Example sentences of "and 10 [unc] cent [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Consistently , approximately 60 per cent of the population aged 65 + rate their health as good , 30 per cent as fair and 10 per cent as poor ( Victor 1987 ) .
2 The price was £3,450 , and the terms of payment were 15 per cent on acceptance , 75 per cent on delivery and 10 per cent on completion .
3 An anticipated 60 per cent of costs will fall on the privatised water companies , 30 per cent on commerce and 10 per cent on agriculture .
4 Marcos , it is said , tried to set up a foundation last year to launder - sorry , deposit — the funds to benefit Filipinos , minus a 10 per cent cut for his greedy relatives and 10 per cent for the Vatican .
5 In the constituency section figures are less certain , but Mr Davies 's supporters calculate around 23 per cent for him , 27 per cent forMr Field and 10 per cent for Ms Wilson .
6 Current evidence suggests that the prevalence of this disorder is about 1 per cent for the population aged 65 — 74 and 10 per cent for those aged 71 + .
7 Of those interviewed 52 per cent reported that they would be pleased to enter a general ward compared with 13 per cent for a geriatric ward and 10 per cent for a geriatric hospital .
8 The two cities indirectly hold more than 17 per cent and 10 per cent of MBB which could be enough to stop the merger , observers said .
9 Volvo now owns 20 per cent of Renault 's car division , with the French company owning 25 per cent of Volvo Cars and 10 per cent of AB Volvo .
10 Experiments in pickling different alloys of copper and zinc have shown that only alloys with between 2 and 10 per cent of copper in the zinc will take on the black patina , and the silver and brass inlays are unaffected by the pickling solution .
11 Britain , with a defence budget of £1,500 million a year , was actually spending an even higher proportion of its wealth on arms — between 8 per cent and 10 per cent of the Gross National Product , a third of its tax revenue .
12 In this country between 5 and 10 per cent of cases of gonorrhoea in women go on to develop a degree of tubal involvement , and only a few of these will lead to peritonitis .
13 By 1885 Nottingham had over 2,000 machines at work in steam-powered factories , and 10 per cent of the whole county 's population was employed in the lace industry .
14 Savannas also occupy 60 per cent of Australia , 45 per cent of South America and 10 per cent of India and Southeast Asia ( MM Cole 1986 ) .
15 Ineichen ( 1987 ) suggests that future projections be based upon the forward projection of two rates : 1 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 and 10 per cent of those aged 75 + .
16 Those aged 65 + represent about 50 per cent of the workload of district nurses and 10 per cent of health visitor workloads ( Table 7.6 ) .
17 Up to 15 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men avoided it altogether .
18 This time nearly a quarter of the bottom band and 10 per cent of the top two-thirds of pupils used the wrong scale .
19 Usually the initial fee payable to the franchisor is between 5 per cent and 10 per cent of the total investment .
20 The formula ‘ protects ’ the incomes of second families by not allowing them to fall below income support levels plus £8 and 10 per cent of the difference .
21 In the post-war period , expenditure on the military has been between 5 and 10 per cent of GDP .
22 Children could leave school entirely at thirteen on possession of the ‘ labour certificate ’ , which required either a minimum attendance record or the passing of Standard VII , although it seems that the certificate was rarely if ever refused and 10 per cent of 10–15-year-old girls were fully employed as late as 1911 .
23 Under the Feb. 15 quota system Qatar and Libya would suffer the heaviest pro rata cuts , equivalent to 10.24 per cent and 10 per cent of their current quotas respectively , while Venezuela and the UAE were to reduce their production by 9.68 per cent and 9.63 per cent respectively .
24 In Europe , it has been estimated that one quarter of road traffic deaths and 10 per cent of injuries are associated with alcohol .
25 Judging by site alone , 83 per cent could be due to venous disorders , and 10 per cent to arterial insufficiency — a disproportionate number of which affected male patients .
26 In a study by Hall secondary heads were , however , said to devote only 14 per cent of their time to teaching , with 10 per cent given over to " ceremonial " , 10 per cent to educational policy and curriculum matters , 33 per cent to " operations and administrative management " , 22 per cent to human management ( staff and pupils ) and 10 per cent to external management ( Hall quoted in Laws and Dennison ( 1990:276 ) ) .
27 It is available on home loans of between £40,000 and £150,000 , where payments are deferred on 20 per cent of the loan in the first year and 10 per cent in the second .
28 It contributed no more than 20 per cent of the lead in the blood of adults and 10 per cent in children .
29 The Centre for Alternative Technology ( CAT ) has worked out that , on average , 20 per cent of heating goes through the roof , 25 per cent through the walls , 10 per cent through the floor , 10 per cent through the windows and 10 per cent in draughts .
30 Lewis 's manager Frank Maloney returned from fruitless talks with the Bowe camp in New York to say : ‘ Bowe 's manager Rock Newman offered an immediate crack at Bowe with the purse divided 90 per cent and 10 per cent in his favour .
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