Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] 10 [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Experiments in pickling different alloys of copper and zinc have shown that only alloys with between 2 and 10 per cent of copper in the zinc will take on the black patina , and the silver and brass inlays are unaffected by the pickling solution . |
| 2 | Most volcanoes emit around 60 per cent water vapour , 24 per cent CO 2 and 10 per cent sulphur , with the rest a varied mix of chlorine , nitrogen and hydrogen . |
| 3 | By contrast , the removal of credit rationing would boost prices by only some 4.5 per cent if real mortgage rates were as high as 10 per cent . |
| 4 | In the more remote regions population losses have been as high as 10 per cent in many of the intercensal periods during the twentieth century ( Dunn 1976 ) . |
| 5 | When all other methods have failed , the patient is blasted with radiation and chemotherapy so caustic that 10 per cent die . |
| 6 | The main points were ( i ) a tax of 0.3 per cent on financial transactions ( ITMF ) , in force until 1994 , but not applying to wage cheques , pension payments and popular savings accounts ; ( ii ) to fight tax evasion an instruction to banks to report in specific cases and at the Finance Minister 's request all movements of individuals ' and companies ' accounts ; ( iii ) the simplification of the tax system with the elimination of three social contributions and their replacement by valued added tax ( VAT ) of between 7 and 10 per cent ; ( iv ) the elimination of taxes on manufactured products , fuel sales and additional income , and their replacement by a selective tax ( the rate of which had yet to be specified ) on cars , alcoholic drinks , fuels , electricity and telecommunications ; ( v ) the elimination of the separate collection of taxes by state and municipal governments and another by municipal government , so that all taxes ( except the ITMF ) would be collected by the federal government and shared with the states and municipalities , expected to produce a real increase in their revenues of 9 and 17 per cent respectively ; and ( vi ) a ban on the contracting of fresh debts by the Federal District , states and the municipalities until the year 2000 . |
| 7 | However , there is a net outflow of as much as 10 per cent and it is this ‘ lost ’ fluid which is drained by the lymphatics and returned to the circulation . |
| 8 | Many estimate that countertrade accounts for as much as 10 per cent of Brazil 's exports of both raw materials and manufactured goods . |
| 9 | One problem it would address is the proportion of grants — as much as 10 per cent — that are lost to currency conversions because French research institutes can not hold foreign currencies . |
| 10 | Some companies never go to the new issues market , and it has been calculated that ‘ in the past decade , in no single year have ordinary share issues accounted for as much as 10 per cent of the sources of capital funds , and the average has been less than half that amount ’ . |
| 11 | In addition , as much as 10 per cent . |
| 12 | The report stated that while the number of new settlements had levelled off in recent years , the Jewish population in the occupied territories was growing by as much as 10 per cent annually . |
| 13 | Ineichen ( 1987 ) suggests that future projections be based upon the forward projection of two rates : 1 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 and 10 per cent of those aged 75 + . |
| 14 | Current evidence suggests that the prevalence of this disorder is about 1 per cent for the population aged 65 — 74 and 10 per cent for those aged 71 + . |
| 15 | Fewer than 10 per cent of house-buyers have full professional surveys carried out on their prospective homes , and only 15 per cent have a mini-survey carried out , according to Britain 's biggest estate agent . |
| 16 | In the mid 1970s an IPM survey showed that even the most popular tests were used by fewer than 10 per cent of companies . |
| 17 | So while it may not seem obvious that two magmas , differing only by 5 or 10 per cent in silica content , should behave quite differently on eruption , this chain of cause and effect operates to produce very substantial differences indeed . |
| 18 | In addition , when a sample is analysed by different techniques the results sometimes show substantial variations , while no technique is more precise than about 5 or 10 per cent of the measurement indicated . |
| 19 | And what would it be assuming your salary increases by , say , 5 or 10 per cent before you eventually retire ? |
| 20 | This could make it impossible to test QCD to better than 10 per cent , bringing the business of science to a halt . |
| 21 | Ninety per cent are very poor and 10 per cent are very rich . ’ |
| 22 | Thus , if one had a bronze with , say , 2 per cent of tin , where the tin content of the comparable genuine bronzes lay between 5 and 10 per cent , this would be unusual and would count against the piece but it certainly would not condemn it . |
| 23 | In this country between 5 and 10 per cent of cases of gonorrhoea in women go on to develop a degree of tubal involvement , and only a few of these will lead to peritonitis . |
| 24 | On the other hand , if there are no others in the field , an offer of , say , 2½ per cent less than the asking price could be made ; and if the house is somewhat overpriced , try an offer between 5 and 10 per cent less than the asking price and see what the reaction is . |
| 25 | The group is now trying to encourage members to increase their commitment to 1 per cent ( which still pales in comparison with the US , where there are 2 , 5 and 10 per cent clubs ) . |
| 26 | In the post-war period , expenditure on the military has been between 5 and 10 per cent of GDP . |
| 27 | Oiling incidents may be a contributory cause as sometimes as many as 10 per cent . |
| 28 | Its success was greatest in the Dukeries field , where none of the pits had as many as 10 per cent of their miners in the NMA ; the figure was less than 1 per cent at Harworth and Thoresby in 1934 ( Waller , 1983 , p. 118 ) . |
| 29 | The process of forming a government was slowed by numerous allegations that as many as 10 per cent of new deputies had worked for the former Ministry of State Security police ( " Stasi " ) as active informants . |
| 30 | In the UK , the FRG and the USA the proportions varied between 6 and 10 per cent , which was not enough to make a significant difference . |