Example sentences of "and [prep] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the Fränkischer Kurier , for example , a newspaper with extensive circulation in and around Nuremberg and Fürth in Franconia , the Führer was mentioned in 41 per cent of the death-announcements for ‘ the fallen ’ between May and August 1940 , in 25 per cent between July and December 1941 , and in only 12 per cent between July and December 1942 . |
| 2 | The two most conspicuous features are the large holdings of UK securities , amounting to over 40 per cent of total assets and to about 60 per cent when combined with overseas securities . |
| 3 | Inflation , which had officially fallen to 9.4 per cent in September 1989 and to around 7 per cent in October , rose sharply in November , while the austral lost one-tenth of its value on the black market , dropping to $1.00=1,000 australs in the course of a few hours on Nov. 20 against a background of uncertainty over economic policies , tension within the government and divisions in the labour movement . |
| 4 | of its shares owned by qualified persons or companies and at least 75 per cent . |
| 5 | of its shares must be owned by one or more qualified persons or companies and at least 75 per cent . |
| 6 | of its shares being owned by one or more qualified persons or companies and at least 75 per cent . |
| 7 | Claiming to speak for the eighty per cent of Kindertransporte refugees who were clearly Jewish ( though of these only twenty per cent were orthodox and at least fourteen per cent were non-practising ) , Schonfeld argued a policy of Jewish homes for Jewish children and , if this failed , for the RCM to devote its energies to raising money for hostels where religious supervision ( of a strictly orthodox nature ) could be guaranteed . |
| 8 | This means it has been grown slowly to full maturity , fattened on food containing no animal protein and at least 70 per cent cereal , and reared without the use of any antibiotics or growth-promoting additives . |
| 9 | Now , 15 per cent of the village regularly uses the telecottage and at least 20 per cent has taken courses there . ’ |
| 10 | On Jan. 13 , 1990 , the Treasurer , Paul Keating , announced a first relaxation of the restrictive monetary policy , which had pushed up interest rates to 18 per cent for mortgages and at least 20 per cent for other borrowing . |
| 11 | Barr has claimed that ‘ today 's grant would have to be increased by 12 per cent to restore its purchasing power to its level in 1978/79 , and by nearly 25 per cent to restore it to its 1962/63 peak ’ . |
| 12 | By their enormous concentration on defence they raised the issue by just 8 per cent in terms of public priorities and by just 7 per cent in terms of electoral significance . |
| 13 | Bach ( 1978 , 1979 ) studied data on weather and corn yield in the United States Corn Belt states from 1901 to 1972 and estimated that corn production in those states would change by about 11 per cent for every 1 °C change in average maximum temperature over the growing season , and by about 15 per cent for each 10 per cent change in precipitation . |
| 14 | During the period 1961–74 , according to Bacon and Eltis , the ratio of non-industrial to industrial employment changed by 33.9 per cent in favour of the non-industrial sector in the UK , and by only 18.6 per cent in France , with the other industrial countries showing lower percentage changes . |