Example sentences of "of a [adj] per cent increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | This surplus amounted to no more than 73 per cent of debt service and remittance payments ; and in spite of a 57 per cent increase in the volume of exports since 1980 , poor prices meant that the value of such exports represented a mere 24 per cent increase over the decade . |
| 2 | News of the agreement and the announcement of a 34 per cent increase to A$183 million in net profits for the six months to the end of December 1990 helped the share value to recover to stand at A$7.26 on Feb. 14 . |
| 3 | The Federation of Miners , Metalworkers and Steelworkers abandoned a 229 per cent basic wage claim and settled for Mineroperu 's offer of a 45 per cent increase with minor benefits . |
| 4 | Throughout the dispute Kenneth Clarke , the Secretary of State for Health , declared the government 's determination to adhere to its original offer of a 9 per cent increase over 18 months ( up to 16.3 per cent for the most highly qualified personnel ) . |
| 5 | In 1989 exports to Western countries rose by 9.5 per cent as against 1988 , but there was a deficit of approximately US$1,000 million because of a 6.6 per cent increase in imports . |
| 6 | I had planned to spend the day analysing the knock-on effects for the statistical clerks of a three per cent increase in the admin assistants ' salaries . |
| 7 | This achieved a 12 per cent reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide and completely eliminated emissions of sulphur dioxide , in site of a 23 per cent increase in energy consumption due to production expansion . |
| 8 | After the strike , British Coal was free to reduce its workforce from 221,000 to below 100,000 ( June 1989 ) , but was producing almost the same quantity of coal because of a 60 per cent increase in productivity ( Figure 5.6A ) . |