Example sentences of "in [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | There followed three nights of violence in the 80 per cent black area of Crown Heights , during which cars and barricades were burnt , shops looted , and running battles fought between youths and police . |
| 2 | Subsequently two-thirds of all the recognized abuse in their population was found to occur in the 18 per cent predicted high risk group-19 out of the total of 28 recognized cases . |
| 3 | Meanwhile an intense marketing campaign will continue to interest overseas investors in the 18.5 per cent of the issue earmarked for sale abroad . |
| 4 | If the information were perfect the launch would take place in the 70 per cent of cases where a 10 per cent share was forecast and not in the others . |
| 5 | If the information were perfect the launch would take place in the 70 per cent of cases where a 10 per cent share was forecast and not in the others . |
| 6 | Mr Neal has offered his own bill to check the Fed 's independence but only by requiring it to adopt policies that would eliminate US inflation , now in the 5 per cent range , by 1994 . |
| 7 | The second point will be dealt with by the research , which is likely to give an answer in percentage form anyway , so no harm is done in stating the hypothesis in the 100 per cent form . |
| 8 | In Abkhazia , the Abkhaz population which favoured seceding from Georgia and remaining part of the Soviet Union boycotted the referendum , but the fact that the Abkhaz were a minority in their own autonomous republic was reflected in the 60 per cent turnout of voters , of whom 97.65 per cent voted " yes " . |
| 9 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 10 | ‘ In the short run , it is possible that inflation will exceed the top of the target range during calendar 1993 , but it is more likely that inflation will remain in the 3 per cent to 4 per cent range in the absence of any unexpected shocks , ’ the report said . |
| 11 | Medium term uses such as electronics ( 10 per cent ) and cars ( 7 per cent ) take up a proportion , while other consumer durables and mechanical engineering uses are included in the 25 per cent going to ‘ other sectors ’ . |
| 12 | My right hon. Friend is probably aware that there is considerable pressure from single-person households for an increase in the 25 per cent . |
| 13 | Would she encourage an increase in the twenty per cent who actually employ specialists for particular subjects er to do so as a priority in religious education where the teacher has no such sympathy . |
| 14 | Inexperienced readers must be cautioned against some of the author 's conclusions which are scientifically premature — eg ‘ enzymic degradation of microbial polyesters is unaffected by crystallinity ’ — and some which are not precise — eg ‘ P ( 3HB- co -3HV ) copolymers become very soft in the 30–60 per cent 3HV composition range ’ . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it would appear that several local gentlemen are rather shy of investing their money in the three per cent bonds . |
| 16 | In a 62 per cent turnout , Soares won 70.43 per cent of the vote , against 14.07 per cent for his closest rival , Basilío Horta of the conservative Democratic Social Centre ( CDS ) . |
| 17 | Higher prices had resulted in a 76 per cent rise in Nigeria 's earnings from oil exports in 1990 , to US$13,200 million from $7,500 million in 1989 . |
| 18 | Abulfez Elchibey , leader of the Azerbaijani Popular Front , was sworn in as President on June 16 , after receiving 59.4 per cent of the vote in a 76 per cent turnout in elections on June 7 ; there were five candidates in all . |
| 19 | In a referendum on June 14 on the status of ex-Soviet troops in Lithuania , voting was reported as being some 90 per cent in favour of their immediate withdrawal ( i.e. in 1992 ) , in a 75 per cent turnout . |
| 20 | These resulted in a 71 per cent pay award to the metallurgical workers at the end of November , backdated to September and valid until March 1990 . |
| 21 | It is worth emphasizing here that because an option has a finite life and expires it can involve the investor in a 100 per cent loss . |
| 22 | A national referendum on June 2 was reported to have resulted in a 93 per cent vote in favour of a new Constitution providing for a multiparty system , ending 13 years of military rule . |
| 23 | Bayer fared slightly better than its rivals , turning in a 4 per cent drop in pre-tax profits during the first nine months of the year — from DM 2750m to DM 2640m . |
| 24 | Not in a hundred per cent of the cases , er and we do have undesirables at the John Radcliffe , er but there has n't been an incident such as this er I think that goes some way to prove that we do have a reasonably tight security service , and we , we work to any way that we can to keep it as secure as possible . |
| 25 | The gearing procedure will result in a 1 per cent . |
| 26 | After all , a large screen TV showing video in a 16 per cent window will be more easily viewed than a small screen television showing full frame video . |
| 27 | The changing policies of the Welsh Office meant that a standstill budget would result in a 14 per cent increase in the rate and a 2 per cent cut in the budget would mean a 5 per cent increase . |
| 28 | Indena , Italian manufacturer of botanical derivatives for the pharmaceutical , cosmetic and health food industries , turned in a 20 per cent rise in profit in 1991 , on a $6.7m ( £1 = $1.75 ) turnover . |
| 29 | By the end of October this had resulted in a 20 per cent devaluation of the lempira against the US dollar , to which it had been tied at a fixed exchange rate since October 1989 . |
| 30 | It has become the focus of concern after scientific studies suggested that depletion of the ozone layer was resulting in a 12 per cent reduction in numbers of phytoplankton — the organism at the bottom of the marine food chain , on which whales depend . |