Example sentences of "cent [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In Ireland 83 per cent of voters favoured EC membership in 1972 and 69.9 per cent approved the Single European Act in 1987 . |
| 6 | UNISON members have already voted by per cent to per cent to reject the local government pay offer . |
| 7 | Total employed labour on farms fell by six per cent continuing the long term trend decline . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 " . |
| 12 | 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 " . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | If the test result confirms the 10 per cent forecast the shaded portion of Figure 5.4 is relevant and the combined probabilities are |
| 15 | If the test result confirms the 10 per cent forecast the shaded portion of Figure 5.4 is relevant and the combined probabilities are |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Similarly if junior managers receive a three per cent salary increase , middle managers receive a five per cent and top managers a ten per cent increase the overall rise in salaries must be calculated from the original absolute numbers and not the percentage changes . |
| 18 | In other words , during the decade 1965–75 , industrial production should have increased by 40 per cent , rather than 17 per cent had the same man hours been worked . |
| 19 | But on helping them decide how to vote , opinion was much more evenly divided : 36 per cent preferred television , 24 per cent the press , and a remarkable 40 per cent said the two sources were equally useful ( Table 6.12 ) . |