1. Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year.

2. Most restaurants add a 10 per cent service charge.

3. The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.

4. Five per cent of children stammer at some point.

5. Customs and excise receipts rose 2.5 per cent.

6. The price was reduced 9 per cent.

7. The system is not 100 per cent foolproof.

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8. What per cent of the population read/reads books?

9. Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.

10. Ten per cent of the population lived in poverty.

11. Pay increases were pegged at five per cent.

12. He was treated in hospital for 60 per cent burns.

13. Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.

14. You must allow for five per cent wastage in transit.

15. In general,() incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being re-elected.

16. The stiff entrance examination removes 60 per cent of prospective students.

17. About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents.

18. 74 per cent of teachers found the paperwork was unmanageable.

19. He suffered third-degree burns over 98 per cent of his body.

20. The objective would be to recycle 98 per cent of domestic waste.

21. Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.

22. It's estimated that around 80 per cent of babies wear disposables.

23. 56 per cent of new cars were bought on credit.

24. What per cent of the population is / are overweight?

25. It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain.

26. The average yearly increment in labour productivity in industry was 4.5 per cent.

27. When we approached the till to settle up, he reduced our bill by 50 per cent.

28. Due to unforeseen circumstances the cost of the improvements has risen by twenty per cent.

29. The latest figures show industrial production steaming ahead at an 8.8 per cent annual rate.

30. The three smaller parties gained an aggregate of 25 per cent of the vote.

1. Growth will accelerate to 2.9 per cent next year.

2. Most restaurants add a 10 per cent service charge.

3. The government raised defence appropriations by 12 per cent.

4. Five per cent of children stammer at some point.

5. Customs and excise receipts rose 2.5 per cent.

6. The price was reduced 9 per cent.

7. The system is not 100 per cent foolproof.

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8. Only 13 per cent of consultants are female.

9. Ten per cent of the population lived in poverty.

10. He was treated in hospital for 60 per cent burns.

11. Sales rose by nought point four per cent last month.

12. It is often stated that we use only 10 per cent of our brain.

13. The average yearly increment in labour productivity in industry was 4.5 per cent.

14. In general, incumbents have a 94 per cent chance of being re-elected.

15. The stiff entrance examination removes 60 per cent of prospective students.

16. About 68 per cent of illegitimate births were jointly registered by both parents.

17. 74 per cent of teachers found the paperwork was unmanageable.

18. When we approached the till to settle up, he reduced our bill by 50 per cent.

19. He suffered third-degree burns over 98 per cent of his body.

20. The objective would be to recycle 98 per cent of domestic waste.

21. Due to unforeseen circumstances the cost of the improvements has risen by twenty per cent.

22. The latest figures show industrial production steaming ahead at an 8.8 per cent annual rate.

23. Poor families spend about 80 to 90 per cent of their income on food.

24. It's estimated that around 80 per cent of babies wear disposables.

25. 56 per cent of new cars were bought on credit.

26. What per cent of the population is / are overweight?

27. The three smaller parties gained an aggregate of 25 per cent of the vote.

28. Thirteen per cent of the population live below the poverty line.

29. 97 per cent of the group's members support its plans to demutualise.

30. 25 per cent of the world's population consumes 80 per cent of the planet's resources.

31. Thirteen per cent of the population live below the poverty line.

32. 97 per cent of the group's members support its plans to demutualise.

33. 25 per cent of the world's population consumes 80 per cent of the planet's resources.

34. The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent.

35. The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.

36. 60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees.

37. The increase will not be in excess of two per cent.

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38. 90 per cent of listeners had stayed with the programme when it changed its time slot.

39. One per cent of total public spending should eventually go towards the arts.

40. 20 to 40 per cent of the voters are undecided.

41. Revenue from brown goods, including televisions and hi-fis, rose nearly 12 per cent.

42. The area of Asia takes up 27 per cent of the world's total.

43. Modern tennis rackets are now apparently 20 per cent lighter.

44. Forty per cent of the population is suffering from malnutrition.

45. The retail price index for September is expected to show inflation edging up to about 10.8 per cent.

46. Manpower will be reduced by an average of 20 per cent.

47. 14 per cent of primate species are highly endangered.

