Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] a [num] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consider for example the proposition that the average human possesses one breast and one testicle , a grievous misapplication of statistics no doubt , but less of an affront to logic than the argument of the weather forecaster , seized on by John Allen Paulos : with a 50 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 50 per cent chance on Sunday , he declared , ‘ it looks like a 100 per cent chance of rain this weekend ’ . |
| 2 | This fact probably has over a fifty per cent accuracy . |
| 3 | However the plan also allows for a 36 per cent rise in carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industry and power plants . |
| 4 | That , Mr Sampson said , gave rise for concern with a 15.7 per cent increase during the year , which compares with a 14 per cent rise for Scotland as a whole . |
| 5 | That compares with a 42 per cent increase in the average council house rent in Scotland since 1989 . |
| 6 | This compares with a 22 per cent increase over the same period last year |
| 7 | Suppose the firm 's income consists of a 50 per cent chance of £2000 and a 50 per cent chance of nothing . |
| 8 | Thousands of demonstrators protested in Tehran on July 6-12 against recent price rises including a 500 per cent rise in bus fares . |
| 9 | The dressing-down comes as a 60 per cent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday . |