Sentences with phrase «cent would prefer»

Thirty - seven per cent of those 55 plus who intend to purchase a home in the next two years indicated they would prefer a smaller home, while 40 per cent would prefer the same size home.

A recent survey of 324 British companies by the consultancy KPMG Peat Marwick showed that 79 per cent of them avoided the DTI's schemes; 86 per cent would prefer tax credits which would leave them free to spend the extra money on projects of their choice.

The survey also found that 50 per cent of teachers reported applications taking far too long to complete, with 34 per cent would prefering to submit a CV.

Not exact matches

Buffett himself noted in a recent annual letter that if Bank of America (bac) were to lift its annual dividend above 44 cents a share before 2019, «we would anticipate making a cashless exchange of our preferred into common.»

Pat, who prefers to walk whenever possible, says, «If I do choose to have public transport, I can take either a motorbike taxi for 50 cents or a tuk - tuk for $ 1.»

Dividends on its $ 3bn of preferred stock will be taxed at the 35 per cent rate for foreign dividends, rather than the 14 per cent rate that would prevail in the US, according to people familiar with the arrangements.

The wholesale price index — the preferred inflation measure in India — was 6.5 per cent higher over the year to December, having risen by 8.7 per cent over the year to August.

A C.D. Howe Institute study shows that of all prime working - age workers in part - time positions, 50 per cent of men and 33 per cent of women would prefer full - time employment.

Eighty five per cent (188/221) of women who had previously delivered in hospital preferred the home birth even though 66 % (146) had found the hospital experience not unpleasant.

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Asked whether they would prefer a single - party government, 67 % agreed and just ten per cent wanted another coalition.

The previous government had planned to increase employer national insurance contributions by one per cent as part of its deficit reduction strategy (Alistair Darling, the then chancellor, has subsequently stated that he would have preferred to have increased VAT instead), and after taking office the coalition government only partially reversed this decision.

The politicians do still have the edge for best Prime Minister over a selection of celebrity figures — with Ed Miliband (17 per cent), David Cameron (15 per cent) and Boris Johnson (15 per cent) preferred to Alan Sugar (12 per cent) or Russell Brand (12 per cent).

Forty per cent said they would prefer to be categorised as «English» rather than the standard «British» on their passports.

And as John Rentoul, from his eagle - eyed perch, summarised at the weekend, forty per cent of voters think likely Cameron will return as Prime Minister, forty three per cent believe him to be better at managing the economy, thirty six per cent prefer him to handle immigration and forty two per cent believe he has «the qualities needed in a leader».

Out of those polled 72 per cent said they would prefer a majority government while 20 per cent said they would prefer a hung parliament.

When asked who would make the best prime minister, 25 per cent of those questioned opted for the Conservative leader, ahead of 24 per cent for Mr Miliband, with 4 per cent preferring Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

However today's poll showed that 54 per cent of voters would prefer not to put money into a new generation of Trident warheads.

The real terrorists, which I prefer to label «greedy f# * ks, are the corporations big enough to take their operations to third world companies where they can get away with paying people 40 cents a day, can evade all responsibility for shoddy buildings collapsing and killing / injuring a thousand people, where workers have to handle toxic chemicals without any protection (or lose their jobs) etc etc etc..

About 37 per cent of respondents aged 16 to 24 said they would prefer to send their children to an Islamic school, compared to 25 per cent of 45 to 54 - year - olds and 19 per cent of the over 55s.

A ComRes survey of 100 City bosses for the Independent found 64 per cent want the Conservative MP to be the next mayor, vastly outstripping the 24 per cent backing Boris and the 15 per cent that would prefer Brian Paddick.

However, only 28 per cent say their preferred outcome in 2015 would be another Lib - Con coalition — just one point more than the number who want a Labour majority government.

Asked what the next government should do in the event that it has to find more money than it expects, 30 per cent said it should increase taxes more than planned «in order to limit the impact on public services», but 55 per cent preferred to «reduce spending more than planned, in order NOT to increases taxes further».

Presented with a decision between a Conservative - Liberal Democrat coalition and a Labour — SNP arrangement, 45 per cent of voters say that they would prefer the Con - Lib option, compared to just 33 per cent who prefer Lab - SNP.

