Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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1 | A more typical , fairly niche campaign burst would achieve coverage of perhaps 70 per cent , spread over 30 spots and yielding total TVRs of some 150–200 . |
2 | For British Telecom and British Gas , where the perks took the form of discounts on quarterly bills , they were worth only 6.9 per cent and 7.4 per cent respectively . |
3 | The slower tester ran just below 70 per cent of MHR and found it uncomfortable to push any harder for 10 minutes , let alone 20 . |
4 | There is general agreement that Chlamydia trachomatis is the pathogen responsible for a high percentage of cases of NSU , but the best isolation rates still remain below 70 per cent of cases and are more usually in the region of 40 to 50 per cent . |
5 | At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 per cent . |
6 | The situation is more acute in the rural areas when only 32 per cent of the population aged seven to fourteen years are enrolled at school . |
7 | Although only 32 per cent of women between 65 and 70 live alone , the proportion rises to 60 per cent for those over 80 . |
8 | Opinion polls conducted immediately after the election showed 36 per cent against EC membership and only 32 per cent in favour . |
9 | Laboratory tests revealed that only 32 per cent of the nitrogen content ended up as organic nitrogen compounds . |
10 | The Green candidate , finishing fourth out of eight , won only 1.2 per cent ( 1.5 in 1987 ) . |
11 | Details of a report by the Wiener Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsvergleiche ( WIIW — the Vienna Institute for International Comparative Economics ) , published in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung of April 19 , 1990 , showed that industrial production in member states of COMECON had risen by only 1.2 per cent in 1989 — the lowest ever recorded . |
12 | Total on-trade beer sales were down eight per cent as a result of the recession , with nablabs having fallen by 20 per cent . |
13 | As a result , in 1979 only 75 per cent of payments for imports and net interest was covered by exports and other net receipts . |
14 | For example , Beveridge allowed pensioners only 75 per cent of the scientific food value regarded as necessary for ‘ physical efficiency ’ , in addition to 10 per cent for special food needs . |
15 | As Urban Programme allocations were limited , covering only 75 per cent of total costs , capital projects did not always receive appropriate current support . |
16 | Why does department X manage to enable all pupils to reach exam-entry standard , whereas department Y finds a steady dropping-out in terms of motivation and attendance , and its teachers seem content that only 75 per cent of the pupils take the exam ? |
17 | The American study shows that 95 per cent of women whose cancer was found by mammogram lived for at least five years , compared with only 75 per cent of those who found lumps after self-examination . |
18 | Said Graham : ‘ He 's only 75 per cent fit . |
19 | The dominant greenhouse or infrared absorbing gas for all three planets is carbon dioxide , but whereas Venus and Mars have atmospheric carbon dioxide contents of over 80 per cent , the earth 's atmosphere contains only 0.04 per cent . |
20 | This is reversed at the opposite end , however : 11.5 per cent of men and only 6.2 per cent of women gained thirds ( Universities Statistical Record ) . |
21 | Only 51.7 per cent of the 1,440,000 registered voters reportedly participated . |
22 | The New Earnings Survey shows that in 1984 women earned only 74 per cent of men 's hourly rate , and only 66 per cent of men 's gross weekly earnings . |
23 | Thus the climate for negotiations on a major issue such as what constituted acceptable compensation for expropriated US properties ( the Cubans , desperately short of foreign exchange , were prepared to offer only 4.5 per cent bonds ) was soured . |
24 | Among ’ industrial nations the rise was only 4.5 per cent , up from 3.4 per cent in 1988 . |
25 | At the 1981 Census 16.3 per cent of its employed men had successfully completed higher education , with the next highest region — the South West managing only 13.3 per cent and the Northern Region lowest at 11.5 per cent . |
26 | are in this category in London and only 23.1 per cent . |
27 | ‘ They are asking for eight per cent , whereas the housing associations can afford to pay only three-and-a-half per cent . ’ |
28 | By 1989/90 the Exchequer met only 43.4 per cent , with a further 4 per cent coming from a central grant that reimbursed authorities for part of the rate rebates that they gave to poor households . |
29 | Had that led to a dramatic detection of crime , it would have been good , but I understand that the surveys then carried out suggest that in only 0.03 per cent . |
30 | Since the first closing date , only 0.03 per cent further acceptances have been received . ’ |