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The stock of the Electric and International Company, the return on which had reached 10 per cent.

In 1869 Mr Scudamore estimated the operating expenses at 51 to 56 per cent.

In 1870-1 they were 57 per cent.

The interspace is filled with a very small quantity of nickel and silver filings, about 95 per cent.

The licences were for 31 years, expiring in 1922, without any provision for purchase or compensation, and were subject to the payment of a minimum royalty to the Post Office of 10 per cent.

The development of telephony in the United States of America is much greater than anywhere else; on the 1st of January 1907, 5 per cent.

The working expenses amounted to £1,530,093 or 62.6 per cent.

The years' working of the whole telephone system of the Post Office showed a balance of £451,787 after payment of the working expenses, while the estimated amount required to provide for depreciation of plant and interest at 3 per cent.

They are not exact, but may be taken as representing an approximation correct within one per cent.

Thus a gradient of I in 200 is the same as a half per cent.

In 1920 he vetoed a bill calling for censorship of moving pictures and likewise a bill to permit the sale of " 2.7 5 per cent " beer.

Thomsen by direct experiment found that the heat-capacity of a dilute aqueous solution diverged in general less than i per cent.

The accuracy of heats of combustion determined in the closed calorimeter is in favourable cases about one-half per cent.

The observed heat of combustion of sugar is, however, 1354000, so that the error of the rule is here 20 per cent.

Some idea of the business efficiency of the C.R.B., as it was familiarly called, may be gained from the fact that although almost $1,000,000,000 was expended on food and transportation, only about one-half of one per cent was required for overhead expenses.

The staple crop is rice, which is grown on 77 per cent.

In 1905 the value of, the factory product was $11,264,123, an increase of 59 per cent.

The value of the factory products increased from $1,935,442 in 1900 to $4,427,816 in 1905, or 128.8 per cent.

On this reduced capital a minimum interest of% was to be paid, the rate of interest to be increased by quarters per cent.

Religion.-Seventy-five per cent at least of the Letts are Protestants, but there is a Catholic majority in Latgalia and a number of Greek Orthodox among the Letts.

Pop. (1901) 395,570, showing an increase of 17 per cent.

The cost of construction, to the same year, exceeded £14,000,000, the interest earned per cent since 1895 not being less than £3, 12s.

It is calculated that in the NorthWest Provinces of India 5 per cent.

Hence only in exceptional circumstances is it possible to utilize a large class of widely distributed ores, carrying from Io to 35 per cent.

The material as mined will probably not average over 10 per cent.

In roasting a ton of rich blende containing 60 per cent.

This dust may amount to Io per cent.

The current efficiency was about 83 per cent.

Aluminium, when alloyed with a few per cent of magnesium, gains greatly in rigidity while remaining very light; this alloy, under the name of magnalium, is coming into use for small articles in which lightness and rigidity have to be combined.

Sixty per cent of the present output of timber being needed for internal consumption, about 200,000 festmetres are available annually for export.

In the United States, for instance, it was shown in 1890 that more than 21.5 per cent.

The total farm acreage was 125,807,017 acres in 1900, the total number of farms 1 being 351,085, their average acreage 358.3 acres, 84.9 per cent.

Population.-The population in 1880 was 1,J91,749; in 1890 7 2,235,523; in 1900 2 3,048,710; and in 1910, 3,896,542.3 Of the population in 1900, 94.1 per cent.

The continental portion, although less mixed than that of the peninsula, consists of Great and Little Russians, who constitute 83 per cent.

Pop. (1901) 109,979, showing an increase of 16 per cent.

The most sharply contested of the changes was in regard to silks, which had been completely prohibited, and were now admitted at a duty of 30 per cent.

The nullification movement led in 1833 to the well-known compromise, by which the rates of duty as established by the Act of 1832 were to be gradually reduced, reaching in 1842 a general level of 20 per cent.

In 1875, however, when the revenue had become deficient after the crisis of 1873, the io per cent.

Alluvial loams occupy the narrow river valleys; but the most common soil of the section is that formed from gneiss with a large per cent.

The leading agricultural pursuits are the growing of Indian corn and wheat and the raising of livestock, yet it is in the production of fruits, vegetables and tobacco, that Maryland ranks highest as an agricultural state, and in no other state except South Carolina is so large a per cent.

