Sentence examples similar to 100 percent from inspiring English sources

"It is regrettable when homes need to be demolished, but Annington's decision to redevelop the estate will see an increase in the number of homes by more than 100%, from 142 to 288, and the inclusion of 20% affordable homes will see a minimum of 59 created where there were none before.

He would abolish the income tax for the vast bulk of Americans and replace the revenue with a 12.5 percent value-added tax.

It's not nearly as big a problem as the 40 percent of children who are born out of wedlock.

He announced pay cuts of about 5 percent for civil servants — and 15 percent for government ministers — as well as other measures totaling 15 billion euros.

The steps included increasing the broader retirement age to 65 and cutting public salaries to bring the deficit down from the current 13.6 percent of G.D.P. to less than 3 percent in 2014.

In this slump, it is down almost 7 percent, and still has not really begun to recover.

This month, the Portuguese government agreed with the main opposition party on more austerity measures to cut its deficit faster than planned, to 4.6 percent of Portugal's gross domestic product next year from 9.4 percent last year.

It has acknowledged that the deficit, forecast at 8 percent of G.D.P. this year, needs to fall.