Example sentences of "at [adv] 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | A reflection of this is the way they are all trying to develop their lager interests in a market where lager is growing at nearly 10 per cent per annum and is likely to command over 40 per cent of all sales this year . |
| 2 | After all , if you can borrow ( or exchange your existing UK mortgage where you are paying rates at the highest level in real terms for over a century ) for a Swiss franc mortgage at around 9.5 per cent , a mark mortgage at just under 10 per cent , an Ecu mortgage ( Ecu is the European currency unit which is made up of a ‘ basket ’ of 10 currencies including sterling ) at about 10 per cent or a Japanese yen mortgage at just under 8 per cent , why not do so ? |
| 3 | Although the share of state borrowing in total company finance has recently been relatively small at about 10 per cent , in a qualitative sense even a small loan by a state institution carries a seal of approval that enormously enhances the standing of companies with their banks . |
| 4 | The risk that bad quality items will be accepted is the user 's risk and is commonly set at about 10 per cent . |
| 5 | The risk that bad quality items will be accepted is the user 's risk and is commonly set at about 10 per cent . |
| 6 | By 1953 , Defence expenditure had almost doubled and was running at around 10 per cent of GDP . |
| 7 | Home loans now stand at around 10 per cent . |
| 8 | Left-wing parties were highly critical of the proposals , and called instead for increases in public spending to reduce unemployment , which was expected to remain at around 10 per cent . |
| 9 | This group benefited most from the increasing absorption of men into the Army and Navy which peaked at around 10 per cent of the adult male labour force , nullifying the effect of population increase on the labour market . |
| 10 | ‘ The field has been open to females only during the past year but we soon expect at least 10 per cent of dog-training course applicants will be female . ’ |
| 11 | An increase of at least 10 per cent will be demanded by union representatives , who will argue that only a substantial rise will improve morale . |
| 12 | Car workers ' unions are today expected to demand a wage rise of at least 10 per cent for the Ford motor company 's 31,000 hourly paid workers , when negotiations open in London . |
| 13 | Negotiators for 33,000 manual workers at Ford Motor Company yesterday put in a bid for a ‘ substantial rise ’ — thought to be at least 10 per cent . |
| 14 | The requirement of the old London Building Acts was that an area of window equal to at least 10 per cent of its floor area should be provided to light a habitable room . |
| 15 | ( In 1977 , 88 per cent of unemployed men received benefits that were at least 10 per cent lower than their previous earnings , according to DHSS data . ) |
| 16 | In recent years tourism has also made an increasing impact on farming , particularly in the more scenically attractive and marginal farming areas , and in Scotland , at least 20 per cent of farms indulge in farm tourism , and farm tourism accounts for at least 10 per cent of net income ( Denman , 1978 ) . |
| 17 | The Financial Times said the acquisition represent a significant step towards the Royal Bank 's goal of generating at least 10 per cent of its earnings from the US . |
| 18 | How will that be possible , given that Labour wishes to phase out nuclear , which could easily push up carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 per cent . |
| 19 | A republic might secede subject to a referendum called by the republic 's Supreme Soviet either on its own initiative or in response to a petition signed by at least 10 per cent of USSR citizens permanently resident in that republic . |
| 20 | A request by at least 10 per cent of voters was necessary for a ballot to be considered , and a vote by at least 50 per cent would then be needed to pass a recall motion . |
| 21 | All parties gaining at least 10 per cent of electoral support in each of the nine regions would send an equal number of representatives to an upper house . |
| 22 | The declared aim of the PRC to was to win at least 10 per cent of the seats in the forthcoming legislative elections and to " become what the PDS no longer is : a party of the masses " . |
| 23 | Key points of the accord included ( i ) a set-aside , in the first year , of 15 per cent of the EC farmland currently devoted to growing oilseeds , and a set-aside of at least 10 per cent in future years [ see also p. 39170 ] , in return for the lifting of punitive US tariffs on EC food and drink imports [ see below ] ; ( ii ) restriction of oilseed production to 5.128 million hectares [ not 5,128 million hectares as given on p. 39170 ] , thereby cutting EC production in future years to between 8,500,000 and 9,700,000 tonnes , down from a peak of 13,000,000 tonnes in 1991 [ ibid. ] , in return for curbs on US exports of soya beans and other cereal substitutes to the EC ( so-called rebalancing " ibid. ) ; and ( iii ) trimming the volume of subsidised EC farm exports by 21 per cent ( rather than 24 per cent as proposed in a GATT draft accord " see p. 38746 ) , cutting EC internal price supports by 20 per cent and reducing EC export subsidies by 36 per cent . |
| 24 | The company estimates that wind power alone could supply at least 10 per cent of Britain 's energy needs by the year 2025 . |
| 25 | Until 1986 , education budgets were sustained at over 10 per cent of government expenditure , but hyper-inflation , currency devaluation and overall budget cutbacks have eaten into the real amounts of money involved . |