For the year 1898-9 the present writer obtained figures directly from the books kept by the custom-house official at Tabriz, and although, as this official informed him, some important items had not been entered at all, the value of the exports and imports shown in the books exceeded that of the consular reports by about io per cent.

The population of the state was 141,885 in 1790; 318,300 in' 1870; 346,991 in 1880; 376,530 in 1890; and 411,588 in 1900; and 430,572 in 1910; the per cent of increase was 9.3 from 1890 to 1900 and 4.6 from 1900 to 1910.

As to method of cultivation, 36.3 per cent of the farms were in 1900 managed by the owners, 33.3% by cash renters, 24.4% by share tenants, and the remaining 6% by other methods.

The total value of the city's factory product in 1905 was $22,955,197, an increase of 14.4 per cent.

He not only opposed the president's "ten per cent.

Seventy-one per cent of the troops were on the sick list, and more than forty officers died - only six from wounds.

In January 1840 the Assam Company was formed to take over the early tea garden of the East India Company, and this, the premier company, is still in existence, having produced up to 1907 no less than 117,000,000 lb of tea and paid in dividends X1,360,000 or 730 per cent.

The industry is a declining one, because of change in the American taste, and the area under cultivation has diminished by nearly 20 per cent.

Eighty-five per cent of its bank-notes have been, on the average, covered by metal reserve.

The only known mineral of which it forms an essential component is the rare mineral crookesite of Skrikerum, Smaland, Sweden, which, according to Nordenskidld, contains 33.3 per cent.

The flue-dust from the pyrites of Theux, near Spa (Belgium), according to BSttcher, contains o 5 to o 75 per cent.

This is a tall iron erection, built up from superposed cylinders, which are separated from one another by perforated horizontal diaphragms, con this recovery is carried out in the most efficient manner, the process cannot possibly pay; but so much progress has been made in this direction that the loss of ammonia is very slight indeed, merely a fraction per cent.

A small crystal of oxalic acid added to concentrated sulphuric acid containing about 1 per cent.

The value of the glass product in 1905 was 4.4 per cent.

In Poland they constitute I per cent.

During the period 1891-1901 five English and five Welsh counties showed a decrease per cent in the population.

In these there was an increase per cent of 14.2 in 1811-1821, which fell off to 2.8 in 1841-1851.

In December of the same year this impost was repealed, and a true income tax of io per cent.

In France, besides the stamp duties, there are charges on the transfer of real property amounting to about 6 per cent.

They are of large amount, even at the lowest rates of I to 4 per cent.

Eight per cent of the number of voters who at the last preceding election voted for a justice of the supreme court, by filing with the secretary of state a petition for the enactment of any law or constitutional amendment - the petition must contain the full text of the law and must be filed at least four months before the election at which it is to be voted upon - may secure a vote on the proposed measure at the next general election, and if it receives the approval of the voters it becomes a law without interposition of the legislature, and goes into effect from the day of the governor's proclamation announcing the result of the election.

Interest is usually calculated yearly or half -yearly, at a certain rate per cent.

If roor is the rate per cent.

When an amount will fall due at some future date, the present value of the debt is found by deducting discount at some rate per cent.

Thus while in1882-1883the ratio of illiterate recruits amounted to 9.75%, in 1901 less than one quarter per cent of the military drafts were without schooling.

One per cent of the natives are lepers.

Ireland does little to swell the rising tide of Decrease per cent.

Ten per cent of the value of the prizes was paid to the treasury of the pasha or his successors, who bore the titles of Agha or Dey or Bey.

Half the population are adherents of the Church of England, and about 18 per cent.

Roman Catholics; Wesleyans number nearly 16 per cent., and Presbyterians about 62 per cent.

This last-mentioned sum is equal to 1.83 per cent.

The private railways show somewhat better " returns; the Emu Bay and Mount Bischoff line, 103 miles in length, constructed at a cost of £565,365, returned in 1904 about 3.22 per cent., and the Mount Lyell Company's railway, 22 miles long, costing £220,333, returned nearly 6 per cent.

The value of factory products in 1905 was $10,748,224, an increase of 35-7 per cent.

By the general education law enacted in 1909, 25 per cent.

Each county court may provide for one or more county high schools to be maintained in part by additional county taxes and miscellaneous funds, and 8 per cent.

When the general education law was enacted in 1909 Tennessee had no state normal schools, but by the law 13 per cent.

