Example sentences of "[adv] to 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freeman ( 1980 ) estimates that 80 per cent of Bolivia 's farmlands and grazing areas are eroded in varying degrees , and rangelands are degraded down to 10 per cent of their original productivity . |
| 2 | The riddle of the up-and-down interest rates — back down to 10 per cent yesterday . |
| 3 | 1.25 Both sides should of course beware of " agreed " medical evidence that is , in fact , not agreed : orthopaedic reports on the one side referring to arthritic change being probable and on the other to its being possible ; or neurologists ' reports referring respectively to 10 per cent and 2 per cent epileptic risk are not " agreed " . |
| 4 | The aim of the traffic engineers was to cut car journeys by up to 10 per cent , creating congestion-free running for buses , goods vehicles and the remaining cars . |
| 5 | Mr Oatley pointed out that because small producers were going out of business , up to 10 per cent of eggs consumed in Britain were being imported . |
| 6 | Often only after the transaction has been completed will the customer be made aware of the commission involved — sometimes up to 10 per cent of the amount being changed . |
| 7 | Mr Giles Phillips , catchment control officer for the Thames areas , said that voluntary restraint had saved up to 10 per cent of water supplies . |
| 8 | Adding bearings to a building can increase the cost by up to 10 per cent . |
| 9 | Slackness in the official compilation and in-between-election-activity by the Labour Party has always carried a penalty of up to 10 per cent for Labour , but what emerged from a comparison of the electorates of 1987 and 1992 in the six Edinburgh constituencies was a drop of 14,737 electors . |
| 10 | But independent adviser David Aaron is offering to top that up to 10 per cent for the next year for any Assets reader who invests through him before December 31 ( Phone 0908 281544 for details ) . |
| 11 | The club Console Countdown offers such benefits as up to 10 per cent discount on hardware , 20 per cent discount on all games , a 50-page free catalogue and updates on all the latest launches and releases . |
| 12 | These bacteria are very common and live naturally in the back of the nose and throat of up to 10 per cent of the population . |
| 13 | The BBC reimburses tips up to 50p per man and Cadbury Schweppes pays gratuities up to 10 per cent of the removal charge . |
| 14 | Already shipping in Korea , the Sun clones could capture up to 10 per cent of the workstation market this year in areas where Sun has yet to cast its shadow , according to Logix managing director John Girdley . |
| 15 | Lenses of Pb-Zn sulphides with up to 10 per cent Pb +&plus Zn have been found at several localities in the Dalradian , and other areas of barium-enriched sediments also occur ( Coats and others , 1984a ) . |
| 16 | As numbers of mortgage arrears and repossessions grow , especially in London and the Southeast , and with up to 10 per cent of mortgage borrowers said to be in minor arrears or postponed repayments , building societies and other lenders are being particularly careful to offer their borrowers help in paying . |
| 17 | Shares up to 10 per cent of the stock capital may be issued bearing interest at a predetermined rate and the holder of such share may exercise all shareholders ' rights , including the right to receive dividends . |
| 18 | On hydrolysis , chitin yields acetic acid and glucosamine and is a high molecular weight polymer consisting mainly of anhydro-N-acetylglucosamine residues joined by B-1 , 4-linkages , though up to 10 per cent of the residues may be deacylated . |
| 19 | Up to 10 per cent overweight and exercise occasionally If you are a little overweight for your height and are doing some moderate exercise each week , but agree that it 's not really optimum and you could be doing a lot better , you need to follow an " improver " programme . |
| 20 | The ICL two-record buckets required about 130 ms per insertion , and the IBM files showed little variation due to the fraction of the file in overflow , but ICL files improved as additions were made , up to 10 per cent , and degraded after this . |
| 21 | fines of up to 10 per cent of UK turnover for firms found to be in breach of the prohibitions . |
| 22 | The lack of ‘ teeth ’ in UK restrictive trades practices policy is in stark contrast to both the US ( where executives of colluding companies have been gaoled for conspiracy , in addition to the levying of substantial fines on companies ) , and the EC ( where a firm can be fined up to 10 per cent of its worldwide turnover ) . |
| 23 | Fines of up to 10 per cent of the worldwide turnover of the guilty parties may be imposed . |
| 24 | During the 1960s , ozone concentrations generally increased by up to 10 per cent at some monitoring stations ( Komhyr et al. , 1971 ) , and this was believed to be associated with variation in solar radiation over the 11-year cycle ( Keating , 1978 ) . |
| 25 | Earth-Dwellers in Zone ‘ Canada ’ exchange up to 10 per cent more for ‘ green ’ goods . |
| 26 | The Minister of State , Scottish Office , shakes his head , but he knows that the Government conceded this point when they announced that they would allow colleges to anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 27 | In July , the higher education institutions were told that they could anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 28 | For the long vacation we told institutions that they could anticipate up to 10 per cent . |
| 29 | A subsequent weakening of international oil prices , however , caused the government to order spending reductions of up to 10 per cent in the 1991 budget [ see below ] . |
| 30 | In March 1991 the Commission estimated that budgetary fraud cost up to 10 per cent of the EC 's total budget . |