Example sentences of "[verb] to a [adj] [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our vote had collapsed to a paltry 7 per cent and the alliance of the centre now seemed capable of taking everything before it . |
| 2 | At this stage , ST preparations are returned to the precision lapping machine for lapping to a final 30 µm thickness with 600F or 800F Carborundum . |
| 3 | The catastrophic effects of the most recent drought can be gauged fact that in 1967 the country imported over 30 per cent of its food requirements and yet only seven years later this figure had risen to a colossal 96.5 per cent in what is nominally an agrarian economy . |
| 4 | ( Professor Dudek has demonstrated that from a base of only 1.7 per cent of the population , the input in terms of literature and art amounts to a staggering 25 per cent . ) |
| 5 | The Bank of Sweden on Sept. 14 reduced its marginal rate from 75 to 20 per cent , but in the face of huge renewed outflows the maximum level was on Sept. 16 raised to a draconian 500 per cent although this maximum was cut a week later to 50 per cent and on Sept. 28 to 40 per cent . |
| 6 | This may help to explain why the country has a national debt of about 120 per cent of GNP , one of the highest in the world , compared to a modest 35 per cent in Britain . |
| 7 | Provision of nursery education is like a geographical lottery , says Ms Robinson , with as many as 68 per cent of Hounslow tots catered for , compared to a meagre 19 per cent in North Yorkshire . |
| 8 | In Wales the support for devolution amounted to a derisory 11.8 per cent . |
| 9 | According to studies into the side on which men ‘ dress ’ , seventy-five per cent have penises that lie to the left when they 're fully clothed as opposed to a mere seventeen per cent that have penises that lie to the right . |
| 10 | Kleinwort Benson said it could lead to a further 15 per cent fall in property values . |