An MRI scan can detect an abnormality in 80 per cent of people with epilepsy undergoing the test.

This was particularly marked for those in low skilled jobs (41 per cent DEs compared to 19 per cent abs ).

Playing games is not only the preserve of the younger generation, with seven per cent of the sample tackling tombs and blasting aliens!

Other Complications About 10 per cent of patients with myeloma develop primary amyloidosis.

He departed as 50,000 stunned with-profit annuity holders had just been told their pensions would be slashed by up to 30 per cent.

Fixed index annuity ape sales of £ 13 million were down 7 per cent on the same period of 2005.

All patients in this study were taking an aperient, despite this 78 per cent were constipated.

Roughly 10 per cent of adult asthmatics, and more women than men, are found to be aspirin sensitive.

The argument about the famous 3 per cent attrition rate is also rather spurious.

The majority of the pigs did not show aversion to the presence of 30 per cent carbon dioxide in air.

A plain bagel which cost 90 pence in December now costs 1.60 euros an increase of 35 per cent.

The final agreement was a below-inflation rate increase of just five per cent for the next biennium.

The Republicans give big business 100 per cent cooperation.

Engines fuelled by methane biogas or gases from old coal mines normally cease to function if the methane concentration drops below 40 per cent.

They have fled a country with 18 per cent unemployment, the highest figure in the 25-nation bloc.

Diabetes risk Patients on beta blockers are also up to 30 per cent more likely to develop diabetes.

In the last few weeks alone, the price of an armed bodyguard has fallen by over 60 per cent!

The number of books bought from high street booksellers has actually gone up by around 25 per cent in the past ten years.

Professional boxing bouts, already reduced to 10 per cent of pre war figures will be further reduced.

About 40 per cent of car break-ins involve the theft of a mobile phone.

It was believed that a target of 60 per cent brownfield was the general target was this actually incorporated in the plan?

Combining these controls is estimated to reduce risk by up to 90 per cent for all three sheep BSE scenarios they considered.

Oil drums must have a bund with a capacity of 25 per cent of the total amount.

Put another way, 99 per cent of Staffordshire households were not burgled last year.

The rolling year total for double deck busses in June was down only 24 units or 2.5 per cent to 937 units.

Today we have only six per cent of the early stage high tech venture capital of the United States.

The economy may be tight, but the lure of ten per cent capital gains tax has encouraged many owner-managers to consider a sale.

There is 300 per cent more casein in cow's milk than in human milk.

But a sweater marked 100 per cent cashmere cannot be legally diluted with wool.

The report states that a ' cuffing ' effect may occur to the deflated catheter balloon when removing 100 per cent silicone catheters.

Broadband subscriptions rose to 69.2 per cent compared with 49.1 per cent compared with 49.1 per cent in March 2005.

Research rarely proves things with 100 per cent certainty, there are always exceptions.

Any child born to someone affected by FAP has a fifty per cent chance of inheriting the condition.

If you only have three per cent of a company it's bloody hard to work up the enthusiasm to fire the Chief Executive.

More than 41 million packets of counterfeit cigarettes were seized in 2004, a rise of 25 per cent over the previous year.

Spending about 3.5 per cent of GDP on defense does not involve the American citizenry in any great sacrifice.

Women with low stomach acid were able to absorb 45 per cent of calcium citrate, however.

In 2001 children who have disability in mainstream classrooms represented 2.37 per cent of the total student population of just over four million.

Forget 70 per cent cocoa solids, we're talking 100 per cent.

Sixteen per cent of couples with dependent children now cohabit rather than marry.

Over 90 per cent of the deals covered collective bargaining on pay, hours and holidays.

The Treasury should considering reducing the discount used in the public sector comparator from six to five per cent.

Broadband subscriptions rose to 69.2 per cent compared with 49.1 per cent in March 2005.

Eighty four per cent of people said they thought public figures should show more compassion.

Over the past 25 years, the UK has invested around 30 per cent less than its main European competitors.

Fifty per cent of under-18 conceptions occur in the 20% of wards with the highest rates.

The organ is endowed with £ 1000., three per cent consols, for defraying the salary of the organist, Mr. Thos.

A split in liability was agreed by the parties that she was 25 per cent contributory negligent for the accident.

Female managers working in HR had average pay rises of six per cent, compared to 4.8 per cent for their male co-workers.

