Example sentences of "[art] 20 [unc] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 The 20 per cent of the poorest households , who had claimed only 0.9 per cent of the ‘ original income ’ , rose through welfare benefits and other supplementary assistance to a ‘ final income ’ share of 9.0 per cent .
2 The AGRs have also enabled the nuclear component of electricity production in the United Kingdom ( including Scotland ) to push through the 20 per cent barrier .
3 It was they who caused a reluctant minister to accept , in 1963 , the introduction of an examination at 15 + other than O level ( the CSE examination ) specifically designed for the next 40 per cent of the ability range below the 20 per cent for whom 0 level was thought to be appropriate .
4 You are more likely to be amongst the 35 per cent who only have one preference , or the 24 per cent who have two preferences , of the 20 per cent who have three preferences .
5 Kellner says one possible explanation is that the 20 per cent of the electorate who refused to respond to the exit polls were disproportionately Tory , or that some voters lied , or both .
6 Others say the 20 per cent of voters who refused to answer exit polls were disproportionately Tory
7 The notification requirement applies at certain threshold levels , namely 10 per cent , 20 per cent , one-third , 50 per cent and two-thirds , although member states are given the option to have different thresholds in certain cases ( for example a 25 per cent threshold instead of the 20 per cent and one-third thresholds ) .
8 In addition to the 20 per cent out of work , contract and part-time employment has tripled in the past five years .
9 Both Beckett and Gould are firmly of the view that Prescott 's vote will be squeezed , although , contrary to predictions , he easily passed the 20 per cent nominations mark .
10 For two years my father-in-law shuffled the money around various building societies , chasing the best interest rates , which at times were around the 20 per cent mark .
11 When they collect you will get the 20 per cent or so balance still owing .
12 The price used as the original price had been bumped up so that the 20 per cent off claim could be made .
13 All income tax payers will pay the 20 per cent rate on their first £2,000 of taxable income .
14 Some claim that the spur came from a desire to raise the local content above the 20 per cent achieved by the multinationals ' assembly plants .
15 Assuming that the 20 per cent of pupils outside the TGAT 's expectations were equally divided above and below the ‘ normal ’ range , then 10 per cent of 5 to 16 year olds might fall below the required levels .
16 The Government claims that income support rates have been increased by an amount to cover what on average is the 20 per cent rate bill for the entire country .
17 As with the present system , there will be help for those who receive the full rebates : additional payments are to be made to Income Support rates to cover the 20 per cent minimum community charge .
18 One group on low income who will lose out consists of those people living in areas where the poll tax is levied at a higher rate than the Government calculates , and who in consequence will have to meet a 20 per cent poll tax bill that is larger than that calculated by the 20 per cent met by the Government .
19 If the 20 per cent of records that are most accessed are loaded first , the situation is quite different .
20 Then : Hence , the four fifths of the file loaded later contains 40.458 per cent of synonyms , and 59.542 per cent of home records ; the 20 per cent of all accesses to the file that are to these records will therefore be split in this proportion .
21 The problems appear critical for the 20 per cent of the Merseyside population living in the poorest council housing and especially in the district of Knowsley where 48 per cent of the population ( six times the national average ) live in such areas .
22 Will the Minister now accept that the 20 per cent .
23 There is nothing cruel or stupid about providing a benefit system which more than compensates for the 20 per cent .
24 Was not extra money given to those on income support specifically to pay the 20 per cent .
25 when they discover that they are not paying more than the 20 per cent .
26 Will the Under-Secretary of State read the Audit Commission 's evidence about the cost of collecting the 20 per cent .
27 It suggested that when the 20 per cent .
28 To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people he estimates will be liable to pay the 20 per cent .
29 In this season of goodwill , will the Minister promise to listen to the Association of Metropolitan Authorities , the Audit Commission and every other organisation , including the charities , which say that the 20 per cent .
30 of its payers are at the 20 per cent .
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