Example sentences of "an [adj] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a five day course on reach truck driving Derek scored an outstanding 85 per cent in the written test before going on to give a perfect display of driving for the examiners . |
| 2 | Interest charged on the cards ranges from 19.6 per cent if you have a Bank of Credit & Commerce International Visa or Access card ( £6 annual fee ) to an extortionate 31.3 per cent TSB 's Trustcard . |
| 3 | ‘ The fact that you remove saturated fat from your diet is profoundly important , ’ says Professor James , ‘ and you get an additional 10 per cent fall in cholesterol levels if you happen to eat more fruit and vegetables as a way of removing saturated fat from the diet . |
| 4 | Unemployment rose from 272,000 in July ( 3.1 per cent of the workforce ) to 350,000 at the end of August ( 4.17 per cent of the workforce ) , with an additional 10 per cent of the workforce employed only on a short-time basis . |
| 5 | Economists believe that the boost to the labour force may be worth an additional 1 per cent a year in the early 1990s . |
| 6 | A 3 per cent threshold was in force , but alliances had to gain an additional 1 per cent for each constituent party , with the maximum threshold necessary being 8 per cent . |
| 7 | Anyone who has tried travelling in a bus or car on Euston road in the evening rush hour will know that it is bad enough at present ; to impose an additional 70 per cent . |
| 8 | For the first six years , it will give an additional 2 per cent if you were not contracted out of SERPS already . |
| 9 | An additional 3 per cent of meteorites are irons and 1 per cent are stony-irons , Some achondrites are basaltic in texture and composition and appear to be samples of lava flows from the surfaces of their parent bodies . |
| 10 | In 1930 one quarter of the people were of foreign birth , and an additional 40 per cent were the children of foreign parents . |
| 11 | Waiters often slap an additional ten per cent on the bill . |
| 12 | In December petrol prices were raised by a further 32 per cent , whilst on Jan. 3 , 1991 , Aquino signed an executive order which imposed an additional 9 per cent duty on almost all imports , including oil . |
| 13 | In fact , the straits raised this an extra 5 per cent just before the ‘ Brothers in Arms ’ tour in recognition of the agency service which I have always provided . |
| 14 | In a county such as Hampshire , recognising the extra costs , we give an extra 5 per cent . |
| 15 | One variation on that would be to increase the constituency share according to the national increase in membership — so constituencies would have 30 per cent of the vote on a membership of 300,000 ( as now ) but would get an extra 1 per cent of the vote for every 30,000 increase in national membership . |
| 16 | Outer London gets an extra 1.4 per cent , the Metropolitan Districts an extra 0.6 per cent , and the Shires lose 0.9 per cent ( or £9 ) per pupil . |
| 17 | ALAN WOLTZ , boss of condom makers London International , saw his pay packet stretch an extra six per cent because the dollar rose in value against the pound last year . |
| 18 | An extra one per cent on National Insurance Contributions , costing the average taxpayer £200 in one year , is also scheduled for 1994 . |
| 19 | Reg gave his life and soul to this club , plus an extra 110 per cent per match , but unfortunately he chose to undermine my authority in such a way that I was forced to demand his dismissal by the board . |
| 20 | Identify the opportunities for selling on and target for an extra 10 per cent . |
| 21 | That is why South Glamorgan had an extra 10 per cent . |
| 22 | This , yeah , the one hundred gram ones have an extra ten per cent added on now . |
| 23 | ILEA gets £1041 , or an extra 9.6 per cent per pupil . |
| 24 | Most people who take a personal pension in place of SERPS will qualify for an extra 2 per cent payment by the DSS on top of the minimum contributions . |
| 25 | If the discount applied to the lire were only 1 per cent as suggested above , then clearly it would be possible to gain over all by earning an extra 2 per cent on the lire deposit and accept that this would be reduced by 1 per cent as the cost of forward cover , making a 1 per cent gain overall in comparison with staying in sterling and importantly be fully hedged . |
| 26 | This involves keeping one concession in reserve to use as the final push towards agreement : ‘ If you are willing to place an order now , I 'm willing to offer an extra 2½ per cent discount . ’ |
| 27 | For example , there are an extra 22 per cent . |
| 28 | ophthalmologists and an extra 22 per cent . |
| 29 | The increase was in large part caused by the rising costs of social security , itself a consequence of the steep rise in unemployment , and the NATO commitment to boost defence spending by an extra 3 per cent per annum in real terms . |
| 30 | In most private schemes , you can expect to receive an extra 9 per cent for every year that you delay retirement . |