48. Now even bigger! Ten per cent extra!

49. They have a 90 per cent chance of success.

50. University enrollments had risen by 50 per cent.

51. Output of steel has increased by 5 per cent.

52. 20 per cent of the calculations are wrong.

53. The school is 95 per cent minority .

54. Inflation fell to just over 4 per cent.

55. 57 per cent complained of work overload.

56. Defence soaks up forty per cent of the budget.

57. Only 8 per cent of Britain is forested.

58. Full-time staff get a 20 per cent discount.

59. 95 per cent of these diets do not work.

60. Their profits have fallen by 30 per cent.

31. The percentage of school leavers that go to university is about five per cent.

32. The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.

33. 60 per cent of dogs and ten per cent of cats have pedigrees.

34. The increase will not be in excess of two per cent.

35. 90 per cent of listeners had stayed with the programme when it changed its time slot.

36. One per cent of total public spending should eventually go towards the arts.

37. 20 to 40 per cent of the voters are undecided.

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38. Revenue from brown goods, including televisions and hi-fis, rose nearly 12 per cent.

39. Modern tennis rackets are now apparently 20 per cent lighter.

40. Forty per cent of the population is suffering from malnutrition.

41. The retail price index for September is expected to show inflation edging up to about 10.8 per cent.

42. Manpower will be reduced by an average of 20 per cent.

43. Output of steel has increased by 5 per cent.

44. The world urban population is rocketing upwards at a rate of 6.5 per cent per year.

45. Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia.

46. The Cambodian currency was effectively devalued by 25 per cent.

47. Growth in the Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) decelerated significantly, from 10.5 per cent in real terms in 2000 to a mere 0.1 per cent in 2001.

61. His agent's cut is 20 per cent.

62. Unemployment dipped to 6.9 per cent last month.

63. Unemployment ballooned to fourteen per cent.

64. The number of company liquidations rose 11 per cent.

65. At the last count inflation was 10.9 per cent.

66. University enrolments had risen by 50 per cent.

67. We aim to increase sales by 10 per cent.

68. Stamp Duty will be charged at one per cent.

69. We overestimated the cost by about 2 per cent.

70. Crime has decreased by 20 per cent.

71. The rupee depreciated by 9 per cent.

72. When pressed they knock off 10 per cent.

73. The sum will be increased by fifteen per cent.

74. Fifty-two per cent were unsure about the idea.

75. The inflation rate now stands at 3.6 per cent.

76. The market was down 15 per cent.

77. I'm still not really feeling a hundred per cent.

78. House prices had soared a further twenty per cent.

79. His salary has been cut by ten per cent.

80. I agree with you one hundred per cent.

81. House prices rose five per cent last year.

82. The price has dropped by 15 per cent.

83. The bank's profits plunged by 87 per cent.

84. Pay increases have sunk to around seven per cent.

85. The mark appreciated 12 per cent against the dollar.

86. Ninety per cent of American rubbish is dumped in landfill sites.

87. Balances of ￡5,000 and above will earn 11 per cent gross,[] 8.25 per cent net.

88. Guests staying 14 nights will receive a ten per cent reduction.

89. The world urban population is rocketing upwards at a rate of 6.5 per cent per year.

90. There was a massive twenty per cent swing away from the Conservatives to the Liberal Democrats.

91. Fifteen per cent of the population attend a place of worship.

92. The final dividend will be held at 20.7p, after an 8 per cent increase.

93. In the opinion polls the ecologists reached 20 per cent.

94. There will be an increase in the range of 0 to 3 per cent.

95. Eighty per cent of sewage is piped directly into the sea.

96. Our officers have to concentrate 100 per cent on the task in hand.

97. Under normal conditions, only about 20 to 40 per cent of vitamin E is absorbed.

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98. A poll for the Observer showed Labour on 39 per cent with the Tories lagging a point behind.

