Example sentences of "[art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 77 per cent of children enrolled in the first grade ( Standard Sub-A- SSA ) in 1985 survived into the second year ( Standard Sub-B — SSB ) , little better than the 74 per cent of 1966 . |
| 2 | When the Under-Secretary met the TEC chairman did he apologise for the 97 per cent . |
| 3 | The long-run per capita income is therefore lower . |
| 4 | The 1.53 per cent and 1.57 per cent growth rates attributed to labour during the two periods consisted of quantitative changes ( increase in the size of the labour force and decrease in working hours per week ) and qualitative changes of labour of which education was the most important , an estimate of 0.35 per cent and 0.67 per cent respectively . |
| 5 | But as the tables show , if interest rates rise again to the 15.4 per cent level of three years ago , this would double to £20 a month . |
| 6 | Though mercy killing is still officially illegal , the law turns a blind eye to the 2.4 per cent of Dutch deaths which are accounted for by it . |
| 7 | We have gone from being the bread basket of Central America to being its basket case ; an international beggar with the largest per capita foreign debt in Latin America . |
| 8 | As a rule , large cities , especially the principal metropolises , have the largest per capita supply of trained medical personnel , the more modern health facilities , a more adequate supply of medicines , and better communication and transportation facilities , all of which support higher health standards . |
| 9 | The four key criteria on economic convergence were ( i ) that inflation should be no more than 1.5 per cent above the average of the three best-performing member countries ; ( ii ) that the government deficit should not exceed 3 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and the public debt should not exceed 60 per cent of GDP ; ( iii ) that the currency should have remained within the 2.25 per cent fluctuation margins in the European Monetary System for at least two years ; and ( iv ) that interest rates should not be more than 2 percentage points above the three best-performing states over the previous 12 months . |
| 10 | Witness the 460 per cent rise in the shares of Associated British Ports or the 250 per cent increase in those of Enterprise Oil as just two examples . |
| 11 | Growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) for 1990 was expected to be slightly less than the 9.2 per cent of 1989 . |
| 12 | If the client has a salary in excess of forty-five thousand , you still take the seventy-five per cent off the forty-five , but you could then take a third of whatever is over that forty-five . |
| 13 | As he is not a chap to do anything by halves , to get your hands on the eight per cent SGNs you 'll have to go the whole hog and invest in ‘ Work '69 : Terres a Vin ’ , a box containing six special half-bottles ( 1 Muenchberg Riesling ‘ VV ’ , 2 Muenchberg Pinot Gris and 3 Franholz Gewurztraminer ) with handmade labels and capsules pebbledashed with vineyard soil , a piece of rock from each of the three Grand Cru vineyards and a book of Andre 's poems . |
| 14 | But Labour — while winning a net 39 seats — achieved only a 2.1 per cent swing , well short of the eight per cent needed to achieve outright victory . |
| 15 | That would account for the eight per cent swing from Labour to the Conservatives , which boosted Alan Stewart 's majority in Eastwood to over 11,000 . |
| 16 | The level of settlements is well down on the eight per cent recorded in the first quarter a year ago . |
| 17 | However , a small consolation was the extra help with fuel and power costs after the eight per cent VAT charge , ’ she said . |
| 18 | Now called chief executive , Garry Hawkes says that the vast majority of the eight per cent share is with the 1000 managers and the middle management group have over 50 per cent . |
| 19 | In cast terms , the eight per cent that had to be found had the monetary value of £2 million and the agreement was that the top 15 executives had to fund half of it — the reasoning being that it is the senior people who will motivate the company and when they have had to put that amount in themselves , it concentrates the mind . |
| 20 | GAMTA sees the fifty per cent increase — ‘ horrendous though it is ’ — as only the thin end of a very thick wedge which could spell ruin for many small AOC operators in the UK , already suffering the effects of recession and higher regulatory charges than their European counterparts . |
| 21 | The proportion of Sinhalese policemen passed the fifty per cent mark in the 1920s , and continued to rise thereafter . |
| 22 | So this is the fifty per cent relationship . |
| 23 | By late yesterday afternoon Fletcher had bought about 42 per cent of UK Paper , including the 4.5 per cent stake of former bidders Metsa-Serla . |
| 24 | Ministers will also have another look at planned quota increases for Italy and Greece and demands to restore the 4.5 per cent of the milk quota which was suspended in 1987 . |
| 25 | I 'd be very surprised if he manages to keep to the 1.5 per cent increase in public sector pay . |
| 26 | He also pointed out that gross domestic product ( GDP ) grew in the first six months of 1989 by 2.4 per cent in real terms compared with the same period in 1988 , and that the 1.5 per cent growth target for 1989 would therefore be surpassed . |
| 27 | The 1.5 per cent pay rise for the public sector was announced by Mr Lamont in his autumn statement , but the details only came from the pay review bodies yesterday . |
| 28 | FLEMING Investment Trust Management has waived until 29 March the 1.5 per cent initial charge on lump-sum investments into its Mercantile PEP and is also offering a free share-exchange facility until 11 March . |
| 29 | The leader of the council , Robert Gould , said later he accepted that the 1.5 per cent pay increase was totally unrealistic , but said the unions should be directing their anger at the Conservative Government , which was to blame for the situation . |
| 30 | NALGO is claiming national support for its day of action last Thursday protesting against the 1.5 per cent pay squeeze and job cuts . |