I. adjective
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a/one hundred percent
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I'm not a hundred percent sure where she lives.
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I agree with you a hundred percent.
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Absolutely I agree one hundred percent.
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All of our history, we stayed just about one hundred percent occupancy.
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It is, of course, a hundred percent certain that this triggering device is battery-powered.
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She hoped so, but she wasn't a hundred percent certain.
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The unit included a spinning mill within its plant, producing one hundred percent wool yarn.
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There was no doubt that Kirsty was one hundred percent MacKay.
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Therefore, even firms that are a hundred percent domestic get an extra lift from lower interest rates.
give a hundred percent
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Everyone on the team gave a hundred percent.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Our "Gold" credit card only charges 8.5 percent interest.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
stake
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Three years ago Rover linked up with Honda, which took a 20 percent stake in the company.
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Westinghouse will take a 48 percent stake in the joint venture and invest $ 2. 5 million.
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Its main partner is Scandinavian Broadcasting Systems, a media firm in which Disney has a 23 percent stake .
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Sandoz spent $ 400 million in 1992 for a 50 percent stake in SyStemix Inc., a Palo Alto biotech firm.
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Initially, Aegon will find the additional in a way that will give them a 50 percent stake in the non-with-profits business.
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Mediobanca is being forced to acquire the 10 percent stake after secretly buying that much in October.
■ VERB
drop
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By 1988 this had dropped to about 15 percent of spruce, and other species such as pine and fir showed similar improvements.
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Minnesota Educational Computing Corp., which sells educational software, dropped 15 percent , or 3, to 17.
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Higgs and Hill sold 500 homes in 1988, but volumes dropped by 35 percent in the first half of 1989.
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Imports dropped 9. 9 percent to $ 6. 31 billion, the government said in a statement.
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By 1970 this figure had dropped to 4 percent .
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The number of training sorties flown by its pilots had dropped 7. 8 percent a year for nearly a decade.
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Thereby the publisher's final profit would drop some 50 percent: so he would need to raise his price.
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Sheep inventories nationwide dropped another 15 percent last year.
represent
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There are also funds investing in much smaller economies representing 1 percent or less of world capitalisation.
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Either would be in sharp contrast to pre-settlement times, when pines represented 90 percent of the forest.
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These represent another 10 percent in relation to the total number of workers already with jobs in the social sector.
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Contact lenses represent 15 percent , and contact-lens solutions 25 percent.
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The Trust's share of Wellcome represents 95 percent of its income-producing to seek a larger and more broadly based income.
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As with national expenditure these increases represent a 15 percent rise compared with the budget for 1992/3.
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In 1994, the public deficit represented 6 percent of national output.
show
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The results showed that 69 percent of all beech and 78 percent of yew had some form of dieback.
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Calculated in the currencies where Sandoz generates its revenue, sales showed a 14 percent rise.
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A similar poll last year showed 52 percent favoured retention.
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The poll showed Dole with 37 percent , Forbes with 18 percent and Buchanan with 10.
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Official results showed that 98.7 percent of voters had endorsed the document, and that the turnout had been 97 percent.
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Exit polls showed that 81 percent of those who voted for the president had a favorable opinion of his wife.
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They have also shown that 60 percent of the energy released from fossil fuels is wasted.
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Surveys showed that 10 percent to 30 percent of them were willing to pay for access.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Exports in the group increased 49. 1 percent from a year ago to $ 485. 92.
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Prepaying an 8 or 9 percent mortgage equals earning a no-risk 8 or 9 percent on your money.
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The incomes thought to be needed exceeded the amounts available under the social security system by 61 percent .
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The mean underwriting fee was 1.4 percent of the issue's nominal value.
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Twenty-five percent rated it as poor and 43 percent as fair.