Example sentences of "with a [adj] per cent cut " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're going to do away with standing places , with a 10 per cent cut in the number each year over the next decade , ’ a Dutch association official said yesterday . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're going to do away with standing places , with a 10 per cent cut in the number each year over the next decade , ’ a Dutch association official said yesterday . |
| 3 | Ahern also paid special attention to the motor industry , with a 1.7 per cent cut in car excise duty and a 9p per gallon reduction in petrol taxes , but vehicle road tax was to be increased by 20 per cent . |
| 4 | No firm action was taken on methyl bromide , a pesticide used as a fumigant , which has also been found to destroy ozone , and officials merely recommended a freeze on production and consumption at 1992 levels by 1995 , with a 25 per cent cut by the year 2000 . |
| 5 | Its main proposals were ( i ) a 20 per cent reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by the year 2000 , with a 40 per cent cut by 2010 ; ( ii ) a ban on offshore oil drilling in state waters ; ( iii ) a halt to logging in the ancient redwood forests ; ( iv ) a requirement that a new tree be planted for every 500 square feet of development ; and ( v ) a ban on all pesticides with the potential to cause cancer or to damage a developing foetus . |
| 6 | The ministries of Health and Social Security , Peasant and Agricultural Affairs and Education would be particularly affected , with a 50 per cent cut . |