Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] 15 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic . |
| 2 | Callaghan also found the Americans sympathetic ( in contrast to the Europeans ) to Labour 's attempt to ease the 1964 balance of payments crisis with a temporary 15 per cent import surcharge . |
| 3 | In 1980 , the illiteracy rate was estimated to be 40 per cent of the population over the age of fifteen , with a further 15 per cent semi-literate . |
| 4 | A survey in one Edinburgh hostel found a high rate of mental disorders ; schizophrenia was diagnosed in 26 per cent , organic brain disease or lifelong mental handicap in a further 15 per cent , serious alcohol abuse in 9 per cent . |
| 5 | Kleinwort Benson said it could lead to a further 15 per cent fall in property values . |
| 6 | It was hoped that the concession by Paris Club members would halve Egypt 's US$20,200 million government-to-government debt by means of an immediate forgiveness of 15 per cent , followed by a further 15 per cent cut once an 18-month programme of IMF-supported economic reform had been carried out , and a further 20 per cent written off in July 1994 . |