Among those saying they'd be willing to undergo rapid HIV testing in a dental setting, 76 per cent preferred an oral saliva swab, 15 per cent preferred a pin prick test, and eight per cent preferred a traditional blood test that draws blood through a needle.

In comparison, 31 per cent of singles surveyed said they'd like to date someone who is into other sports than rugby and just 12 per cent admitted to preferring those who hate all sport.

The results were fascinating: 58 per cent of singles declared that they would prefer to date `' someone who is really passionate about rugby.»

Indeed, while the majority of men (52 per cent) would prefer to watch the RWC `' with a date,» just 39 per cent of women feel the same.

Thought people could get a trial membership for just 99 cents, people would still prefer to look around the site before they take out their credit / debit card.

In fact, 58 per cent of singles surveyed declared that they would prefer to date `' someone who is really passionate about rugby.»

Nearly a third (28 per cent) would prefer to receive advice from a private message sent directly to their smartphone.

According to ParentMail, over 90 per cent of parents say they would prefer to pay for school items online, as it's more convenient than sending in cash or cheques.

School staff stated what they thought the biggest challenges would be in going fully cashless: 43 per cent said they believed parents prefer to pay with cash; 43 per cent believed parents hadn't got access to the internet; nine per cent said cost to school; and five per cent stated online security.

Comprehensive schools came a close second with 41 per cent, while secondary moderns was the least favoured choice with just 12 per cent of parents saying they would prefer their child to learn at one.

Although Kindle Countdown promotions were set up as a means of discounting your pricing in increments and gradually returning to the retail price, the preferred method with most authors has been to discount to 99 cents for one to five days (typically three days) and then return to retail.

Some 46 per cent said they'd prefer a Windows device.

Pre-orderers will have already received their copies, but for those who prefer to wait until a book is live (I'm totally like this) you can still get it at the promotional price of 99 cents.

The «preferred price» for a digital download from a number of commenters would seem to be 99 cents.

When asked why, 17 per cent said they preferred other investment options such as tax - free saving accounts, but 41 per cent said they didn't have the money and 14 per cent said they had other financial priorities.

One buying opportunity in preferreds that Cheng has taken advantage of is Brookfield Office Properties Inc. «s (series T) rate resets, which offer a current dividend yield of about 5.5 per cent and are callable in December 2018.

Another beaten - down rate reset he has purchased is Element Financial Corp. «s (series G) preferred shares, which offer a current dividend yield of about 6.8 per cent, or an after - tax interest yield of about 10 per cent.

High - yield bonds are into their second year of sub-par returns, and much of Canada's preferred share market (fixed floaters and rate resets) has declined approximately 25 per cent in the past year.

RateSupermarket.ca asked participants whether they'd prefer spending that $ 46,000 somewhere else and luckily, nearly 45 per cent said they would.

Would you rather the larger account be your tax - deferred RRSP account, where your withdrawals are 100 per cent taxable to you, or would you prefer that growth in your more tax - efficient accoWould you rather the larger account be your tax - deferred RRSP account, where your withdrawals are 100 per cent taxable to you, or would you prefer that growth in your more tax - efficient accowould you prefer that growth in your more tax - efficient accounts?

I know correlations depend on each company's particular business model, but I'd prefer to invest in a sugar company when sugar is back down at 12 cents or less, I missed it last time» round.

My 2 cents — I have not been hustled at the water taxi but prefer to fly when ever I can because it is so much easier and super fun.

Two out of three (67 %) Chinese consumers now prefer to travel independently, up five percentage points on 2013, while more than 60 per cent of hoteliers have seen a boost in the number of independent travellers in the last two years.

While 1.6 cents is what I regard as a low valuation for points (I prefer to redeem my miles and points for at least 5 cents per point in value, if not 8 or 10 cents or more per point), 1.6 cents isn't horrible given that you'd also be earning miles on the paid flight.

Industry sources said instead of IPOs, life insurers would prefer diluting their stake in favour of their foreign joint venture partners, if the FDI limit is hiked to 49 per cent from current 26 per cent.

However, not even 10 per cent of the total number of policies in the industry has been digitised due to both the reluctance of some industry players because of costs involved and the customers, who still prefer physical policy documentation.