Example sentences of "[no cls] cent but [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Group profits before tax for the first six months of the year soared by 46 per cent but the final result to 30 June , announced last week , showed a less than sparkling advance of 26 per cent to £1.28m compared to earlier City predictions of £1.4m-plus . |
| 2 | The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed . |
| 3 | Fuji Xerox Co Ltd plans to increase imports of parts to take advantage of the high yen in order to cut domestic production costs , Reuter reports from Tokyo : in the long term , it plans to raise the ratio to 30% from just a few per cent but the company is not rushing to achieve this as its export ratio of total products is low at around 20% and the high value of the yen is not severely damaging business . |
| 4 | In addition the tax on petrol was increased by 50 per cent but the government insisted that this rise would not affect industry costs , would encourage the more efficient use of private cars , and would preserve a plan for annualized inflation of 18 per cent for 1991 . |
| 5 | The spot interest rate in June is only 8.75 per cent but the long 's variation margin equals 937.50 , so his net worth has increased by 937.50 . |
| 6 | The figures showed that in 1981-91 the area of vegetables grown in England and Wales fell by 10 per cent but the area treated with pesticides increased by 40 per cent ; the volume used fell by 10 per cent , as pesticides became less bulky . |