"percent" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Although Mason was given no chance by political experts and had a total budget of $70,000, he collected a surprising 32 percent of the vote.
- Worker productivity, which rose a surprising 4 percent in the first quarter of the year, is rising.
- President Bush smiled when he learned this week that economic growth during the third quarter reached a surprising 2.7 percent, almost twice the previous rate.
- The nation's trade deficit narrowed a surprising 35 percent in June, to $5.07 billion, its lowest level in seven years.
- Prices at the producer level rose a surprising 0.4 percent in January, driven by higher food costs.
- A surprising 25 percent of investors said they did better than expected: 19 percent exceeded their target by 1 to 5 percentage point.
- A full 49 percent were undecided, and a surprising 8 percent said they would support a new party, the Democrats.
- Law enforcement officials say the number of reported crimes rose a surprising 28 percent last year.
- But a surprising 96 percent knew that a criminal defendant who is found not guilty can still be sued in a civil trial.
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