Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The worst affected trees were in the UK , where 57 per cent of trees had lost 25 per cent or more of their leaves , partly as a result of a series of dry summers ; the healthiest were in France and Spain , where only 10 per cent of trees suffered substantial leaf loss . |
| 2 | The situation is worst around the Aral Sea , where only 10 per cent of the local water supply is fit to drink . |
| 3 | In Mauritania , for instance , where only one per cent of women uses contraception , the average number of children born to a woman is only 6.25 and the number surviving is even fewer . |
| 4 | People can opt for the group 's Global trust , where only 50 per cent of the funds go into the UK , or for one of the UK-based unit trusts , or pick one of more than 200 shares on the Pru 's list , or select a combination of both direct and indirect . |
| 5 | So , if you 're looking for a really healthy holiday this year , grab a jumper and head for Eire , Sweden or the Netherlands , where only three per cent of visitors reported any illness . |
| 6 | Indeed , only 29 per cent of farmers had actually altered field boundaries between 1949 and 1 978 , and only one-third had reclaimed moorland in the last 7 to 1 5 years , and so the picture that emerges is one of a more dynamic profit-motivated minority replacing a more conservation and landscape-orientated majority where still 56 per cent of farmers are over 50 . |
| 7 | Duodenal ulcers are more common than gastric ulcers in the UK where about 10 per cent of the population have ulcers or ulcer scars . |
| 8 | There are villages in Lika , Kordun , Banija and Gorski Kotor , between Zagreb and the northern Adriatic coast , where over 70 per cent of the present-day inhabitants are Serbs . |
| 9 | In a society such as the United Kingdom where over 50 per cent of workers are in the service sector compared with only 30 per cent in manufacturing , new technology in the office may have more consequences than robots in the factory for job loss . |
| 10 | The World Bank has emphasised the need for increased agricultural investment in LDCs where over 60 per cent of the labour force is employed on the land , together with land reform ( re-distribution of land ownership in favour of peasant farmers ) . |
| 11 | Although only 32 per cent of women between 65 and 70 live alone , the proportion rises to 60 per cent for those over 80 . |
| 12 | Although only six per cent of 18 to 19-year-old pub goers say they prefer a congenial publican , putting the availability of real ale at the top of their list , a friendly welcome becomes markedly important as drinkers get older. , |
| 13 | Although only six per cent of ICI 's total waste is designated as hazardous , this has become the priority of the waste-reduction effort . |
| 14 | The notion that " one hour 's sleep before midnight is worth two afterwards " has perennially been invoked to put children to bed early ( although only 10 per cent of the survey sample believed it to be true ) . |
| 15 | Among those older workers in the study conventionally defined as economically inactive , just over two-thirds were retired , although only 18 per cent had retired at the normal pension age , 17 per cent were sick or injured , and 4 per cent were looking after their families . |
| 16 | In 1983 , young women took up 53 per cent of the non-advanced places in further education , although only 38 per cent of the advanced further-education places . |
| 17 | English was to be the official language , although only 3 per cent of Namibians spoke English as their first language . |
| 18 | Although only 6 per cent of children are educated in them , they exert considerable power , because the social elite are amongst those educated there and they in turn become successful in industry and business . |
| 19 | Women are also more likely to leave work earlier , although only 15 per cent of people surveyed would admit to leaving early at all . |
| 20 | In other words , a child with an MLU which falls below the bottom of this range is relatively unusual in so far as her MLU is lower than about 85 per cent of ordinary children . |
| 21 | Turnout at general elections is seldom more than about 75 per cent so Gallup asked voters : How likely is it that you will go out and vote in the General Election ? |
| 22 | In particular , because directness and safety are often traded-off by individual cyclists , safe routes must not be more than about ten per cent longer than less-safe , but direct , alternatives . |
| 23 | You will have noted the additional appointment of at least one wine waiter : the fact that the total wages bill has n't increased by more than about 2.2 per cent suggests that there have been some compensating reductions , probably in the part-time staff , and almost certainly in view of the decline in trade . |
| 24 | Calculations based on this assumption , however , indicated that any uplift would be confined to the region over which stretching occurs and that no uplift at all would occur if the thickness of the crust were less than about 20 per cent of the thickness of the lithosphere . |
| 25 | Accordingly they forecast a decline in demand in the thirteen years after 1982/83 of around 25 per cent rather than around 35 per cent as implied by the general demographic decline ( see Jones , 1981 ) . |
| 26 | Although over 80 per cent of services claimed to offer after care , only half of these were found to offer help ‘ systematically or always ’ ( Hellinckx and Munter , 1990 ) . |
| 27 | If only five per cent of car journeys were made by bus or train instead it would save over a quarter of a million tonnes ' worth of pollutant each year . |
| 28 | Gets as far as this : Migration of Sperms : ‘ Approximately 400 million sperms are present in each ejaculation … if only 10 per cent of the sperms reach the cervical canal a total of approximately 40 million sperms will have reached this favourable haven . |
| 29 | For example , if only 10 per cent of crime is recorded in the statistics , but this nevertheless accurately reflects the full range of crime and criminals , then the statistics would provide a representative sample . |
| 30 | With , if only 60 per cent of total current income were equally distributed it would be socially valued as equivalent . |