Example sentences of "a few [unc] cent [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people will offer something even if it is only a few per cent for cash on delivery . |
| 2 | Hard solders , on the other hand , were usually of the same metal as the object they were used on , but alloyed with a few per cent of another metal in order to reduce the melting point . |
| 3 | A typical basalt contains a few per cent of phenocryst minerals , but in an andesite phenocrysts may form as much as 50 per cent volume of the rock . |
| 4 | Total French expenditure is only a few per cent of total US space expenditure . |
| 5 | Thus , Beed has claimed that ‘ since ownership is very widely dispersed … either it could mean , with Berle and Means , that no one individual or small group could gain sufficient votes for control , or , contradicting Berle and Means , that only a few per cent of votes was required for control ’ . |
| 6 | In addition , the number of β-galactosidase staining positive cells was also consistently above a few per cent of cells for the serum starved cells . |
| 7 | Only a few per cent of the thyroid tumours would be fatal , whereas perhaps half of the cancers from caesium-137 would be fatal . |