurance and so on — take up about 60 per cent of salary compared with less than 20 per cent in the UK . |
| 11 | In 1979 there were about 3,500 registered SKB cows but today there are about 2,600 controlled cows , only a few hundred of which are really pure ( i.e. with less than 6.25 per cent foreign blood ) ; a rescue programme is under way and there is plenty of banked frozen semen . |
| 12 | Poll studies showed that electoral apathy was particularly prevalent amongst the very young , with less than 15 per cent of the 18-21 age group voting compared with 22 per cent in 1988 . |
| 13 | In the first round , the ( predominantly Kabyle Berber ) Socialist Forces Front ( FFS ) led by veteran politician Hocine Ait Ahmed won 25 seats in the 430-seat National Popular Assembly with less than 15 per cent of the vote . |
| 14 | He struggled on and , with less than 50 per cent of his sight restored , took this year 's annual meeting of the NCC without betraying his difficulties except when he said when taking questions : ‘ I will ask my deputy to point you out for obvious reasons . ’ |
| 15 | The strong showing by Perot meant that , despite his clear victory , Clinton became the 14th President to be elected with less than 50 per cent of the popular vote , and the first since 1968 . |
| 16 | The primary system was adopted in 1992 , in place of a system of simple plurality ( first-past-the-post ) , in order to prevent a candidate from winning executive office with less than 50 per cent of the vote ( Etpison having been elected in 1988 , against six rival candidates , with only 26 per cent of the total vote ) . |
| 17 | Note also that the proportions of vole teeth affected by digestion are slightly higher in the short-eared owl : 2–4 per cent overall compared with less than 2 per cent for the other category 1 species ( see Table 3.12 ) . |
| 18 | At the other extreme , the proportion of elderly was smallest in LLMAs which have New or Expanded Towns at their core , such as Tamworth , Harlow , Basil don , Red ditch and Milton Keynes , all with less than 12.0 per cent in pensionable age groups in 1981 ( Champion et al . , |
| 19 | Companies are spending record sums of some £20 billion on training per year , and the CBI survey shows an increase in the year ahead , with more than 80 per cent . |
| 20 | With more than 80 per cent of the vote counted , Mr Clerides had 50.5 per cent to President George Vassiliou 's 49.5 per cent . |
| 21 | non-white and those with more than 10 per cent . |
| 22 | Mr Waldegrave said Britain was continuing to press Moscow over long-term ‘ refusenik ’ cases , and had achieved a reasonable response , with more than 70 per cent of cases raised being resolved . |
| 23 | In 1989 , Britain earned £2 billion from arms exports , with more than 75 per cent of sales going to the poorer countries . |
| 24 | The UK legislation , allowing any firm with more than 25 per cent of the market to be referred to the MMC , is more clear-cut . |
| 25 | In the UK any firm with more than 25 per cent of the market can be referred to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission , which must then consider whether or not the monopoly is against the public interest . |
| 26 | Voting was freely and fairly conducted , with more than 81 per cent of the country 's 29,000,000 registered voters participating in the poll and votes being tallied with abacuses in order to avoid the allegations of computer fraud which had marred the 1987 presidential elections . |
| 27 | Liberal Democrat Robert Maclennan formerly Labour and briefly SDP leader in 1987–88 , looks unassailable with more than 50 per cent of the vote . |
| 28 | During question time , it was gratifying to note that the weekly publication of Steam Railway News proved of great news-worth value , with more than 50 per cent of the guests taking the paper on a regular basis . |
| 29 | 95 per cent of the children are from families of Asian origin , with more than 90 per cent from Bangladeshi backgrounds . |
| 30 | Self-government for Scotland was given the thumbs-down by the Scottish business community , with more than 60 per cent of respondents saying that it would have a detrimental effect on business , while only 10 per cent thought there would be some advantage . |