Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] around [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding the above , there were still 67 small independent non-specialist brewery companies in 1977 , together producing around 16 per cent of total beer production . |
| 2 | Yet Food Giant only takes around four per cent profit . |
| 3 | After around 1910 the proportion of Sri Lankans in the civil service , which had long hovered around ten per cent , began to increase . |
| 4 | With the base interest rate now at seven per cent , most banks still charge around 19 per cent for personal overdrafts . |
| 5 | All the same , that still leaves around 33 per cent profit … |
| 6 | In addition , though wheat and triticale both contain around 13 per cent protein , that of triticale is better quality as it contains a larger share of lysine , an amino-acid that is relatively deficient in most cereal proteins . |
| 7 | But despite severe financial problems they have been growing in number and now produce around 40 per cent of Israel 's agricultural output and almost seven per cent of its industrial goods . |
| 8 | Ron George , the leader of the Native Council of Canada , accused those who rejected the agreement as having " perpetuated apartheid in this country " and predicted that there would be increased violence among the indigenous peoples , who currently constituted around 5 per cent of Canada 's total population . |