Sentences with phrase «cent of people agreed»

In all the nations surveyed, more than 73 per cent of people agreed that «Every time we use coal or oil or gas, we contribute to the greenhouse effect».

Despite the smogs in Los Angeles, 77 per cent of people agreed that «Cars are not really an important cause of air pollution».

In Britain, the land of Darwin, 82 per cent of people agreed that human beings developed from earlier species.

Not exact matches

Ms Scobie agreed that the 1 per cent increase in the group's interim and full - year COR «could» be information that a reasonable person would expect to have a material effect on the price or value of its shares, but maintained that it did not have the relevant information at the time of its upbeat AGM.

However, 20 per cent of people surveyed said they would support a boycott of the bakery and 22 per cent would agree with a government punishment including: issuing a fine, requiring an apology, issuing a warning, revoking their business license, or sending the baker to jail.

That a mere 17 per cent of people aged 18 to 24 agree that «most politicians are basically decent and honest» tells you all you need to know about political engagement.

Forty - eight per cent of Brits agreed with this statement, compared to just 22 % of people in Japan, 34 % in Sweden and 39 % in Germany.

A third of people who backed Labour (32 per cent) agree with this statement, as do 87 per cent of those who voted Tory and 56 per cent of those who backed the Liberal Democrats.

Only one in four people (26 per cent) who voted Liberal Democrat in May agree that the party should now pull out of the Coalition, as do 27 per cent of those who backed the Tories.

People who supported Mr Clegg's party in May are the least likely to agree that those with the broadest shoulders are bearing the heaviest burden of the cuts — 22 per cent, compared to 23 per cent of Labour voters and 39 per cent of Tory voters.

In a world wide survey aimed at finding out how much people know about science and the environment (see This Week), only 18 per cent of Russians and 23 per cent of Czechs said they agreed with the statement «Astrology has some scientific truth.»

Phil Cowan from Landcare Research, a state - owned research agency in Palmerston North, said that 73 per cent of people questioned in a recent survey wanted the possums exterminated and 85 per cent agreed with using contraceptive methods to achieve this.

The publications found that just two - fifths (40 per cent) of those surveyed agreed that people in the UK have equal opportunities to get on, compared with 53 per cent in 2008.

«All the people in the room agree to set the price of their book at 99 cents.

It is a constant source of amazement to me how many people spend hours poring over the latest way to save 20 cents on a bottle of ketchup, or unplugging the TV after they use it every time, only to agree to mortgage payments without reading the fine print or negotiating; therefore, even though I have 12 months before the current term on my mortgage is up, I am already exploring a few different options I will have going forward.

People like Andrew Bolt are still going on about the 1997 Oregon petition, in which a lot of people (about 1 per cent of whom had any more relevant qualifications than I do) agreed with a misleading statement sent out by a lunatic - fringe thinktank, and were then quoted as «scientists who reject global warming&rPeople like Andrew Bolt are still going on about the 1997 Oregon petition, in which a lot of people (about 1 per cent of whom had any more relevant qualifications than I do) agreed with a misleading statement sent out by a lunatic - fringe thinktank, and were then quoted as «scientists who reject global warming&rpeople (about 1 per cent of whom had any more relevant qualifications than I do) agreed with a misleading statement sent out by a lunatic - fringe thinktank, and were then quoted as «scientists who reject global warming».

The workplace study by Randstad discovered that the number of people across the world in employment who feel that they are overqualified to do their job amounts to nearly half of the population, with 47 per cent agreeing with this statement.

On the issue of historical acceptance, the Report reveals that the vast majority (94 per cent) of Australians agree that past injustices occurred towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

A recent survey found that nine - in - 10 Ontarians aged 30 to 39 and 88 per cent of those 60 plus, agree or somewhat agree that owning one's own home is more difficult for young people now than it used to be.

In the survey, 85 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement, «I think real estate continues to be one of the better investments a person can make.»