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241. Costs have been cut by 30 to 50 per cent.

242. Sixty per cent of all marital separations occur before the tenth year of marriage.

243. Only nine per cent were found to be genuine political refugees.

244. Economic growth has averaged at a respectable 2.5 per cent.

245. Buses carry 30 per cent of those travelling by road.

246. Now is the time for the Chancellor to take the bull by the horns and announce a two per cent cut in interest rates.

247. The French, I believe,(www.Sentencedict.com) restrict Japanese imports to a maximum of 3 per cent of their market.

248. About 60 per cent of an average car is sourced from outside of the manufacturer.

249. Bank base rates have fallen from 10 per cent to 6 per cent — a decrease of 40 per cent.

250. Russia was cutting procurement of new weapons "by about 80 per cent", he said.

251. Thirteen per cent of Christie's coin and banknote auction went unsold.

252. The view was that the economy would grow by 2.25 per cent. This would limit unemployment to around 2.5 million.

253. The fall in the value of the yen might result in a fractional increase in interest rates of perhaps a quarter of one per cent.

254. The Cambodian currency was effectively devalued by 25 per cent.

255. The advisers are delaying the key decision on whether to float 60 per cent or 100 per cent of the shares.

256. Research has shown that hormone replacement therapy can reduce the risk of fracture by 50 to 60 per cent.

257. After a $75 deductible, Medicare pays 80 per cent of doctors' bills.

258. One per cent commission is charged for cashing traveller's cheques.

259. 70 per cent of airports in the Far East will have to be upgraded.

260. Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.

261. The disease affects fully 30 per cent of the population.

262. Unmodernised property can sell for up to 40 per cent of its modernised market value.

263. Together they account for less than five per cent of the population.

264. Ten per cent of the work-force will be made redundant.

265. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 5 per cent.

266. Some 25 per cent of the people who are entitled to claim State benefits do not do so.

267. Growth in the Gross Domestic Product decelerated significantly, from 10.5 per cent in real terms in 2000 to a mere 0.1 per cent in 2001.

268. The final count in last month's referendum showed 56.7 per cent in favour.

269. She got a rake-off of 5 per cent from the deal.

270. Growth in the Gross Domestic Product ( GDP ) decelerated significantly, from 10.5 per cent in real terms in 2000 to a mere 0.1 per cent in 2001.