Some 23 per cent of children still believe the old myth that crusts make hair curly.

Between 20 to 40 per cent of women will get cystitis in their lifetime.

The number of local authority areas where premature death rates are above the national average has risen by 40 per cent since 1991.

At what cost -- because most of those 88 per cent are thoroughly decent and humane people -- in Iraqi lives?

Since the cathode resistor is not decoupled, 100 per cent voltage negative feedback is applied between output and input.

This also brings me to your closing comment about the '37 per cent decrease in ESRC quota awards ', which is also incorrect.

The Government's annual budget deficit stands at 4 per cent of GDP.

There are now 1.45 per cent fewer Moroccan dirhams to the pound.

All schools and settings quoting a valid DfES number are entitled to a 50 per cent discount.

Even tho condoms are not 100 per cent safe, they do protect you against sexually transmitted diseases.

Taking the country as a whole, the number of voters disenfranchised is 0.11 per cent of the total.

English Nature reserve staff have now downgraded the extent of damage from 90 per cent to just 60 percent.

The process enables 100 per cent recovery and re-use of white and black dross.

If this is not done 80 per cent of the calories from roast duck will be from fat!

There were falls of 3.2 per cent in the output of cars and 1.8 per cent in the output of other durables.

In the UK about 40 per cent of people with the affected gene develop dystonia.

Studies estimate that 74 per cent of men will experience retrograde ejaculation after transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP ).

These bandages can be extended by 100 per cent of their length but do not contain elastomers.

Less than 15 per cent of the municipal electorate voted.

Most institutions take between 5 and 20 per cent of both their young and mature full-time entrants from these areas.

If you are choosing a joint venture don't think that by taking a 90 per cent equity stake you will necessarily have control.

The biggest fall was on council estates, where attendance dropped nine per cent in 2002.

The tests, using 4 per cent ethanol, the researchers argued, were similar to the alcoholic content of beer.

In the primary school end-of-year exams, there was a 100 per cent pass rate in six subjects, including French and English.

At present 75 per cent of the population is involved in subsistence farming.

In contrast, 64 per cent is used to produce livestock feed.

Fifteen per cent of all people who have had strokes have atrial fibrillation.

This vintage has surprising finesse despite a hefty whack of alcohol (14.5 per cent ).

Fifteen per cent of small and medium-sized firms said export orders were up, 37 per cent said they were down.

Google bought a 2.6 per cent share in the company June 2004, shortly before its own public floatation.

In the number from the survey rocketed per cent the footsie flotation.

Export crops, the revised forecast says, should grow by 11 per cent, rather than the 19.3 per cent initially envisaged.

The aft fuselage, at the back, houses the main engines that provide the other 29 per cent of thrust required for launch.

We consider that the requirement to distribute 95 per cent of rental income and realized gains is, however, unduly restrictive.

A quarter of men say they compete in online gaming compared to only 4 per cent of women.

Yields on ten-year gilts, which peaked at 9 1/4 per cent in mid-September, are now 8 3/4 per cent.

Samantha says, our granddad supports us 100 per cent.

The local greengrocers in the survey obtained 49 per cent of their apple lines from the UK.

In 90 per cent of cases within the New Zealand system, the mediation stage settles the grievance.

Other notable rising markets in the survey included Bulgaria which rose by 20.5 per cent and Denmark which has experienced 15.4 per cent growth.

Ninety per cent of patients with headache have either tension headache or migraine.

Step 3 For most people and bikes the correct saddle height corresponds to 109 per cent of the inseam (crotch to ground ).

Online business accounts for nearly ten per cent of its business, and customers include high-profile Web sites such as Lastminute.com.

This follows a 22 per cent price hike in March.

However, nearly half of lone parent households still have no-one in work, compared to only 7 per cent of couples with children.

The intense heat, 90 per cent humidity and an obvious lack of refrigeration does not seem to affect the quality of the food.

As far as getting some relief from it goes, try getting some 1 per cent hydrocortisone cream.

It can often help to rinse the mouth with a diluted solution of 3 per cent hydrogen peroxide.

County Homesearch, for example, reports that 60 per cent of its clients were seeking the pastoral idyll.

The 15-year survival rate for 227 patients treated by immunosuppression was only 38 per cent.

Fifty per cent of the retail industry's turnover is spent on the cumulative burden imposed by the Government.

