Example sentences of "[verb] for [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he qualified for 100 per cent help . |
| 2 | Thus , of the clients who did not receive the residential , short stay , or day care , other services were either provided or arranged for 20.6 per cent of cases in the specialist team and for 6.9 per cent of cases in the generic team . |
| 3 | Each of the three cases will be examined for 90 per cent packed files , randomized to individual record positions and to a bucket that can hold ten records . |
| 4 | Between them the major Dutch breeds ( black-and-whites and the red-and-white dual-purpose Meuse-Rhine-Yssel ) account for 99 per cent of the dairy cows in the Netherlands today , with the black-and-whites averaging more than 6,800kg at 4.4 per cent butterfat , the MRY 6,000kg at 4.3 per cent and the less common Groningen Whiteheaded about 5,700kg at 4.2 per cent . |
| 5 | The proportion of broadleaved trees , which currently account for 46 per cent of new plantings , is planned to increase , partly as a result of financial incentives for the private sector under the woodland grant scheme . |
| 6 | Broadleaves now account for 46 per cent of all new plantings in the UK . |
| 7 | EVERY YEAR EXPORTS ACCOUNT FOR 85 PER CENT OF SCOTCH WHISKY SALES , A PROUD RECORD OF CONSISTENCY UNMATCHED BY OTHER INDUSTRIES . |
| 8 | ‘ If you consider that out of the 1,800 listed companies the top 200 account for 85 per cent of the equity market by market capital , and that once you get to the next 100 companies like ourselves they already have comparatively few qualified people in the finance function , the addition of equally qualified internal audit people looks like overkill . ’ |
| 9 | Developed countries account for 85 per cent of the world 's gross national product , and the majority of its mineral and fossil fuel consumption . |
| 10 | Older people are more expensive for the state to care for — not only are they eligible for state pensions , which account for 13 per cent of public expenditure in Britain and 22 per cent of the federal budget in the United States , they are also the most costly group for public health services since they are likely to require expensive operations and long stays in hospital . |
| 11 | On page 27 of the last issue of Credit Management , the footnote should have said that individual voluntary arrangements account for 13 per cent ( not 1 per cent as was printed ) of personal failures . |
| 12 | Consequently it is estimated that those aged 65 + account for 27 per cent of GPs ' time in 1981/82 as compared with 22 per cent a decade earlier . |
| 13 | Net reserves in this area account for 27 per cent of LASMO 's reported commercial UK reserves . |
| 14 | Relatives remain the greatest source of carers for pre-school children ; childminders account for 26 per cent . |
| 15 | Acute care operations account for 93 per cent of sales and 94 per cent of profits . |
| 16 | These diseases account for 71 per cent of deaths in those aged 65 + . |
| 17 | A study by the Edinburgh-based economic consultancy , Pieda , has shown that if the duty rate per degree of alcohol was raised on wine and lowered on whisky ( and other spirits ) , the standard rate for all alcoholic drinks that would maintain the total tax take would be nearer the wine rate than the spirits rate as wine ( and beer ) account for 76 per cent of all consumer expenditure on alcoholic drinks . |
| 18 | Ethnic minority groups account for 5 per cent of the population , Indians , Pakistani , Bangladeshi and West Indians accounting for just 1 per cent each of the population overall ( Central Statistical Office , 1988 ) . |
| 19 | These movements account for 75 per cent . |
| 20 | It is noticeable , however , that whereas the G-5 countries now account for 75 per cent of the world 's FDI flow , their position as the five major exporters is a much less concentrated 45 per cent . |
| 21 | Exports currently account for 37 per cent of turnover at Armstrong Pumps . |
| 22 | In modern Britain , a mere six publishers now account for 80 per cent of all daily , Sunday , and local newspaper sales ( Coxall and Robins , 1989 , p. 312 ) . |
| 23 | That is 20 per cent of their customers account for 80 per cent of their debts . |
| 24 | In the US , the defence industries account for 44 per cent of the country 's consumption of the metal . |
| 25 | People aged 65 + account for 72 per cent of all cancer deaths in England and Wales ( see Table 3.5 ) . |
| 26 | Motor vehicles account for 72 per cent of all harmful emissions . |
| 27 | Five factors account for 56 per cent of the variance in the attitudes of Oxfordshire teachers towards SSE . |
| 28 | These account for 63 per cent of the primary energy used in Sweden . |
| 29 | They are also disproportionately represented amongst a particular category of temporary workers , namely those working on a seasonal , temporary or casual basis , where they make up 64 per cent of the total , and amongst agency workers , where they account for 63 per cent of the total . |
| 30 | One English study showed accident rates of 5–9 year olds 15–20 times higher in residential areas than the 17–59 age group , whilst another has shown that young pedestrians account for 38 per cent of recorded casualties in residential area accidents and young cyclists a further nine per cent . |