99. Some analysts estimate its current popularity at around ten per cent.

100. India has devalued the Rupee by about eleven per cent.

101. 85 per cent said they would rather not sell their bodies for a living.

102. Sixty per cent of teachers are women, but a mere 5 percent of women are heads and deputies.

103. Few people will be dancing in the streets about a two per cent pay rise.

104. It has now been forced to hike its rates by 5.25 per cent.

105. Pay increase were pegged at five per cent last year.

106. In 90 per cent of cases the patient will relapse within six months.

107. The plant provides forty per cent of the country's electricity.

108. In June 1945, Britain still had forty-five per cent of its workforce in the Services and munitions industries.

109. The agency should reduce turnaround time by 11 per cent.

110. 30 per cent of psychiatric hospital beds are occupied by people of no fixed abode.

111. No less than 35 per cent of the country is protected in the form of parks and nature sanctuaries.

112. Forty per cent of new titles were actually new editions of existing books.

113. Pollution from the works has been reduced by 70 per cent.

114. Under the agreement, releases of cancer-causing chemicals will be cut by about 80 per cent.

115. He welcomed the reinstatement of the 10 per cent bank base rate.

116. Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 1995 and the trend is downwards.

117. You need to pay a deposit of 10 per cent of the purchase price of the property.

118. He claims a 70 to 80 per cent success rate.

119. Southern acquired 11.2 per cent of Sweb in a dawn raid on Monday.

120. Of the 100 companies surveyed, 10 per cent had a turnover of ￡50m to ￡99m.

121. More than 70 per cent of those polled said that they approved of his record as president.

122. Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia.

123. Researchers found 17 per cent of their random sample to be severely depressed.

124. 59 per cent of people believed the pound should be allowed to float freely.

125. The profits growth came on the back of a 26 per cent rise in sales.

126. Seventy per cent of this country is opposed to blood sports.

127. 94 per cent of people who took part in the survey said they agreed.

128. It accounts for 15 per cent of all air accidents.

129. Student numbers at the college have increased by 25 per cent.

130. 75 per cent of the amount originally borrowed is still outstanding.

131. Here is your bill; we've added on the five per cent service charge.

132. A premium of 2 per cent is paid on long-term investments.

133. The brain accounts for merely three per cent of body weight.

134. Now 95 per cent of UK babies are immunised against diphtheria, tetanus, polio, measles,(http:///per cent.html) mumps and rubella before they are a year old.

135. An important statistic is that 94 per cent of crime relates to property.

136. Its shares were down across the first quarter, but are now showing a 20 per cent uplift.

137. The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones.

138. Today's RPI figure shows inflation running at 10.9 per cent.

139. Pilferage in the warehouse reduces profitability by about two per cent.

140. By 1973 the government deficit equalled thirty per cent of GNP.

141. Ninety per cent of lung cancers are caused by smoking.

142. The first 10 per cent of legal fees will be paid by the policy-holder.

143. House prices went up by 5 per cent last year.

144. The Japanese economy grew at an annual rate of more than 10 per cent.

145. Television is watched in 97 per cent of American homes .

146. The Freedom Party's electoral support surged from just under 10 per cent to nearly 17 per cent.

147. Only 20 per cent of jobs in the professions are held by women.

148. The December figures brought the annual average for 2001 up to 10.6 per cent.

149. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.

150. The recent survey found that 20 per cent of private-rented dwellings are unfit for human habitation.

151. She got a commission of 10 per cent above the expenditure.

152. The sales forecast is predicated on the assumption that the economy will grow by four per cent this year.

153. Ninety per cent of lone parent families are headed by mothers.

154. Shares ended 1.7 per cent firmer on the Frankfurt exchange.

155. Over the past 12 months the company has managed a 10 per cent improvement.

156. A BBC poll gave the Labour Party a 12 per cent lead.

157. Countywide, examination results have improved by an average of eight per cent.

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158. The market has shown annual growth of 20 per cent for several years.

