Example sentences of "which be [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Opposition never mention manufacturing exports , which are up 75 per cent . |
| 2 | Today , the US national forest system comprises 95 million ha of forest land , which is approximately 25 per cent of the national total ; the remaining area is privately owned . |
| 3 | ( 4 ) In the case of an offer which , if accepted in full , would result in the offeror holding shares carrying over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights , the condition relating to the level of acceptances required ( " the acceptance condition " ) may be set above the minimum required by Rule 10 ( which is over 50 per cent of the target 's voting rights ) . |
| 4 | The simple fact is that American consumers regarded them as boring , which is why 60 per cent of the crop had always gone into products like bread and biscuits . |
| 5 | Beech et al. ( 1985 ) have compared its dietary characteristics with those of lean raw beefsteak , and although it has a protein content of c. 47 per cent , which is nearly 20 per cent less than the beefsteak , it contains half the fat and is rich in fibre . |
| 6 | And he seemed surprised at the Darlington rents rise which is around 100 per cent in some cases . |
| 7 | Only 169 mammalian species ( which is roughly 4 per cent of the 4,237 living species ) can boast any form of armoured protection . |
| 8 | the standard rate , which is currently 17.5 per cent ; and |
| 9 | This is based on a detailed survey of 687 km 2 , which is c. 6 per cent of Jamaica 's total land area . |
| 10 | Mortgage rates are still at around 9.25 per cent , which is now 2.25 per cent above the bank base rate . |
| 11 | The British Coal Corporation has achieved impressive improvements in productivity , which is now 105 per cent . |
| 12 | He 's watched football in every league ground in England , all 92 , and he 's been to America , to watch West Bromwich playing in America , he 's been to the last two or three world cup tournaments , and he goes to all the matches away , you know , European cup matches and everything that English teams are playing in , he 's all over the world watching it , you see , This year , he 's watched 22 games , which is about fifty per cent of his normal , and even he 's getting browned off … |
| 13 | That 's nine thousand five hundred million pounds , which is about four per cent of our gross domestic product . |
| 14 | The fall of 17 per cent in company liquidations for the third quarter of 1991 brings us down to a figure which is still 44 per cent higher than the same period ; it does not yet represent a net recovery . |
| 15 | When we do so , we find that the inflation rate comes down somewhat , but it comes down to 7.9 per cent. , which is still 2.5 per cent . |
| 16 | To buy a second engraved copy at 24 livres , which was about 5 per cent of the cost of a good harpsichord , would have been extravagant at a time when copying was cheap . |
| 17 | He caught over a stone of roach , which was about 200 per cent more than any normal angler would have managed . |
| 18 | During the Cienfuegos speech Castro confirmed that work on the Juraga nuclear power plant in Cienfuegos , the construction work on which was begun in 1972 and which was now 90 per cent complete at an estimated cost of US$1,000 million , had been halted indefinitely for lack of funds . |
| 19 | The factory labour force fell by 16.6 per cent in the same period after the main recession , because the growth of productivity outstripped that of output , which was only 29.5 per cent . |