Example sentences of "be about [num] [unc] cent " in BNC.

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1 And you reckon we 're we 're four per cent you 're about four per cent below .
2 We had 80 per cent occupancy over the entire year , yet we 're about 25 per cent down on budget for those occupancy figures . ’
3 The East India Company 's nominal capital of £740,000 would have been about 2 per cent of the national income , though in fact only half of it was paid up until calls for fresh capital had to be made in the 1690s .
4 CDs are therefore very similar to negotiable money market deposits , although the yields are about 0.25 per cent below the equivalent period deposit rates because of the added benefit of liquidity .
5 House prices are about 45 per cent .
6 American Coal Enterprises say its steam loco will be 15 per cent efficient ( modern diesels are about 30 per cent ) .
7 In the northern temperate zone the values are about 50 per cent higher than these estimates , and in the southern temperate zone about 50 per cent lower .
8 In general , dwellings in rural areas and conurbations are about 25 per cent more likely to be in poor condition than dwellings in provincial towns .
9 Consequently , the highest rates of unemployment occur in the inner urban areas — in some cases almost 40 per cent at a time when general unemployment levels , according to the official figures , are about 6 per cent .
10 The losses run up in the third quarter will seriously hit the aggregate figure for the whole of 1992 , with pre-tax profits for the year expected to be about 95 per cent down on the £528 million recorded in 1991 .
11 Accordingly , among 25 countries , the reduction of infant deaths alone would range from 5 to 40 per cent ( Maine and McNamara , 1985 , p.17 ) and for the same 25 countries , the average reduction in infant mortality would be about 10 per cent and in death rates of children aged 1–4 years , 21 per cent ( Trussell and Pebley , 1984 , p.21 ) .
12 Total union membership in RENFE appears to be about 46 per cent of the workforce .
13 The NEDA was still hopeful that gross national product ( GNP ) growth would be about 5 per cent in 1990 compared with an original projection of 6 per cent .
14 In the long run , this was thought to be about 3 per cent per year .
15 Pakistan 's economic growth rate for the 1991/92 fiscal year ( ending on June 30 , 1992 ) was estimated at 5.8 per cent , while inflation had dropped from 12.5 to 9.5 per cent , exports were up by 13 per cent and the budget deficit , which had risen to 8.8 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1990/91 following the Gulf war , was expected to be about 6 per cent , well short of the IMF 's target of 4.8 per cent .
16 We can not make forecasts , but in 1991-92 our aid is expected to be about 0.3 per cent .
17 Firstly , individual trade unions raise the real wages of their members at the expense of non-unionised workers — in practice wages obtained by collective bargaining tend on average to be about 20 per cent higher than other wages .
18 Run a program of this type on both your machine and your friend 's and compare results — your friend 's PC should be about 20 per cent faster , all other things being equal .
19 MALT for distilling whisky will be about 20 per cent of 's total sales in 1993 .
20 This turns out to be about 21.5 per cent of embedded overflow areas .
21 For example , when the standard rate was 30 per cent , the composite rate would be about 25 per cent .
22 Local authorities in London are estimating the figure to be about 15 per cent .
23 The establishments in India , with their low-salaried staff and their substantial share in the country trade , were self-supporting and profits on trade were about 5 per cent of turnover .
24 A spokesman for the college said levels were about 30 per cent above the comparable period last year , but this was not exceptional .
25 A spokesman for the college said levels were about 30 per cent above the comparable period last year , but this was not exceptional .
26 It 's about four per cent on each of the prices .
27 that 's about five per cent on the current six million pound allocation , which alone is based on free school meals , should make a future upon the special needs audit .
28 ‘ We do have a bit of indie in us , it 's about 10 per cent indie , 90 per cent dance .
29 It 's about eighty per cent experience and the other twenty common sense . ’
30 The lowest proportion of any cohort of married women to remain childless by age 50 is about 7 per cent ( see figure 4.10 ) .
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