159. Almost 13 per cent of the working population is already unemployed.

160. Opposition parties won about fifty-five per cent of the vote.

161. 16 per cent of all new cars sold in Western Europe these days are diesel-engined.

162. The figure has more than trebled to 67 per cent.

163. The polls showed the Tories trailing behind the Government by 17 per cent.

164. Customer satisfaction with their mobile service runs at more than 90 per cent.

165. Premiums for third-party cover are set to rise by up to 25 per cent.

166. Well, whoop-de-doo, they're offering us a 0.5 per cent pay raise!

167. About 65 per cent of its sales come from abroad.

168. Of the 9,660 cases processed last year,() only 10 per cent were totally rejected.

169. After the deduction of tax at 20 per cent, the interest rate will be 6.2 per cent.

170. By contrast, the comparable figure for the Netherlands is 16 per cent.

171. 95 per cent of my students have passed the examination.

172. The real income per person rose by about 10 per cent in the last two years.

173. Already in the pipeline is a 2.9 per cent pay increase for teachers.

174. Seventy per cent of the country's trade is with Europe.

175. They have cut the price of their products by almost 30 per cent.

176. He predicted that the region's economy would grow by about six per cent both this year and next.

177. Eighty per cent of the work force is/are against the strike.

178. Over 40 new books are on offer at 25 per cent off their normal retail price.

179. He believes prices will not rise by more than another 4 per cent.

180. The Gulf has 65 per cent of the world's oil reserves.

181. The economy needs an immediate 2 per cent cut in interest rates.

182. It's made from natural ingredients, but with the added bonus of containing 30 per cent less fat than ordinary cheese.

183. 19 per cent of B2C companies are now worth little more than the cash on their balance sheets.

184. Interest rates began to gyrate up towards 20 per cent in 1980 and then down and up again.

185. In old China,eighty per cent of the children received no formal education.

186. House prices have tumbled by almost 30 per cent in real terms since mid-1989.

187. Head teachers yesterday submitted a claim for a 9 per cent pay rise.

188. Fruit and vegetable prices rose 1.3 per cent atop a 2 per cent gain last month.

189. Children are in school for 15 per cent of their waking hours/life between birth and the age of 16.

190. Only 55 per cent of the raw material is canned. The rest is thrown away.

191. Between July and August, oil product prices fell 0.2 per cent.

192. He forecasts that average salary increases will remain around 4 per cent.

193. The report notes that forty per cent of lawyers entering the profession are women.

194. Overall these students rank in the 21st percentile on the tests-that is, they did worse than 79 per cent of all children taking the test.

195. In Japan 99 per cent of all households now have a colour television set.

196. There has been a ten per cent increase in the number of new students arriving at polytechnics this year.

197. Imports in the first three months have increased by 10 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.

198. "Prices are down 40 per cent since Christmas," he lamented.

199. England will increase the rate from 5 to 6 per cent.

200. Around 12 per cent of the people on our books are in the computing industry.

201. Kenya's population is growing at 4.1 per cent per annum.

202. The country's currency went down in value by 3.5 per cent.

203. The bank yesterday revealed a 30 per cent nosedive in profits.

204. Rail fares have fallen 17 per cent in real terms.

205. Some 20 per cent of marks are awarded for coursework.

206. Almost ninety per cent of all rapes and violent assaults went unreported.

207. They have a 51 per cent shareholding in the business.

208. Only 5.9 per cent of the area is now covered in trees. Most of the remainder is farmland.

209. The union has voted to strike for a pay increase of six per cent.

210. Up to 1989,() the growth of per capita income averaged 1 per cent per year.

211. Nearly 85 per cent of men are present at the birth of their children.

212. A prospective premium of about 30 per cent on their initial investment is enticing.

213. They took 10 per cent off the price of the computer as it was a showroom model.

214. The basic pay of the average worker has risen by 3 per cent.

215. The inflation rate has been creeping up to 9.5 per cent.

216. 18 per cent of women ranked sex as very important in their lives.

