Example sentences of "and almost [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around four million barrels ( 660,000 tonnes ) of oil were being burned each day in March 1991 , nearly three times the pre-war Kuwait output and almost 10 per cent of the world 's daily ration . |
| 2 | Giotto was launched in July 1985 and almost 70 per cent of its original instruments remained intact . |
| 3 | The company , founded in 1974 to create and publish practical reference books for adults , now sells its titles in over 80 countries and in 37 languages and almost 90 per cent of the 560 titles originated over the company 's history are still in print . |
| 4 | Worst of all are the Czech Republic and Slovakia , where 80 per cent of pine trees under 60 years old and almost 50 per cent of oak trees have been damaged by air pollution . |
| 5 | Yet , the modal age of the known Wirral user was 19 years : only 17 per cent were aged 26 years or older , and almost 40 per cent were aged 20 years or younger . |
| 6 | But despite severe financial problems they have been growing in number and now produce around 40 per cent of Israel 's agricultural output and almost seven per cent of its industrial goods . |
| 7 | In elections held on Sept. 29 to the city parliament in Bremen , with an electorate of about 500,000 , the Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) , which had held power in Bremen for the past 20 years , remained the largest party but lost its overall majority and almost 12 per cent of the vote . |
| 8 | In relation to transfer , about 50 per cent of employment had come from the local area and almost 25 per cent from the region . |
| 9 | Quite a few of you are dissatisfied with your showers ; 25 per cent are unhappy with its performance and almost 20 per cent with its ease of use . |
| 10 | Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that in Leicester almost a third of all women workers and almost 20 per cent . |