Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] 15 [unc] cent " in BNC.

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1 Turn-outs for local elections in Hungary have dropped from 40 to 20 per cent , and in some recent votes down below 15 per cent .
2 The once-powerful communists have splintered into hundreds of pieces , the largest of which is the Democratic Party of the Left , now expected to pick up only about 15 per cent of the vote .
3 By 1987 , only about 15 per cent of housing was within local-authority or housing-association sectors .
4 Yet only about 15 per cent will be sold fresh ; the rest will go to make cranberry sauce , juice and other products .
5 Although all males try to get a second female , only about 15 per cent are successful .
6 Its share of ‘ small systems ’ was only about 15 per cent , but due to grow .
7 The funds thus obtained , which would be repayable over a five-year period , represented only about 15 per cent of the estimated cost of making good damage to infrastructure [ see p. 38362 ] ; most reconstruction funding was expected to come from oil revenues .
8 With a burden of about 150 kilograms — equal to more than a quarter of its body weight — a camel burns only around 15 per cent more fuel than it burns unladen .
9 In 1968 only around 15 per cent of the work force was unionized .
10 However , for the Gosville Company the general picture was of increase from 1939 to 1949 , then a period of stability , followed by decline in service frequency of just over 15 per cent during the 1970s .
11 At just over 15 per cent it is 6 per cent lower than the least variable of the constituent shares ( BTR ) .
12 Underground activity generally causes fewer headaches in countries like the the US , UK , Canada and Australia where it is still under 15 per cent of all economic activity .
13 It will be a year or two before set aside begins to bite but even then 15 per cent may not be enough to achieve the aims of the CAP reforms . ’
14 In the USA , income in the largest post-war cohorts is indeed about 15 per cent less than in smaller cohorts ( Easterlin 1980 ) and their scholastic education scores have been lower .
15 The rise in Japanese interest rates , and narrowing of interest rate differentials vis-a-vis other major currencies did not stem the slide of the yen , which depreciated by about 15 per cent against the US dollar and by 22 per cent against the deutschmark over the same period .
16 The King 's is currently facing losses of up to £200,000 after audience figures fell by about 15 per cent during the last financial year .
17 Because some snakes are genuinely dangerous to man , all snakes are feared , and yet only 15 per cent of the living species are in fact venomous .
18 The most significant restriction was that only 15 per cent of profits made in Romanian currency could be transferred abroad in hard currency .
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