The proportion of waste incinerated with energy recovery has remained roughly constant at just under 9 per cent.

It has proposed a 21 per cent increase in the interim dividend per share.

The annual increment for flats is 2 per cent, up to a maximum of 70 per cent.

For example, in Wales, in the automotive components industry, 78 per cent of firms have attained ISO 9000 standards or higher.

Blood clots (infarcts) and hemorrhages in the brain About 10 per cent of all brain infarcts cause epilepsy.

Indeed, male infertility is surprisingly common - it is estimated that 7.5 per cent of men have reduced fertility or are completely infertile.

M&G's net retail fund inflows also fell, down 19 per cent to £ 130 million.

Net investment product inflows of £ 0.9 billion are up 249 per cent on 2004.

Chromosomal instability is thought to occur in 85 per cent of all colorectal cancer cases.

Eleven per cent of these resulted in actionable intelligence.

They estimate that they supply 100 per cent of the market for dry isinglass and 90 per cent of the market for hydrolysed isinglass.

The national average for NHS staff having the flu jab is just 16 per cent.

Just 9.7 per cent use modern flush toilets or " improved " pit latrines.

The lighter ones are fed a diet ad lib with 1.3 per cent lysine and 14 MJ/kg DE to 55kg liveweight.

He sustained a 90 per cent tear of his medial ligaments in last Tuesday's Test match.

Nearly 60 per cent of the street lighting assets will need replacing over the first five years of the contract.

Tomatoes are packed with a red substance called lycopene, which can reduce the risk of prostate cancer by up to 35 per cent.

Over the 12-week period, there were no differences between the two groups in lean body mass or per cent body fat.

The company plans to make all new Capilene base layers with more than 50 per cent recycled materials by spring 2007.

Last year saw an increase of 45 per cent in professional negligence mediations, solicitors accounting for 62 per cent of total cases.

Thimerosal is 50 per cent composed of ethyl mercury and is used as a preservative.

The samples were extracted with 80 per cent aqueous methanol at room temperature, using a procedure based on that of Barnes et al.

Mills are largely controlled by elite landowning families, who together account for 77 per cent of the country's sugar milling.

Military deaths as a proportion of all troops mobilized were in the region of 85 per cent for both Poland and Romania.

In the second quarter, eurozone growth remained modest at 0.5 per cent.

The interest rate charged by moneylenders is in the range of 60 to 120 per cent per annum.

We found that CCSB, having more than 25 per cent of the market, met the statutory criterion for being a scale monopolist.

Golden plovers seem to get the night-time munchies - under the cover of darkness, they eat 70 per cent more worms per minute!

In addition, 2 per cent of the market value of the property must be paid to the local municipality.

Ninety per cent of the time the Plumose Anemone can be tricked into consuming large fragments of boiled mussel or similar foods.

Using this technique in combination with another mutagenesis method called saturation mutagenesis the ee value has been improved to more than 90 per cent.

Sales rose in October and now are 8 per cent higher than in February, where they touched the nadir.

She was found contributorily negligent to the extent of 50 per cent.

However small acoustic neuromas, not causing any symptoms, can be found in up to nearly 3 per cent of elderly people.

All publications are printed on 100 per cent recycled newsprint, with waste kept to a minimum.

The researchers discovered that the amount of freebase nicotine varied considerably between products, ranging from 1.6 per cent up to 36 per cent.

In volume terms 13 per cent of firms said order books were above normal while 35 per cent said they were below normal.

Domestic burglary fell by 29 per cent, juvenile nuisance by 42 per cent and sexual offenses by 46 per cent.

A leading example is Norway where housing co- operatives provide 14 per cent of all housing in a highly developed system.

In contrast, cost overruns under PFI are on average 170 per cent from outline to full business case.

Today, some manufacturers still use the word pashmina to describe 100 per cent cashmere.

The PSA sighted Alaska as the cruise hot spot for 2004 with an increase of nearly 70 per cent in cruise passengers.

Undrained, heavily waterlogged peat is up to 90 per cent water.

There is a 50 per cent chance of parents passing on the gene, although with reduced penetrance.

At present, he has an occupational pension with his employer, which contributes 15 per cent of basic salary.

The old adage, 10 per cent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration springs to mind.

Dollars must now be exchanged for Cuban pesos where a 10 per cent commission will be charged.

