Example sentences of "cent [vb pp] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first set of surveys revealed considerable support for the main principles of the reforms : 85 per cent of DGMs described their general attitude to the NHS and Community Care Act as " mostly approve with some reservations " and 6 per cent had no reservations at all ; 87 per cent agreed with the separation of purchasing from provision ; 88 per cent considered the reforms would make the NHS more business-like and that this was a good thing . |
| 2 | In a Gallup Poll survey conducted for Sidhartha Films Ltd of nearly 1000 people aged over 60 , 78 per cent agreed with the statement ‘ I never think of myself as old ’ , and only 14 per cent disagreed . |
| 3 | Seventy-eight per cent agreed with the statement ‘ more discipline in schools would mean fewer problems with young people ’ . |
| 4 | Nevertheless 68 per cent agreed with the suggestion that if they failed " in reality this unit will not be allowed to close " . |
| 5 | With some votes still to be counted , the coalition had won around 44 per cent of the 3,600,000 votes cast , a fall in support of some 5 per cent compared with the election of 1988 . |
| 6 | Furthermore , the prominent courtier Sir John Hussey 's sycophantic resolution , moved in the midst of haggling over the subsidy bill , burdened landed estates of £50 with an additional shilling in the pound , making a total of 15 per cent compared with the general 10 . |