Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formula for calculating the tension of an open-wound string is likely to give a figure over 10 per cent too high because the theory behind it does not consider the deviation of the winding wire from a circular cross-section as it is bent around the core . |
| 2 | All the same , if we turn the figures about and look at them from the point of view of the older generation themselves , we still find that in early modern England only 10 per cent of sixty-year-olds were living with their married children or grandchildren . |
| 3 | No wonder only 10 per cent of American adults have a valid passport ; why bother to go abroad when you have all this at home . |
| 4 | Husbands or wives were seen about 36 per cent of the 639 , other relatives about 43 per cent , friends or neighbours about 10 per cent , staff of institutions about 10 per cent and other officials about one per cent . |
| 5 | Husbands or wives were seen about 36 per cent of the 639 , other relatives about 43 per cent , friends or neighbours about 10 per cent , staff of institutions about 10 per cent and other officials about one per cent . |
| 6 | For example , when price inflation was running at about 12 per cent last summer , buying on HP would have meant monthly payments about 10 per cent higher than those needed to save up and buy the same thing later . |
| 7 | In the mid eighteenth century only 10 per cent of holders lived outside the Home Counties , the majority of ordinary holders being members of the London bourgeoisie or petit bourgeoisie : merchants , bankers , brokers , jobbers , clergymen , doctors , lawyers , shopkeepers , artisans and sometimes even servants . |
| 8 | Using the most fundamental measure of poverty , the " breadline " , Professor Hay has estimated that over the years 1760 to 1802 in a normal year around 10 per cent of Staffordshire families would have been unable to buy sufficient bread over the year even if they had spent their whole earnings on it . |
| 9 | For a quotation on the USM only 10 per cent of the shares must be in the possession of the general public . |
| 10 | The rapid returners , where three-quarters struck at the outset , but by mid-November only 10 per cent had not returned to work . |