Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ignalina plant , located north-east of Vilnius , is Lithuania 's only nuclear power station and produces around 60 per cent of the country 's electricity . |
| 2 | The Alpha level corresponds to the subconscious and involves almost 100 per cent concentration . |
| 3 | Ham ( 1985 ) reports that the private sector provides 5 per cent of acute beds , 8 per cent of all beds and receives about 8 per cent of all non-emergency admissions to acute hospitals . |
| 4 | This should not be taken too literally — not every rock in the crust is a granite — things like limestones are vastly different in composition — but the average composition of all the rocks on the continents is about that of granite and contains over 60 per cent of silica . |
| 5 | Yet the Third World makes only 8 per cent of all fertiliser , and consumes about 15 per cent . |
| 6 | Since 1919 , great armies of faceless conifers have stamped their way across the highlands and the lowlands , Sitka spruce now covers half a million hectares and makes up 52 per cent of conifers planted by the Forestry Commission in Scotland and Wales . |