certain percentage
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcertainandpercentage
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certain
adjective
uk/ˈsɜː.tən/us/ˈsɝː.tən/
having no doubt or knowing exactly that something is true, or known to be true, correct, exact, ...
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percentage
noun
uk/pəˈsen.tɪdʒ/us/pɚˈsen.t̬ɪdʒ/
an amount of something, often expressed as a number out ...
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(Definition ofcertainandpercentagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofcertain percentage
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In my opinion, acertainpercentageof the funds should be earmarked for small business.
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We hear a lot of talk about acertainpercentageof the total costs of building a road or railway line.
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It has been suggested that acertainpercentageof accommodation could be devoted to trainees.
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One does not assume that an owner has in fact spent acertainpercentageper annum on maintenance.
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The empirical results show that acertainpercentageof the results conform with the predictions of the models.
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For sick fund coverage, in principle, the individual pays acertainpercentageof his salary.
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The rating value was the amount assessed for local taxation, which was calculated by deducting acertainpercentagefrom the rental value.
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Such fringe could serve as a frequency divider allowingcertainpercentageof the axons to be activated at a lower frequency.
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Poverty is sometimes simply defined in explicitly relative terms as being less than acertainpercentageof, say, median income.
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Acertainpercentageare demoted to autarky forever and are barred permanently from the credit market.
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Most hospitals devote acertainpercentageof their budget for medical research.
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For a given coverage criterion, one can decide to stop testing when acertainpercentageof coverage is reached.
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Factors reducing design or documentation fees by acertainpercentageare normally used by architectural firms in competitive project-bidding.
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Generative links are created between phrases3 that share acertainpercentageoverlap between both the preceding and following context.
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Here, the ash tax payments are always acertainpercentageof the coal tax payments.
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Nevertheless, the antibodies against these molecules caused sterility in acertainpercentageof females.
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However, net fixation is probably substantially lower than gross fixation because in strict autotrophs acertainpercentageof photosynthate must be used to meet the metabolic needs of the autotroph.
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Of course individual contacts were important, and the architect made sure that the sculptor he worked with would give him acertainpercentageof what the commission was worth.
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