Example sentences of "[art] 10 [unc] cent [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The 10 per cent reduction in subsidy on the shearling ( two-year-old ) and the ewe takes 10 per cent off our living . |
| 2 | These days the only thing the notoriously fickle C2s seem capable of raising is the 10 per cent capital required by building societies before they hand over nine times as much money , which is in turn entrusted to the builders . |
| 3 | His attempts to explain away SNP support are engagingly loopy — can he seriously account for the 10 per cent increase in Glasgow by a rise in ‘ rural Conservatism ’ , or anti-Tory tactical voting ? |
| 4 | IF you still have some Christmas presents to buy , why not pay a visit to the shop at your local Historic Scotland monument and take advantage of the 10 per cent discount available to Friends ? |
| 5 | So even though the discount rate has not changed from 10 per cent , the holding-period return is greater than the 10 per cent discount rate , but it is less than the 10.26 per cent yield to maturity calculated using ( 4.10 ) . |
| 6 | If a house is bought this way all the surveys and investigations should be carried out first , and you must be ready to sign and exchange contracts on the day of the auction after paying over the 10 per cent deposit . |
| 7 | In other words , money wages , interest rates and-tax payments have all been adjusted to allow for the 10 per cent rise in the average level of prices . |
| 8 | The idea is to reduce costs by cutting out the 10 per cent travel agents ' commission ( Table 11.7 ) . |
| 9 | In the case of a purchaser issuing quoted shares , the difficulties of knowing whether the 10 per cent threshold is exceeded and whether class tests are appropriate are compounded if the total consideration has not been determined and depends on completion accounts or an earn out . |
| 10 | Tim Baker , marketing director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra , said he appreciated the confidence in the SCO demonstrated by the 10 per cent boost in the main grant . |
| 11 | Although the land tax assessment could at times be stretched to include houses , windows , servants , hair powder , non-working horses , carriages and playing cards , and although in times of war the 10 per cent peacetime limit was pushed twice as far , there was no fundamental revaluation and in many parts of the country assessment levels were nominal . |
| 12 | What we should note from this is that the 10 per cent prevalence figure , which received considerable publicity during the Cleveland scandal and subsequently , includes a wide range of abuse apart from sexual intercourse . |
| 13 | He promised ( i ) to drop immediately the 10 per cent tax on imports ; ( ii ) to eliminate Central Bank financing of the National Treasury , except for guaranteed financing provisions , and to streamline fiscal accounts to avoid deficits ; ( iii ) to combat speculation ; ( iv ) to end private and public monopolies ; ( v ) to introduce tax reforms at the beginning of the new year aimed at simplifying the tax system and making it more progressive to " make everyone participate in the national effort " ; and ( vi ) to carry out an administrative reform in the state sector with some state companies to be privatized . |
| 14 | The 10 per cent guar loaf has 25 per cent less digestible carbohydrate , and hence 25 per cent fewer calories , than white bread , yet it has three times more fibre . |
| 15 | Consequently , LEAs earmarking certain discretionary items in this way would still have to count them in calculating that they were within the 10 per cent limit . |
| 16 | Manufacturing output grew by 8 per cent , below the 10 per cent average of the previous five years , and mining by 9 per cent . |
| 17 | We 're simply saying that if we 're going to build the vehicle over there with in excess of 60 per cent local content , you should n't charge us the 10 per cent duty . |
| 18 | Such a premature baby has less than a 10 per cent chance of survival and a healthy life because the lungs are not fully developed . |
| 19 | A 13 per cent hike in the interim dividend to 3.4p was accompanied by the promise of a 10 per cent rise in the final dividend . |
| 20 | A 10 per cent rise in money supply will lead to a 10 per cent rise in prices and a 10 per cent depreciation of the exchange rate ( assuming no inflation abroad ) . |
| 21 | If V is constant , will ( a ) a £10 million rise in M give a £10 million rise in MV ; ( b ) a 10 per cent rise in M give a 10 per cent rise in MV ? |
| 22 | If V is constant , will ( a ) a £10 million rise in M give a £10 million rise in MV ; ( b ) a 10 per cent rise in M give a 10 per cent rise in MV ? |
| 23 | If both V and Q are constant , will ( a ) a £10 million rise in M lead to a £10 million rise in P ; ( b ) a 10 per cent rise in M lead to a 10 per cent rise in P ? |
| 24 | If both V and Q are constant , will ( a ) a £10 million rise in M lead to a £10 million rise in P ; ( b ) a 10 per cent rise in M lead to a 10 per cent rise in P ? |
| 25 | The changes made by the Chancellor mean an extra 15p on a gallon of four-star petrol and 12p on a gallon of unleaded — representing a 10 per cent rise in the rate of duty from midnight . |
| 26 | In this case , we would divide our population into men and women , and then take a 10 per cent sample of each of these groups . |
| 27 | In response to a question in Parliament in 1984 , figures based on a 10 per cent sample were given of the comparative success rates of different types of representation . |
| 28 | The 1961 Census presented small-area statistics for the first time , repeated at a 10 per cent sample for 1966 . |
| 29 | I do a 10 per cent water change every week . |
| 30 | Since building up a 10 per cent stake Continental has tried to arrange trading pacts . |