Example sentences of "for [adv] 20 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The remaining 80 per cent of the records are also equal in update frequency , but account in total for only 20 per cent of transactions . |
| 2 | The harsh measures of the transitory period are expected to lower the standard of living for about 20 per cent of the population . |
| 3 | Nuclear power then accounted for about 20 per cent of total CEGB generation capacity . |
| 4 | It was known that fees in secondary schools would shortly be abolished , that grammar-school education would be developed for about 20 per cent of the population , and assumed that secondary modern schools would be provided for the rest . |
| 5 | Private investors account , on average , for about 20 per cent of the equity of privatised companies — scarcely more than the market norm . |
| 6 | The NRA estimates that oil and sewage sources each accounted for about 20 per cent of the total reported incidents with farm and industrial incidents accounting for about 10 per cent each . |
| 7 | Of the instrumental daily living activities jobs involving cleaning pose problems for about 20 per cent , while cooking is a problem for less than 10 per cent . |
| 8 | These foreign-owned firms were responsible for about 20 per cent of UK manufacturing output — a slightly lower proportion than in France , West Germany or Italy , but becoming more diverse as investment from the EC , Japan and other industrialized countries increased while that of the USA declined . |
| 9 | This latest outbreak of sectarian fighting , momentarily stilled by a government-mediated ceasefire on July 21 , came as Sunni groups voiced opposition to the government 's apparently conciliatory approach to the Shias ( who accounted for about 20 per cent of the country 's population ) . |
| 10 | For almost 20 per cent of the sample , daily use came less than one week after first use . |
| 11 | Although agriculture remained the largest sector of the economy ( accounting for almost 20 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and 80 per cent of employment ) , there was a rapid growth in the non-sugar manufacturing sector , which had declined by 6.6 per cent in 1987 , but grew thereafter by 3.2 per cent , 5.4 per cent and 7.8 per cent respectively in subsequent years . |
| 12 | Nowadays , imports account for over 20 per cent of the UK carpet market and this percentage is increasing . |