Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its members undertake to repair or service 80 per cent of all appliances they are called out to within three working days . |
| 2 | All instruments should be immersed in either a suitable disinfectant or minimum 5 per cent formaldehyde solution as soon as treatment has been completed . |
| 3 | Rapid economic development has vastly increased demand for water in recent years , and the expansion is expected to continue : the water needs of the urban population are expected to increase by 45 per cent in the next 20 years , with industry requiring 30 per cent more water and agriculture 14 per cent more . |
| 4 | Rabin polled 40.5 per cent and Peres 34.5 per cent of the votes of the 108,000 party members . |
| 5 | In the first round on Sept. 27 Iliescu and Constantinescu had gained 47.34 and 31.24 per cent respectively [ for first round results and background information , see p. 39104 ] ; in the second Iliescu won 61.43 per cent and Constantinescu 38.57 per cent , with a 73.2 per cent turnout . |
| 6 | In the other caucus , in Arizona , Tsongas won 34 per cent , Clinton 29 per cent , Brown 28 per cent and Harkin 8 per cent . |
| 7 | In Budapest the SzDSz won 34.7 per cent of the vote and FIDESz 18.2 per cent , compared with the HDF 's 27.3 per cent and 5 per cent for the HDF-allied Christian Democratic People 's Party . |
| 8 | Comparable percentage figures for other member states show that Denmark has implemented 91 per cent. , France 86 per cent. , Portugal 79 per cent. , Spain , Greece and Germany 77 per cent . |
| 9 | The nine o'clock news regularly held the attention of 50 per cent of the population , and comedy and variety 40 per cent . |
| 10 | Reworking of her indices by Deane and Cole suggests that between the quinquennium 1750 – 4 to 1785 – 9 money wage rises in the South varied between less than 4 per cent for London labourers and 19.4 per cent for those of Kent , whereas in Lancashire labourers gained 64 per cent and craftsmen 40.5 per cent over the period . |
| 11 | Poland had received 40 per cent of the total and Hungary 27 per cent . |
| 12 | In Bolivia , the proportion is 90 per cent ; in Brazil , Ecuador , Panama , Peru and Venezuela it fluctuates between 70 per cent and 80 per cent ; in Guatemala it is 60 per cent ; in Colombia , El Salvador and Mexico 50 per cent ; and in Argentina , Costa Rica , Chile and Uruguay less than 50 per cent ( López Cordovez 1982 ) . |
| 13 | THE GRIP of French engine makers in Britain 's diesel car market is overwhelming : under the umbrella of PSA , Peugeot has 32 per cent and Citroen 12 per cent . |
| 14 | Personal and household 18 per cent worked out , using a finance : wages and salaries calculator , weekly pay for 39½ hour week at £2.65 per hour . |
| 15 | In the census of 1981 , Albanians were 77.4 per cent of the population of Kosovo , Serbs 13.2 per cent , Montenegrins 1.7 per cent , Muslims 3.7 per cent , Turks o.8 per cent , and Gypsies 2.2 per cent ( Politika , 1/2 May 1987 ) . |
| 16 | Latin American average prices were heavily increased by runaway inflation in two of the region 's most important countries : Argentina 3,079 per cent and Brazil 1,287 per cent . |
| 17 | Moslems made up some 43 per cent of the population in Bosnia , Serbs 31 per cent and Croats 17 per cent . |
| 18 | ( Moslems formed some 44 per cent of Bosnia-Hercegovina 's population and Croats 17 per cent . ) |
| 19 | Moshe Aumann concluded from original British figures that in 1948 Jews owned 8.6 per cent of the land and Arabs 20.2 per cent ; of which , he claimed , 16.9 per cent was abandoned by Arabs when they thought the neighbouring Arab armies were going to destroy Israel . |
| 20 | The most extreme difference occurred between open class items and affixes. 96 per cent of errors in the production of open class items were substitution errors , and only 4 per cent loss or addition errors , whereas for affixes there were only 24 per cent substitution errors but 76 per cent loss and addition errors . |
| 21 | Drives , outings and picnics accounted for 19 per cent of the visits , long walks for 14 per cent , and visiting friends and relatives 13 per cent . |
| 22 | In the Greek-Cypriot controlled area the growth of the economy in 1991 was expected to be 4.5 per cent , unemployment 2 per cent and inflation 4.5 per cent . |
| 23 | Clinton gained 43 per cent of the public votes , Bush 38 per cent and Perot 19 per cent . |
| 24 | The polls ’ average errors were : NOP 3.7 per cent , Mori 3.3 per cent , ICM 3.0 per cent and Gallup 2.8 per cent . |
| 25 | Japan recycles 45 per cent and Australia 50 per cent . |
| 26 | Of the larger building societies , Chelsea is offering 10.25 per cent net and Britannia 8.5 per cent . |
| 27 | Of the larger building societies , Chelsea is offering 10.25 per cent net and Britannia 8.5 per cent . |
| 28 | Of the larger building societies , Chelsea is offering 10.25 per cent net and Britannia 8.5 per cent . |
| 29 | Chile had a similar 28 per cent and Peru 29 per cent , while Venezuela and Brazil fared a little better with 31 per cent and 32 per cent of the total population in the labour force ( World in Figures 1978 ) . |
| 30 | Official results released on Nov. 27 showed that Walesa had gained 39.96 per cent of the vote , Tyminski 23.10 per cent and Mazowiecki 18.08 per cent ; three other candidates gained 18.86 per cent between them ( see table ) . |