Example sentences of "cent [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plans to cut public spending by 14.5 per cent to combat a higher than expected budget deficit were criticized by former communist deputies , who demanded the government 's dismissal , calling on Bielecki to act merely as caretaker Prime Minister until the elections . |
| 2 | Let us continue by reconsidering our two mutually exclusive projects , A and B , and assume that 10 per cent represents a fair assessment of the opportunity cost of capital . |
| 3 | Of those who reported that their disability handicapped them in some way , 90 per cent stated that they ‘ had to take special care ’ and 86 per cent reported a restricted work or social life . |
| 4 | Among the 35 to 44 age group , 27 per cent say a congenial publican is important , while among the 55-pluses , 35 per cent say the same . |
| 5 | Among the 35 to 44 age group , 27 per cent say a congenial publican is important , while among the 55-pluses , 35 per cent say the same . |
| 6 | Making 99 per cent of a journey safe and convenient by foot or bike is futile if the remaining one per cent contains a dangerous road crossing or a threatening subway . |
| 7 | In this case , the implied forward rate is ( rearranging ( 7.9 ) ) and the implied forward premium is i.e. , sterling is expected to depreciate against the dollar by 4.5 per cent to reflect the differential inflation rates between the UK and the USA . |
| 8 | The turnout was given as 75.16 per cent of some 120,000 eligible voters , and provisional figures showed 96.84 per cent as approving the draft , according to the Interior Ministry on Sept. 5 ; 96.79 per cent approving a second proposition to restrict the number of political parties to four . |
| 9 | Five questions produced success rates of 50 per cent or more for the bottom band pupils , and for seven questions between 40 per cent and 50 per cent obtained the correct answer . |
| 10 | A criterion involving only millimetres and centimetres would be a little easier to achieve : 18 per cent obtained the correct order with just the one metre misplaced . |
| 11 | In Ireland 83 per cent of voters favoured EC membership in 1972 and 69.9 per cent approved the Single European Act in 1987 . |
| 12 | Given this array of serious offences committed by the AEC sample it is not surprising that the average number of previous convictions was seven , with only 10 per cent having no previous convictions compared with 28 per cent who had ten or more . |
| 13 | UNISON members have already voted by per cent to per cent to reject the local government pay offer . |
| 14 | Total employed labour on farms fell by six per cent continuing the long term trend decline . |
| 15 | In April 1983 , for example , an opinion poll indicated that while 32 per cent favoured a joint team , 43 per cent considered the team should be solely Palestinian . |
| 16 | Approximately 20 per cent of subjects reported that they would be pleased to enter a private/public sector home , but only 10 per cent favoured the geriatric hospital . |
| 17 | According to Rabat radio on Dec. 2 , 98.83 per cent of the Moroccan electorate voted in the referendum , of whom 99.98 per cent favoured the two-year extension . |
| 18 | In an opinion poll taken in December of that year on the question ‘ Which do you think is the more important for Britain to concentrate on : building up strength in atomic weapons and missiles , or in conventional weapons like troops , tanks and bombers ? ’ 52 per cent favoured the former , 8 per cent the latter , 22 per cent neither , wanting disarmament instead , and 18 per cent did not know . |
| 19 | Import duties were cut from 15 to 11 per cent on June 17 and the peso was revalued by 2 per cent to stem a huge inflow of US dollars which had artificially lowered the exchange rate . |
| 20 | Even in the United States there was a considerable change : in 1984 about 60 per cent of Americans thought of the USSR as an ‘ evil empire ’ , according to the Los Angeles Times , but by late 1987 nearly 70 per cent took a different view . |
| 21 | The announcement that bank base rates were to fall to nine per cent brought an immediate pledge by building societies to cut home loans . |
| 22 | For example , 41 per cent gave the correct name to the net of a cube but a further 40 per cent described it as a " square " . |
| 23 | Similarly only 13 per cent gave the correct name to the net of a cuboid while 70 per cent described it as a " rectangle " or " oblong " . |
| 24 | In the United States in 1982 , 8 per cent gave the same answer in a similar survey ( US Dept of Health and Human Services 1987 ) . |
| 25 | If the test result confirms the 10 per cent forecast the shaded portion of Figure 5.4 is relevant and the combined probabilities are |
| 26 | If the test result confirms the 10 per cent forecast the shaded portion of Figure 5.4 is relevant and the combined probabilities are |
| 27 | Although the poll shows deep-rooted concern about declining values , 77 per cent think a single parent can bring up children as well as a couple . |
| 28 | Sixty per cent carry the main responsibility for supporting the disabled or elderly person compared with only 46 per cent of male carers , while the latter are more likely to play a role which is ancillary to another main carer — 42 per cent compared with 31 per cent of female carers ( Evandron , 1990 , p. 15 ) . |
| 29 | For example , a semi-annual yield of 12.58 per cent implies an annual yield of , while an annual yield of 12.98 per cent implies a quarterly yield of . |
| 30 | For example , a semi-annual yield of 12.58 per cent implies an annual yield of , while an annual yield of 12.98 per cent implies a quarterly yield of . |