Example sentences of "[verb] for a [adj] [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no doubt that the Brussels Agreement provided for a significant 25 per cent expansion in the resources available to the EC . |
| 2 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 3 | The federal government 's 75 per cent share in Usiminas was sold for US$1,170 million , mostly to Brazilian investors ; the share of foreign capital accounted for a disappointing 5.9 per cent of the total . |
| 4 | His prophecy had proved to be correct , for the trade he brought her way currently accounted for a good thirty per cent of her income . |
| 5 | The evening paper flung aside violently and scattering into its separate half-dozen sheets accounted for a good fifty per cent of the chaos . |