Example sentences of "cent [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A score of 5 was awarded for 100 per cent presence of the variable and a score of 1 for a minimal presence . |
| 2 | At 3.8 per cent of the total population of Northern Ireland , this was the same as the 1961 percentage ; it compared with a modest increase of o.86 per cent in the three counties east of the Bann ( Antrim , Armagh and Down ) and a small decline of 0.23 per cent west of the Bann ( counties Derry , Tyrone and Fermanagh ) . |
| 3 | To ease the new channel 's birth , the ITC has decided it need not achieve any more than 30 per cent coverage of the country in its first year . |
| 4 | Because of the way the audience is made up , and because of different people 's viewing patterns , it requires a very heavy campaign to get anywhere near 100 per cent coverage of the audience . |
| 5 | At present in the UK , each company has a board of directors which manages its affairs ; directors are elected , and may be removed , by shareholders in general meeting , and a general meeting normally also has a residual power , by a special resolution ( proposed as such and carried by a 75 per cent majority of the shares voted ) , to give a management direction to the board . |
| 6 | The realignment of January 1987 , for example , required a 3 per cent revaluation of the Deutschmark and the Netherlands guilder and a 2 per cent revaluation of the Belgian/Luxembou-rg franc . |
| 7 | The realignment of January 1987 , for example , required a 3 per cent revaluation of the Deutschmark and the Netherlands guilder and a 2 per cent revaluation of the Belgian/Luxembou-rg franc . |
| 8 | The amendment by an expatriate Scot , George Cunningham ( Labour , Islington ) , by ensuring that a 40 per cent vote of the electorate ( not simply of those voting ) would have to be achieved for a devolution bill to go through and for a repeal order not to be tabled , made devolution , at least for Wales , virtually an impossibility . |
| 9 | They handled it initially by seeking political balance , hoping , for instance , that the Manchester Guardian would join a consortium to balance the Kemsley bid and the 50 per cent holding of the Conservative Associated Newspapers ( Daily Maid group in Associated-Rediffusion . |
| 10 | The combination of these factors produced an estimated 5 per cent contraction of the economy during 1990 . |
| 11 | There is speculation that the Government is working to the rule that for every 4 per cent depreciation of the pound , there would be a 1 point rise in base rates to maintain the tightness of monetary policy . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | Has this 72 per cent devaluation of the pound helped British exports to Switzerland or has the strong Swiss franc crippled Swiss manufacturing ? |
| 14 | The haphazard nature of policy decisions is exemplified by the manner of the 30 per cent devaluation of the pound in 1949 [ Cairncross and Eichengreen , 1983 ] . |
| 15 | This is part of an effort , sponsored by the International Monetary Fund , to rescue the country from its $1.7 billion of debt , and it includes a drive to increase exports ( minerals , timber and cash crops , mainly ) , a 50 per cent devaluation of the currency and an auction of Guyanese natural resources to foreign companies . |
| 16 | This included a 10 per cent devaluation of the kina ( the country 's currency ) , from 1 kina=US$1.1631 to 1 kina=$1.0493 ; a freeze on credit from banks ; cuts in government expenditure ; and negotiations with the trade union movement to restrict wage increases . |
| 17 | A 52.5 per cent devaluation of the córdoba to a new official rate of US$1.00=20,000 córdobas was announced on June 12 , to be followed by the suspension of periodic adjustments until the end of July . |
| 18 | However , an attempt to satisfy donors on the exchange rate was made with the announcement of a further 17.3 per cent devaluation of the shilling on Dec. 3 , 1989 , to $1.00=TSh180 . |
| 19 | At the beginning of January 1990 he announced a 10 per cent devaluation of the kina with an exhortation for the nation to stop living beyond its means . |
| 20 | This meant an effective 14.3 per cent devaluation of the commercial exchange rate against Western currencies to US$1.00=kcs28 , but a 12 per cent increase in the tourist rate . |
| 21 | Federal Prime Minister Ante Markovic announced on April 19 a 30 per cent devaluation of the dinar . |
| 22 | By the end of October this had resulted in a 20 per cent devaluation of the lempira against the US dollar , to which it had been tied at a fixed exchange rate since October 1989 . |
| 23 | Taking effect from Nov. 18 , the reforms included ( i ) a 331/3 per cent devaluation of the currency , with an initial base exchange rate of 90 new kwanzas to the United States dollar ; ( ii ) a reduction in personal income tax , taking the top rate from 40 per cent of earned income to 15 per cent ; ( iii ) reduced consumer taxes ; ( iv ) the lifting of price ceilings on all commodities except soap , cooking oil , rice , sugar and baby milk ; ( v ) a new salary scale for public-sector workers , to compensate for the withdrawal of ration cards which had allowed them to buy goods at low prices ; and ( vi ) a minimum national salary of 12,000 kwanzas . |
| 24 | Sterling and the French franc remained weak , despite a raising of interest rates in France , and a major outflow of funds was observed from Finland into Germany , following Finland 's announcement of a 12.3 per cent devaluation of the markka in mid-November [ see p. 38587 ] . |
| 25 | An economic austerity programme was imposed in early 1990 , involving a 10 per cent devaluation of the kina , cuts in government spending , and restrictions on wage increases . |
| 26 | The FRY government on June 30 announced an 85 per cent devaluation of the currency , to be known as the new dinar ; as at July 1 US$1.00=200 new dinars . |
| 27 | These steps failed , however , to increase confidence , and on Sept. 13 it was announced that the central rate for the lira within the framework of the ERM had been reduced by 3.5 per cent and that those for the currencies of the other participants had been increased by 3.5 per cent , representing an effective 7 per cent devaluation of the lira . |
| 28 | The announcement on Oct. 3 of a 28 per cent devaluation of the local currency , the ouguiya , against the dollar was met by rioting in Nouakchott as local merchants increased food prices by 40 per cent ( US$1.00=105.852 ouguiya as at Oct. 19 , 1992 ) . |
| 29 | Analysts interpreted the measures as amounting to an indirect 5-10 per cent devaluation of the peso , forced on the government despite its policy , first implemented in March 1991 [ see pp. 38095-96 ] , of free convertibility of the peso against the US dollar . |
| 30 | The main benefit to the United States of the Smithsonian Agreement lay in the new exchange rates which embodied a 9 per cent devaluation of the dollar in relation to other currencies compared with the pre-August rates and thus increased US competitiveness . |