Example sentences of "by [num] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of private homes more than tripled in that period , so that by 1986 over 52 per cent of all residential homes were in private hands . |
| 2 | Women are disproportionately represented among income support recipients for two main reasons : first , there is a high proportion of elderly and disabled women in the population ; and second , lone parenthood is increasing and the proportion of lone parents dependent upon state benefits has also increased ( by 1986 about 40 per cent of the income of lone parents came from state benefits ) . |
| 3 | By 1977–8 about 61 per cent of all local authority income in England and Wales came from government grants . |
| 4 | By 1979 only 9 per cent of employers regarded the Plan as very important . |
| 5 | By 1901 only 41 per cent of the French population lived in towns . |
| 6 | While 66 per cent of fir trees in 27 plots established in 1980 had been considered healthy , by 1982 just 1 per cent remained so . |
| 7 | By 1990–1 about 46 per cent of planned public expenditure was covered by cash limits . |
| 8 | The cotton industry also flourished in industrial villages and small company towns so that by 1851 almost 17 per cent of Lancashire men over the age of twenty and 15 per cent of women worked at the manufacture of cotton . |
| 9 | By 1990 only 16 per cent of women in professional households smoked , compared with 38 per cent of women in unskilled manual homes . |