Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | They noted too that Scotland contributed fully to the costs of all network programmes while seeing only 94 per cent of them , and paid a full share for network radio despite patchy reception in some areas . |
| 2 | The NOP poll , taken late last month on a sample of 1,000 , including only 27 per cent of parents , showed 80 per cent of people already believe an effective education system is the key to economic success . |
| 3 | Light , insulating , economical puffed-wood structures , using only 10 per cent by weight of the wood previously needed , will spring up everywhere . |
| 4 | ‘ Whilst tragic in any circumstances , property repossessions were at a very low level , representing only 0.25 per cent of mortgages outstanding , and at the year end not one mortgage was 12 months or more in arrear . |
| 5 | One study showed that trades union representation was the major type of representation followed by relatives and friends with lawyers representing only three per cent of those represented , about the same number as social workers ( Bell et al. , 1974 ) . |
| 6 | When the Housing Corporation refused to contribute to the cost of these features , the HBC relaxed its general policy of contributing only 50 per cent of the cost of eligible items and met the full cost . |
| 7 | The same pattern is repeated in further education , with girls gaining only 4 per cent of the places on advanced further-education courses in engineering and technology , yet taking 70 per cent of those in medical , health and welfare courses at this level . |
| 8 | Critics also pointed out that the legislation enacted in June left black South Africans , representing approximately 68 per cent of the population , still without the vote . |
| 9 | Full acceptance of the Offer would involve the issue of approximately 14m new Anglo-Welsh ordinary shares , representing approximately 37 per cent of the enlarged issue share capital of Anglo-Welsh . |
| 10 | BZW received acceptances of its Cash Offer in respect of 16,092,883 existing ordinary shares , representing approximately 9 per cent of the elections made under the Enhanced Scrip Dividend Alternative . |
| 11 | According to official figures there were 542,300 foreigners living in Austria , representing under 7 per cent of the population , a low figure by the standards of neighbouring countries . |
| 12 | Control of the councils remained unchanged , with the ruling PNP gaining about 60 per cent of the total vote and winning 12 councils ; the opposition JLP retained control of St Thomas . |
| 13 | The legislation covered property illegally seized after Feb. 25 , 1948 , representing about 10 per cent of property in Czechoslovakia and worth an estimated total of 300,000 million koruna , of which about kcs60,000 million would be paid out as cash or bonds and the remainder as real estate ( US$1.00=kcs26.4234 as at Feb. 18 , 1991 ) . |
| 14 | Expenditure on the health service is a significant item within the national budget , representing about 5 per cent of gross domestic product ( Table 7.1 ) . |
| 15 | A total of 1,681 left-wing guerrillas , representing about 20 per cent of the forces of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) , reportedly handed over their weapons to members of the UN Observer Mission in El Salvador ( ONUSAL ) on June 30 in return for certificates identifying them as ex-combatants eligible for bank loans and training programmes . |
| 16 | Zimbabwe 's was one of the most sophisticated economies in Africa , with manufacturing contributing about 25 per cent of gross domestic product . |
| 17 | The Norwegian Federation of Trade Unions ( Landsorganisasjonen i Norge — LO ) , the country 's dominant trade-union federation representing around 35 per cent of the labour force , elected Yngve Haagensen as its new president on Oct. 25 , 1989 . |
| 18 | Tourism remained the largest source of revenue in San Marino , contributing around 60 per cent to the gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 19 | Agriculture was the backbone of the economy , employing over 80 per cent of the resident labour force ; pastoral husbandry was the main activity , with wool and mohair the principal exports . |
| 20 | The KMT won a resounding victory , gaining over 70 per cent of votes cast . |
| 21 | A quarter of the sixth formers take A-level art , frequently gaining over 80 per cent A-grades . |
| 22 | Yet AMP is prepared to embark on a £1bn adventure , representing over 6 per cent of its assets , which at best will only give it a share of the British life insurance market of between 2 and 2.5 per cent . |
| 23 | CRUCIBLE , Channel 4 's answer to Horizon , is being scotched at a time when the new TV channel is capturing only 4 per cent of the viewing market in the UK . |
| 24 | The Pennyland estate in Milton Keynes has over 100 houses that have been designed to catch as much sun as possible , cutting annual heating bills by 40 per cent and costing just one per cent more to build . |
| 25 | [ See p. 38107 for March " Paris Club " agreement writing off 50 per cent of Poland 's debt to foreign governments , and for US debt write-off . ] |
| 26 | Although the Christian Democrats ( CD ) , who had controlled the city council since the end of the Second World War , won only 94 fewer votes than the League — translating as 24.3 per cent of the vote and 7.6 per cent down on the last elections — the Brescia poll was widely interpreted as signalling a disillusionment among voters with existing electoral options . |
| 27 | According to a report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) in March 1990 , the economy had expanded vigorously over the past 2@1/2 years with growth averaging about 4 per cent annually , boosted in 1989 by an income tax reform [ see p. 36561 ] . |
| 28 | ‘ In the early days I 'd say David was writing about 90 per cent of the songs . |
| 29 | During its six-year life the Metrobus has established a significant position in the UK double-decker market , capturing about 30 per cent of all sales in each year between 1983 and 1986 and earning the reputation of a mobile road block among motorists in the congested capital since a driver-only policy was introduced by London Transport . |
| 30 | While the treatment of Bosnian Moslems elicited almost universal condemnation , some African countries reportedly expressed reservations about using the NAM summit as a forum for inter-religious confrontation , claiming that Moslem nations ( forming about 40 per cent of the NAM membership ) were waging a jihad or " holy war " against the former Yugoslavia . |