Example sentences of "[noun] to a [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | House-building rebounded from a loss in 1991 to a £2.6 million profit in 1992 , thanks to a 6 per cent increase in sales to 1,289 units and improved margins , which more than made good an average 8 per cent drop in selling prices to £81,000 . |
| 2 | The voluntary agreement commits the industry to a 50 per cent . |
| 3 | It was decided instead to adopt less strict targets for these areas and to tighten the target for the rest of the continent to a 60 per cent gap reduction . |
| 4 | The UK British Aerosol Manufacturer 's Association has committed its member companies to a 90 per cent reduction in the use of CFCs by 1990 , together with a voluntary ‘ ozone friendly ’ labelling system . |
| 5 | The bill would have limited textile imports to a 1 per cent annual increase , and set quotas for most shoe imports at 1989 levels . |
| 6 | The Government has made it clear that it may not use its power of veto , which protects Jaguar from takeover until the end of next year by limiting individual investors to a 15 per cent holding . |
| 7 | This card costs approximately twelve pounds p.a. and entitles holders to a ten per cent discount on accommodation . |
| 8 | The UK accounted for the largest downward revision for GDP in 1991 , from a 0.5 per cent rise to a 2 per cent fall , noted Freeman . |
| 9 | Gaviria announced on Feb. 12 that a special tax would be levied on oil , coal , gas and nickel exports and on international telephone calls , in addition to a 5 per cent surcharge on income and other taxes ( from which low earners were to be exempt ) , in order to raise 50,000,000 pesos to establish special mobile brigades to combat the guerrillas and protect the country 's infrastructure . |
| 10 | Stockholm : Strong gains by engineer Alfa-Laval helped the index to a 0.06 per cent rise . |
| 11 | The 1990 Broadcasting Act limited newspapers to a 20 per cent stake in TV companies . |
| 12 | The employers on Friday increased their offer of 7.6 per cent and one extra day 's holiday , in answer to a 10 per cent demand with two extra days now . |