Humans now appropriate 40 per cent of the planet's organic matter produced by photosynthesis.

A straw poll of New Insight staff in the office on one day showed that 100 per cent had tried it.

Background The Bertram Diabetes Center serves a population of about 510,000 in East Norfolk, with a diabetes prevalence of 2.5 per cent.

Their north Atlantic breeding populations are estimated to have declined by about 90 per cent in the last 20 years.

In a study of Nepalese porters, 45 per cent had experienced medical problems on treks.

About 40 per cent of the rinsing water used for the toothbrushes in the test tested positive for the virus.

British Energy wants to produce two per cent of its electricity from wind power by 2010.

The cost of antidepressant prescriptions in England has risen by more than 2,000 per cent over the last twelve years.

We have rightly increased the proportion of new housing built on brownfield sites to 60 per cent.

In Gaza the figure reaches about 10 per cent, and 7.7 per cent in Maputo province.

Ninety per cent are granted, although often with strict provisos.

Used alone, acitretin can improve severe psoriasis in 75 per cent of patients, 30 per cent achieving complete clearance.

But in 85 per cent of cases, the cause is organic or drug induced and not psychological.

The percentage of ethnic minority pupils in small schools is relatively low, with few having more than 5 per cent.

The economy grew by only 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2003.

New figures record 2,595 four-week quitters in 2005/6 compared with 1,186 in the previous year an increase of 119 per cent.

The maize harvest fell by 32 per cent due to erratic rainfall during the agricultural season.

Fifty per cent council tax rebate on second homes to end.

In 1822, the Rev. William Wilson, a late rector, bequeathed £ 400 three per cent.

The Prime Minister has set a target for a 30 per cent reduction in vehicle crime by March 2004.

Currently, the whole tax system is very regressive with a top marginal tax rate of 40 per cent.

Around US$200 billion is outstanding as claimed reparations resulting from the invasion in 1990 - some 40 per cent is claimed by Kuwait.

The ASTI is pursuing a claim for a 30 per cent rise in pay.

Recorded robbery increased by 15 per cent in Surrey in the 12 months ending December 2002.

No tail rotor, making it 50 per cent quieter.

If he earns 150 rubles there, he must give from three to ten per cent to the Kolhoz.

Features of agriculture in Cambodia Cambodia has a predominantly rural population, with some 85 per cent of people living in rural areas.

It said like-for-like sales rose by 0.8 per cent during the month, compared with November 2004.

The parties ' combined share of supply of farmed Atlantic salmon in the UK is approximately 42 per cent by volume.

Early results from OFT research show 59 per cent of the population aged over 15 has been targeted by mass-marketed scams.

It seems scandalous that the UK Liberal Democrats with 22 per cent of the votes achieved less than ten per cent of the seats.

Only some 0.0001 per cent of the deep seafloor has been subject to biological investigations.

They are the largest socially segregated group anywhere in the world, and make up nearly 3 per cent of the world's population.

Some will wish to select 20 or 30 or 40 per cent of their intake, others will wish to be wholly selective.

Around 10 per cent of patients will experience some unpleasant sensations of the face which may affect the quality of life.

The second most common serovar was S Typhimurium (ST) at 1.8 per cent.

In many African countries this has now skyrocketed to 7 per cent, and in some cases to an astounding 11 per cent 5.

For export-approved slaughterhouses, 71 per cent had satisfactory hygiene standards.

The lift-curve slope is predicted to within 10 per cent.

That was in contrast to the 0.4 per cent slump experienced elsewhere in the UK.

Construction will shrink by 10.8 per cent - this is a result of the conclusion in 2000 of the MOZAL smelter.

During the Kosovo campaign the United States was relied on to conduct almost 85 per cent of air strike sorties.

He still owns 8 per cent of JJB, which is currently the subject of takeover speculation.

Up to 30 per cent of spam is now spewing from hijacked " zombie " PCs.

If the funds had passed to the estate of the divorced spouse, the ultimate inheritance tax liability could have been 40 per cent.

The Spanish company's 50 per cent stake in Bristol Airport could exchange hands for about £ 106 million.

The relative standard deviation (RSD) for the method of analysis was 5.8 per cent.

The new standpipes will provide water for 53 per cent of the people of Chiure.

And, as widely predicted, it stayed steadfast at 4.75 per cent.

