Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] 10 per [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It fielded four candidates who averaged just under 10 per cent where they stood . |
| 2 | Nevertheless the data given in Table 7.2 are the most widely quoted , and illustrate that the area already affected is immense and that average rates of deforestation in these regions are sufficiently high that there is a real danger that forests will disappear altogether in the next 200 years , especially as reforestation is replacing only c. 10 per cent of the cleared forest ( Lanly 1982 ) . |
| 3 | In the event , they dropped by about 10 per cent , from £96.4 million to £86.6 million , partly because of a decline in the metals and electronics division . |
| 4 | Prisoners are male , and disproportionately young — a quarter of the prison population being under 21 , whereas 15–20-year-olds make up only 10 per cent of the British population . |
| 5 | The three major paper producers in northern Europe — Finland , Sweden and Norway — recycle only around 10 per cent of their paper . |
| 6 | While prices were forcast to fall by about 10 per cent on average next year , a slow decline in interest rates over the next 12 months was seen as prompting a resurgence the following spring . |