217. Alcohol plays a part in 70 per cent of divorces./per cent.html

218. Profits have risen by 15 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.

219. A fall of 50 per cent or more on prices is not beyond the realms of possibility.

220. In the first half of this year the total coal output rose by eighty per cent as compared with that of last year.

221. The Pentagon is aiming to cut US forces by over 25 per cent in the next five years.

222. The Green Party won a creditable 16 per cent of the vote.

223. About 70 per cent of its profits are being ploughed back into the investment programme.

224. More than 70 per cent of my time has been spent in teaching.

225. About ninety-five per cent of those who cast their votes approve the new constitution.

226. The pound had sunk 10 per cent against the Schilling.

227. Company can supply by 2-3 per cent of what we need.

228. Complaints to the Banking Ombudsman grew by 50 per cent last year.

229. In June, inflation stood at an annualized rate of 3.3 per cent.

230. The number of crimes jumped by ten per cent last year.

231. It accounts for 25 per cent of all traffic accidents.

232. Defence expenditures chewed up 41 per cent of the budget.

233. Ninety-five per cent of its magnificent collection will remain inaccessible to the public.

234. There were 39, 000 new cases last year - an increase of 7 per cent.

235. I got 96 per cent, he got 94, so I beat him by a short head.

236. A career as an actor requires one hundred per cent commitment.

237. March and April sales this year were up 8 per cent on the corresponding period in 1992.

238. 47 per cent of women in the UK take a size 16 or above.

239. The government will be looking to reduce inflation by a further two per cent this year.

240. Government spending is planned to rise 3 per cent above inflation.

241. Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent.

242. Sixty per cent of all marital separations occur before the tenth year of marriage.

243. Only nine per cent were found to be genuine political refugees.

244. Economic growth has averaged at a respectable 2.5 per cent.

245. Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road.

246. Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.

247. The French, I believe, restrict Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.

248. About 60 per cent of an average car is sourced from outside of the manufacturer.

249. Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.

250. Russia was cutting procurement of new weapons "by about 80 per cent", he said.

251. Thirteen per cent of Christie's coin and banknote auction went unsold.

252. The view was that the economy would grow by 2.25 per cent. This would limit unemployment to around 2.5 million.

253. The fall in the value of the yen might result in a fractional increase in interest rates of perhaps a quarter of one per cent.

254. The Cambodian currency was effectively devalued by 25 per cent.

255. The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.

256. Research has shown that hormone replacement therapy can reduce the risk of fracture by 50 to 60 per cent.

257. After a $75 deductible, Medicare pays 80 per cent of doctors' bills.

258. One per cent commission is charged for cashing traveller's cheques.

259. 70 per cent of airports in the Far East will have to be upgraded.

260. Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.

261. The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population.

262. Unmodernised property can sell for up to 40 per cent of its modernised market value.

263. Together they account for less than five per cent of the population.

264. Ten per cent of the work-force will be made redundant.

265. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 per cent.

266. Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so.

267. Growth in the Gross Domestic Product decelerated significantly, from 10.5 per cent in real terms in 2000 to a mere 0.1 per cent in 2001.

268. The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour.

269. She got a rake-off of 5 per cent from the deal.

270. Growth in the Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) decelerated significantly, from 10.5 per cent in real terms in 2000 to a mere 0.1 per cent in 2001.

271. Company losses were 50 per cent worse than in the corresponding period last year.

272. Almost 50 per cent of cancer sufferers are treated successfully.

273. The detection rate for motor vehicle theft that year was just 11.7 per cent.

273. try its best to collect and create good sentences.

274. As a rough guide, a horse needs 2.5 per cent of his body weight in food every day.

275. According to World Bank figures, 41 per cent of Brazilians live in absolute poverty.

276. Expenditure on education has gone up by seven point eight per cent over and above inflation.

277. The coalition did worse than expected, getting just 11.6 per cent of the vote.

278. Up to forty per cent of the students had overstayed their visas.

279. US unemployment figures for March showed the jobless rate stuck at 7 per cent.

280. Ninety-nine per cent of primary pupils now have hands-on experience of computers.