In the author's area at lease 50 per cent may require temporary or permanent stoma.

In 2005, growth in the world's appetite for energy subsided from a rampant 4.4 per cent to 2.7 per cent.

Care was considered substandard in 57 per cent of cases.

Ten per cent fewer consumers are using a superstore or supermarket in a typical week now compared to 3 years ago.

There is a 50 per cent surcharge at night.

Raw nuts pay an 18 per cent export surtax - a measure designed to protect the national cashew processing industry.

Although 72 per cent of all houses in Great Britain do have some loft insulation, most would benefi though 72 per cent of all houses in Great Britain do have some loft insulation, most would benefi t from more.

They are the anchor tenants and account for 35 per cent of the retail space.

Women with low testosterone levels who had lost on average 18 per cent of their body weight were offered testosterone patches or placebo.

The actual audience achieved was 2,585 (including complimentary tickets ), or 54 per cent.

He also raised concerns about imported clay roof tiles entering the UK around 10 per cent cheaper than domestic clay roof tiles.

About 10 per cent of adults have experienced tinnitus for longer than five minutes.

The existing 2 per cent trend rate of UK productivity advance is in fact quite tolerable.

Around 40 per cent of patients with spasmodic torticollis are helped.

The total growth of foreign tourists is estimated to be about 20.3 per cent.

Asda is also offering 0 per cent on balance transfers for an introductory period of six months.

In addition, 47 per cent had elevated triglycerides.

Ninety per cent of all black truffles in Italy come from Umbria.

West Atlantic blue fin tuna are down to only 10 per cent of their former bounty.

At low engine speeds, the smaller turbocharger is effective immediately, producing 95 per cent of the available torque at just 1,500rpm.

A Joseph Rowntree Poll in 2000 found that 30 per cent of those polled agreed or tended to agree with compulsory turnout.

Election officials reported a 75 per cent turnout in the poll.

European election turnout in pilot regions was up more than 100 per cent.

Up to 40 per cent of emailed queries go unanswered, too.

Fourteen per cent remain undecided over how they would vote.

This can be seen from the emphasis put on not undershooting as well as not overshooting the 2.5 per cent objective.

Wages in the industry have been cut by 50 per cent since the 1980s and the workers are totally unskilled.

Last week like-for-like sales were up 20 per cent, following a 14.8 per cent uplift in the final quarter of 2005.

To maximize uptime the solution must be reliable, providing at least 98 per cent endurance.

The U-235 isotope makes up 0.7 per cent of naturally occurring uranium.

Gonococcal urethritis is diagnosed in 98 per cent of men by microscopic examination of the discharge obtained from a urethral swab.

For example, suppose a telecommunications company had measured customer satisfaction performance among its mobile phone users at 95 per cent.

The number of young adult drug users starting treatment has risen by more than 50 per cent in the last five years.

On average, Pakistani and Bangladeshi women earn only 56 per cent of the average hourly wage of White men.

It is customary to tip waiters 15 per cent of the bill.

The parties ' combined UK share of supply of mobile water coolers only is 15 per cent.

Group 2 had reduced energy from fat by 8.0 per cent and also lost 1.2 kg body weight and 1.4 per cent body fat.

Yet 90 per cent of the population lives within 100 miles of the US border, leaving huge tracts of unspoiled wilderness elsewhere.

In Hull, where there are 20mph limit zones, it is 12 per cent.

By means of a " magnetic shunt " Brown succeeded in increasing the working speed of long submarine cables to the extent of To to 15 per cent.

These when burnt would yield (6.5 X9430o)+(II X68300) =1364250 cal., an amount which is less than 1 per cent.

The solid alloy consists of crystals of pure tin in juxtaposition with crystals of almost pure lead and bismuth, these two metals dissolving each other in solid solution to the extent of a few per cent only.

Eighty-three per cent of the annual convictions, summarily and on indictment, followed by committal to gaol, are for misconduct that is distinctly non-criminal, such as breaches of municipal by-laws and police regulations, drunkenness, gaming and offences under the vagrancy acts.

Like Signorile, they found that the squat produced the most quadriceps activity, peaking at 60 per cent of maximum activity levels.

The first is a two hour examination on quantitative methods worth 50 per cent.

Furthermore smoking increases the metabolism by five to ten per cent and when you quit smoking this will decrease.