Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] 5 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were probably saying the same thing at the end of the 1960s after the Socialist Party of the day , the Federation de la Gauche Democrate et Socialiste , had won a mere 16.5 per cent of the vote in the 1968 general election and Gaston Deferre , their candidate in the following year 's presidential election had polled just 5 per cent . |
| 2 | The MDP had won 24 per cent of votes , but only a small number of seats ; the NPP and SDP had polled about 5 per cent each and the MPFL and the MPG about 1 per cent each . |
| 3 | Dave Simmonds , head of economic policy at the National Council for Voluntary Organisations , said that other European governments levied only 5 per cent on national lotteries . |
| 4 | While the region has traditionally written off 5 per cent of rates or poll tax bad debts — this year it could be £15 million — the finance director , Tony Taylor , promised yesterday that the council would vigorously pursue non-payers for the rest of the cash . |
| 5 | of those arrested in 1987 , whereas in the whole of London Blacks comprised about 5 per cent . |
| 6 | In Edinburgh ( Kreitman 1977 ) and Bristol ( Morgan et al. 1975a ) , patients with self-injuries have constituted approximately 5 per cent of the total number of attempted suicide patients identified on the basis of general hospital referrals . |
| 7 | When the votes for the Schleswig-Holstein parliament were counted , it looked as if the Green Party had achieved exactly 5 per cent . |