Example sentences of "per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | He died in hospital several days later of multiple injuries , including a ruptured liver , six fractured ribs , two broken fingers and severe bruising to 70 per cent of his body . |
| 2 | At their trial , the judge is believed to have added 25 per cent to each sentence specifically because the police had carried out the attack while operating in their official capacity . |
| 3 | Homicides reached 23,000 in 1990 , an increase of 15 per cent on the previous year . |
| 4 | Since 1973 , in Columbus , Georgia , a death sentence has been sought for 43.8 per cent of those accused of killing a white female and only 2.6 per cent of those accused of killing a black female . |
| 5 | Since 1973 , in Columbus , Georgia , a death sentence has been sought for 43.8 per cent of those accused of killing a white female and only 2.6 per cent of those accused of killing a black female . |
| 6 | The 25th Anniversary campaign had dramatic results : individual membership increased from 25,000 at the end of 1985 to 35,000 at the end of 1986 : a full 30 per cent increase in one year . |
| 7 | In 1911 , the protestant population in the South was 10 per cent . |
| 8 | By 1925 it was down to 7 per cent and in 1971 it stood at around 4.1 per cent . |
| 9 | By 1925 it was down to 7 per cent and in 1971 it stood at around 4.1 per cent . |
| 10 | From de Valera 's point of view — and the majority of the nation and its politicians would have concurred — the fact that the Free State was over 90 per cent catholic meant that its moral and social outlook would reflect catholic beliefs . |
| 11 | Equally , Southern catholic nationalists prefer a unified Irish state , though a majority of 54 per cent would accept a federal one based on the present two state units . |
| 12 | As Eversley ( 1989 ) has recently shown , while only 2 per cent of Roman catholics hold managerial and professional positions compared with 4 per cent of protestants , they are over-represented in the bottom third of the Northern class structure , but generally within the framework of a traditional dual protestant — catholic labour market . |
| 13 | As Eversley ( 1989 ) has recently shown , while only 2 per cent of Roman catholics hold managerial and professional positions compared with 4 per cent of protestants , they are over-represented in the bottom third of the Northern class structure , but generally within the framework of a traditional dual protestant — catholic labour market . |
| 14 | Rose 's ( 1971 ) survey , conducted in 1968 on the verge of ‘ the Troubles ’ , found that as many as 30 per cent of the catholic population were ‘ explicitly prepared to endorse the constitution ’ of Northern Ireland , which then included the Stormont parliament . |
| 15 | Indeed , in the Irish general election of 1987 , progressive democrats took 14 seats , and 11.8 per cent of the total vote , which is sizeable for a young political party . |
| 16 | Though the extent to which such a consciousness exists is not clear , one aspect of it is beyond dispute : 35 per cent of McGreil 's random sample of Dubliners and 46 per cent of the males in the sample , including a spread from the younger age groups and the more educated , supported the view that ‘ the use of violence , while regrettable , has been necessary for the achievement of non-Unionist rights ’ ( Mác Gréil 1977 : 387 ) . |
| 17 | Though the extent to which such a consciousness exists is not clear , one aspect of it is beyond dispute : 35 per cent of McGreil 's random sample of Dubliners and 46 per cent of the males in the sample , including a spread from the younger age groups and the more educated , supported the view that ‘ the use of violence , while regrettable , has been necessary for the achievement of non-Unionist rights ’ ( Mác Gréil 1977 : 387 ) . |
| 18 | He certainly felt that the culture of the state should reflect the fact that it was 93 per cent Roman catholic . |
| 19 | But it is hardly possible to reconcile this with the claim of the constitution in Article 2 that the new state was the legitimate means of government for the entire island , which included over one million dissenting protestants , forming some 20 per cent of the total population . |
| 20 | For the very first time , the leadership of all the major constitutional nationalist parties in Ireland , representing 90 per cent of the nationalist population , had abandoned the concept of the tyranny of the majority will . |
| 21 | An opinion poll conducted on 28–9 April and sponsored by the Irish Times showed 57 per cent in favour of the divorce amendment with only 7 per cent undecided . |
| 22 | An opinion poll conducted on 28–9 April and sponsored by the Irish Times showed 57 per cent in favour of the divorce amendment with only 7 per cent undecided . |
| 23 | But , one week later , this had fallen to 49 per cent in favour ( see Irish Times , 5 May 1986 and Sunday Press , 11 May 1986 ) . |
| 24 | By the week of the referendum , an Irish Times opinion poll had a clear and substantial majority against the amendment , 45 per cent for and 55 per cent against ( Irish Times , 25 June 1986 ) . |
| 25 | By the week of the referendum , an Irish Times opinion poll had a clear and substantial majority against the amendment , 45 per cent for and 55 per cent against ( Irish Times , 25 June 1986 ) . |
| 26 | In 1928 , these schools entered the system of maintained schools , whereby , in exchange for full payment of current costs and 65 per cent of capital expenditure , the former owners and managers , usually churches , were allowed two-thirds representation on the local board of management , with the other third coming from the local authority . |
| 27 | Up until the late 1970s , 98 per cent of children raised in Northern Ireland experienced schooling only on their own side of the divide ( Darby , et al . |
| 28 | In 1978 , at least a dozen of these schools were attended by protestants in numbers of between 5–20 per cent of the total ( Fulton 1982 ) . |
| 29 | The Roman catholic element in all the republic 's protestant second-level schools varies from one school with 0 per cent to one school with 40 per cent of the total . |
| 30 | The Roman catholic element in all the republic 's protestant second-level schools varies from one school with 0 per cent to one school with 40 per cent of the total . |