Example sentences of "and [conj] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet a survey study of the 1983 election found that this section of the electorate was the most right-wing of all on issue questions about privatization , incentives versus equality , trade union rights , and comprehensive schools , and that over 70 per cent of them voted Conservative in the election . |
| 2 | The government 's critics charge that the area to be protected includes bogs , rock and tundra and that over 86 per cent of the surviving big trees will be cut by MacMillan Bloedel , a logging company in which the government recently invested C$50 million . |
| 3 | In support of this contention he quotes research done by Thorpe , who found in a study of long-term foster-children that only 27 per cent had contact with their parents every six months or more frequently and that over 60 per cent of natural parents did not know where their children were living , with only 21 per cent feeling encouraged by their social worker to maintain contact . |
| 4 | By April 1992 it is projected that the number of agencies will have risen to 70 and that around 50 per cent of the civil service will be organized on Next Steps principles . |
| 5 | Settlement certificates granted by parish authorities in Kent between 1691 and 1740 show that well over half the immigrants into Maidstone travelled no more than 10 miles and that only 15 per cent journeyed more than 40 miles . |
| 6 | Currently , the average UK company pension fund is invested 80 per cent in equities ( 60 per cent UK ) and and only 9 per cent in bonds — in sharp contrast to US and European funds which are invested about a third in bonds . |