Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This entailed the loss of about 3,000 posts with some universities shedding 25 per cent of their staff ; some departments were closed and a number of institutions came close to bankruptcy . |
| 2 | The exchange closed down 9.5 points , with prices of some stocks falling 50 per cent . |
| 3 | Prices have risen , on average , £100 per acre with some farms making 25 per cent more than the asking price . |
| 4 | The share of nuclear power for electricity generation in these countries exceeded 30 per cent in 1990 but may reach 70–80 per cent by the year 2000 unless , as in Sweden , nuclear energy production loses favour . |
| 5 | While traditionally little NHS audit work has been awarded to private sector firms , eight pilot contracts were awarded in 1983 These trial contracts for the audit of district health authorities required these firms to spend 40 per cent of their time on value for money work . |
| 6 | However , although these drugs heal 70–80 per cent of ulcers within four weeks of treatment they do not cure the underlying disease . |
| 7 | Responses from 685 European marketers across all sectors showed 81 per cent were already working on a pan-European business plan . |
| 8 | He introduced the idea of a resultant wind obtained by summing vectorially all winds exceeding 20 km/h ( 13 mile/h ) ( the lower limit of Beaufort Force 4 ) . |
| 9 | In London as a whole the grammar schools ( twenty-one of which were directly maintained by the London County Council ) were for many years to admit 17–20 per cent of each age group , and the movement towards comprehensive schools was painfully slow . |
| 10 | There is a requirement on all banks to hold 0.45 per cent of their eligible liabilities with the Bank . |
| 11 | Given time , it is theoretically possible for all students to gain 100 per cent marks . |
| 12 | You do n't get many chances to win three Grands Prix in a row . |
| 13 | All enterprises contributed 1 per cent of their wages fund to the State Employment Fund , established in May 1991 , to cover the cost of implementing the new law . |
| 14 | If any one of those companies loses two per cent of market share their profitability is just about completely destroyed . |
| 15 | In 1978 , companies with 10000 or more employees performed 79 per cent of the total . |
| 16 | US researchers have found that healthy people exposed to ozone in laboratories for several hours lost 40 per cent of their lung power . |
| 17 | These were calculated with both companies facing 75 per cent experience curves and discount rates of 15 per cent . |