Example sentences of "with a [adj] per cent increase " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , combined with a 47 per cent increase in the livestock population , and an increase in human populations , led to even greater degradation between 1957 and 1964 and prompted local prohibition of clearance and cultivation . |
| 2 | Nurses , teachers , the police and local authority employees will be among those asked to make do with a 1.5 per cent increase in 1993 . |
| 3 | That compares with a 42 per cent increase in the average council house rent in Scotland since 1989 . |
| 4 | I note that the biggest single beneficiary is Scottish Opera with a 2.3 per cent increase for the coming year ; likewise , Scottish Ballet attracts the same increase . |
| 5 | This compares with a 22 per cent increase over the same period last year |
| 6 | Thomson 's Young At Heart programme to the resort is 60 per cent sold for the winter , with a 6 per cent increase in sales . |
| 7 | The European Community ( EC ) deficit with Japan increased by 33 per cent , with a 24 per cent increase in purchases of Japanese vehicles . |
| 8 | The first volume of the annual GATT trade review , entitled International Trade 1988/89 and published on Sept. 15 , 1989 , reported an 8.5 per cent growth in the volume of global merchandise trade in 1988 , the most rapid increase since 1984 ( and compared with a 5.5 per cent increase in 1987 ) . |
| 9 | With a 60 per cent increase in consumer prices reported , there were therefore substantial increases in real wages for many workers . |
| 10 | Hamilton , like the other Scottish courses , bucked the national trend of falling attendances last year with a 15 per cent increase . |
| 11 | That , Mr Sampson said , gave rise for concern with a 15.7 per cent increase during the year , which compares with a 14 per cent rise for Scotland as a whole . |
| 12 | HTV Group , the Swansea-based Independent Television contractor and fine arts dealer , beat all City forecasts with a 25.4 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £18m in the year to 31 July . |
| 13 | Manchester City ( £5.48 ) offered the cheapest average top-flight entrance fee , while near-neighbours Oldham hit their supporters with a 67 per cent increase to an average £6.39 , after winning promotion . |
| 14 | THE chairman of Tate & Lyle , Neil Shaw , received a massive sweetener to his annual salary this year with a 53 per cent increase , taking the amount to £534,000 . |
| 15 | Based on figures calculated for the united Yemen throughout 1990 , the budget forecast a deficit reduction of some 27 per cent during 1991 , with a 43 per cent increase in revenue and an increase in expenditure of only 10 per cent . |
| 16 | Foster et al show a long-run tendency for ‘ a 1 per cent increase in real income per head … to be associated with a 3 Per cent increase in local current expenditure per head ’ ( Foster et al . |
| 17 | According to figures provided by the International Civil Aviation Organization ( ICAO ) on Dec. 27 , 1989 , total air traffic in 1989 ( passengers and freight ) increased by an average of 6 per cent in comparison with 1988 , with a 3 per cent increase in passengers , an 8 per cent increase in freight and a 3 per cent increase in mail carried . |