Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj -er] [adj] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 7 Mitterrand had announced the cancellation of a further 10 per cent of Poland 's US$5,200 million debt to France , Poland 's second largest creditor . |
| 2 | However , an attempt to satisfy donors on the exchange rate was made with the announcement of a further 17.3 per cent devaluation of the shilling on Dec. 3 , 1989 , to $1.00=TSh180 . |
| 3 | One month later , it raised taxes on some products and put a four-month freeze on the prices of a further 42 per cent of products . |
| 4 | fall in investment in manufacturing industry and the CBI 's prediction of a further 4 per cent . |
| 5 | During the day , holders of a further 11.1 per cent of Armstrong shares ignored the chairman 's appeal and sold to Caparo . |
| 6 | The amount that is actually being re-used is perhaps rather larger than the public realises : PWMI estimates that 7.6 per cent of the EC 's total plastic waste of 10.7m tonnes is recycled , while the calorific value of a further 12.8 per cent is recovered by using waste as fuel . |
| 7 | González on March 7 authorized price rises for public-sector companies , including an increase in petrol prices of 124 per cent in water charges of 58 per cent retroactively to November 1989 , even though the state-run water company had already raised its prices by 87 per cent on Feb. 8 and in telephone charges , which had already risen on Feb. 8 by 112 per cent , of a further 300 per cent . |
| 8 | In 1986 the minister set BR the target of a further 25 per cent reduction by 1990 . |
| 9 | Is the Chief Secretary aware of the IMF prediction of a further 2 per cent . |
| 10 | Direct-grant schools , formally independent but associated with the maintained system , accounted for a further 1.5 per cent . |
| 11 | Oil and sewage sources accounted for 20 per cent of the total ; agricultural and industrial sources for a further 10 per cent each . |
| 12 | Among the groups that have increased , the largest single cause of the increase was divorce , 60 per cent ; an increase in the numbers of single mothers accounted for a further 34 per cent , lone fathers just over 3 per cent and separated women just under 2 per cent . |
| 13 | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors spokesman Peter Miller called for a further one per cent reduction on the stroke of midnight on New Year 's Eve . |
| 14 | In both cities men of £40-£99 accounted for a further 16–19 per cent . |
| 15 | Death during transport and in quarantine account for a further 20 per cent of each batch . |
| 16 | For a further 20 per cent , the gap was between one month and six months and for the remaining 5 per cent it was over six months . |
| 17 | The motivation factor for a further 21 per cent of the interviewees was the heroin use of the majority of their friends-sometimes loosely described as ‘ peer-group pressure ’ . |
| 18 | The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic . |
| 19 | The adults were later divided into the faster 50 per cent of readers and the slower 50 per cent , and the influence of different passage features upon the reading times of the two groups was then calculated . |
| 20 | The pound would be allowed to fluctuate initially by up to 6 per cent on either side of its central parity rate ( as was also the case for the Spanish peseta ) , but would move into the narrower 2.25 per cent fluctuation band as soon as possible . |
| 21 | By 1989/90 the Exchequer met only 43.4 per cent , with a further 4 per cent coming from a central grant that reimbursed authorities for part of the rate rebates that they gave to poor households . |
| 22 | Overall corporate profits are estimated to have fallen 15 per cent in the year to last month , with a further 7 per cent slide on the cards for 1992–93 . |
| 23 | This survey revealed that 4 per cent of adults reported that they looked after a dependant living in the same house ( i.e. they were co-resident carer ) with a further 10 per cent reporting that they looked after a dependant in another household ( i.e. they were an extra-resident carer ) . |
| 24 | Although more than half earned up to £24,000 , with a further 17 per cent getting more , low running costs were given as the main reason for their choice . |
| 25 | The Coventry muster put 53½ per cent at nil , or a few shillings , with a further 9.6 per cent at 20s. or so . |
| 26 | According to a report from the Building Research Establishment ( BRE ) , 28 per cent of privately rented homes are likely to have severe damp , with a further 19 per cent suffering from ‘ slight ’ damp . |
| 27 | A similar percentage opted for management careers , with a further 12 per cent opting for careers in commerce , management consultancy , accountancy or the City . |
| 28 | A similar percentage opted for management careers , with a further 12 per cent opting for careers in commerce , management consultancy , accountancy or the City . |
| 29 | The answer to that will depend on their own performance , because persuading the other investors to part with a further 12 per cent of their equity will only be possible if they are going to get a good return on it . |
| 30 | In 1980 , the illiteracy rate was estimated to be 40 per cent of the population over the age of fifteen , with a further 15 per cent semi-literate . |