Example sentences of "about 30% [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The electricity generated , however , due to the amount of heat lost in the process of generation ( mainly at the stage of converting heat energy of steam into the mechanical energy of the turbine ) only represents about 30% of the energy used in the power station . |
| 2 | About 30% of the plays are adaptations of classics from an A-level English syllabus , like Dickens , Hardy and Dylan Thomas . |
| 3 | Allowed to buy only ‘ class B ’ shares , which account for 40% of stockmarket capitalisation , foreigners now own about 30% of the market . |
| 4 | Many of the combat fronts have two or three women comandantes at one time in the six-person military command , such as the Frente Oriental Francisco Sanchez which presently has three women comandantes , In the FMLN camps in Chalatenango about 30% of the combatants are women . |
| 5 | It appears brightest when it is between inferior conjunction and a maximum elongation with about 30% of the Earth-facing hemisphere illuminated by the Sun . |
| 6 | Such people usually point to a single statistic for evidence ; for instance , that the public sector employs about 30% of the labour force or , as with Milton Friedman , that public expenditure at around 60% of National Income threatens to destroy freedom and democracy . |
| 7 | Not all results are shown ; all giving a reading of more than about 30% of the white card reading are omitted . |
| 8 | Since its establishment in 1990 some 1700 employees , representing about 30% of the workforce in the UK have participated in the Scheme . |
| 9 | About 30% of the Sun 's energy hitting the Earth is reflected back into space by dust particles and cloud . |
| 10 | Market estimates suggest that about 30% of the turnover of German government bonds ( bunds ) , 50% of the turnover in international deutschmark straight issues , and 80%-90% of the turnover of deutschmark FRNs occur in London . |
| 11 | There has been a consistent increase in the number of well qualified applicants of about 30% to the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine , and we are able to admit only one in 18 applicants . |
| 12 | Women hold few seats : in the late 1980s , about 30% in the Nordic PR countries , 5-20% in many others whose parties , in filling the party lists used in PR , take little , if any , note of this ; and 5-15% in FPTP countries . |