Example sentences of "and [adv] 10% [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today , following years of civil war , it remains a shadow of its former self , with its buildings devastated and only 10% of the farm 's 1000 acres under cultivation . |
| 2 | This was suggested by the NOAH team ( Smith & Sambur 1980 ) who found that short function words , which made up only 1% of their lexicon accounted for 30% of errorful hypotheses and only 10% of correct ones . |
| 3 | A similar balance was identified in Meijer BV where 90% of all telexes received were in English and only 10% in German . |
| 4 | Local authorities ' expenditure on education amounted to 17 billion , 74% of it on schools and approximately 10% on further education ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Tables 11.1–2 , 15.2 , 16.1–2 and 21.4.8–9 ) . |
| 5 | The Widdicombe Committee found that ‘ about 16% of … councillors who are in employment , and about 10% of all councillors , are employees of other local authorities , the majority of these being teachers ’ ( Widdicombe 1986 : 11 1 ) . |
| 6 | Long-tongued species are particularly well-represented in Madagascar , and about 10% of all the orchids in that island , i.e. some 70 species , have nectar-spurs , up to 8cm or longer . |
| 7 | The mutant form of the endonuclease R· Eco K ts-1 produced only 20% linear DNA at 30°C and about 10% at 42°C . |
| 8 | Already , the vast majority of illegal immigrants each year — about 1.5m — are from Mexico , and roughly 10% of these people settle permanently in the United States . |
| 9 | House Dust Mites are a major factor in Asthma , a condition which affects over 2 million people in Britain and over 10% of children . |