Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] per [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the first quarter of 1991 exports to former Eastern bloc countries fell by 79.1 per cent and imports from them by 67.3 per cent , whereas exports to hard-currency areas rose by 28.5 per cent and imports from them by 100 per cent after a 58 per cent devaluation in the zloty in January 1990 to a rate of US$1.00=Zl9,500 , and further devaluation in May 1991 to $1.00=Zl11,100 [ see p. 38208 ] . |
| 2 | Ten years later , after a 17 per cent drop in the secondary school population of the area , suspensions are up 230 per cent , the centres admit suspended as well as pre-suspension pupils and a fourth centre has been opened . |
| 3 | The budget was based around a forecast of zero growth in gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992 , after a 5 per cent GDP reduction in the severe recession in 1991 . |
| 4 | Whitehall faces the prospect of a new ‘ brain drain' following a 6.5 per cent pay increase for senior civil servants , union leaders said . |
| 5 | The drive behind the campaign for so-called ‘ fairer voting ’ comes predominantly from leftish groups who believe there is an anti-Thatcher majority in the country which the electoral system enables her to flout on the strength of a 42 per cent minority . |
| 6 | The report singled out three recent incidents : a demonstration in Kishinev ( the capital ) on Jan. 8 , when a funeral procession for a Moldavian youth who had died in suspicious circumstances had turned into a rally by up to 10,000 people protesting against Soviet and communist rule , and fights had ensued between rival gangs of Moldavian and Russian youths ; a picket of the district Moldavian CP committee building in the town of Chadyr Lunga by members of the Gagauz minority demanding creation of their own autonomous republic ; and a referendum on Jan. 28 called by the city soviet in Tiraspol , Moldavia 's second largest city , in which the predominantly Russian population had voted overwhelmingly ( over 96 per cent of a 92 per cent poll ) to declare greater autonomy for the Tiraspol district and to support the possible declaration of Tiraspol and neighbouring Russian-populated towns as an autonomous republic ( Tiraspol had been one of the main centres of strikes by Moldavia 's Russian and Ukrainian population in August-September 1989 against greater Moldavian language rights — see pp. 36855 ; 36898 ) . |
| 7 | ADVERTISING and public relations group , Lowe Howard-Spink & Bell , yesterday saw its shares rise 9p to 422p on the announcement of a 16 per cent rise in profits before tax to £7.7m for the half year to end June . |
| 8 | In spite of a 16 per cent rise in Hydro 's oil production to a record high , selling prices slipped over the year from $20 to $19 a barrel . |
| 9 | This surplus amounted to no more than 73 per cent of debt service and remittance payments ; and in spite of a 57 per cent increase in the volume of exports since 1980 , poor prices meant that the value of such exports represented a mere 24 per cent increase over the decade . |
| 10 | The Court found that the application of a 5 per cent hurdle throughout Germany ( below which parties could not win representation ) would disadvantage smaller parties . |
| 11 | Defending the increasingly indefensible policy of a 5 per cent pay norm led the government into growing difficulties . |
| 12 | The workforce at France 's most successful car manufacturer has rejected an earlier management offer of a 1.5 per cent pay rise and , in the face of what is widely seen here as management intransigence , the government reluctantly got involved in the private sector dispute yesterday evening , announcing that it would appoint an official conciliator . |
| 13 | The revised output figures , confirming an 0.2 per cent rise in gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of last year , made up of a 6.3 per cent rise in oil and gas production , a static service sector , and falls of 0.2 per cent in manufacturing , 0.8 per cent in construction and 1 per cent in farming , provided little fresh inspiration . |
| 14 | This would be an inappropriate measure for most purposes as most of the effects of a 10 per cent inflation rate ( discussed later in this chapter ) would still apply . |
| 15 | A 13 per cent hike in the interim dividend to 3.4p was accompanied by the promise of a 10 per cent rise in the final dividend . |
| 16 | The combination of a 10 per cent rate of interest with a £67.5 million level of income represents a second point on the LM curve , plotted as point D in graph ( d ) . |
| 17 | The deal came against the background of a 10 per cent decline in world prices since mid-October . |
| 18 | SHAREHOLDERS in Pacific Horizon Investment must be congratulating themselves on their decision last August to switch the trust 's investment management from Jupiter Tyndall to Edinburgh 's Baillie Gifford , after news yesterday of a 38.8 per cent leap in net asset value per share at halfway , writes George Duthie . |
| 19 | The population of England and Wales was undergoing a further massive increase — nothing short of a fifty per cent rise in the years from 1801 to 1831 — and the effects of the recent Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions hardly needed a post-war depression to make matters even worse for the poor . |
| 20 | The government , having initially rejected a mediator 's proposal of a 5.4 per cent rise , agreed on May 4 to return to the negotiating table on May 6 . |
| 21 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 22 | Against a background of a 3.9 per cent decline in GDP during 1990 , total expenditure was projected at G$17,600 million . |
| 23 | The profits growth came on the back of a 26 per cent rise in sales to more than £53m , with the total number of units sold up from 676 to 745 in the year . |
| 24 | News of the agreement and the announcement of a 34 per cent increase to A$183 million in net profits for the six months to the end of December 1990 helped the share value to recover to stand at A$7.26 on Feb. 14 . |
| 25 | By leasing he could not only spread the payments , but either enjoy for himself the benefit of a 100 per cent tax write-off on the asset of the plane in the first year , or come to some arrangement with a financier , who would build the tax deduction into the price . |
| 26 | And a welcome wave of cuts in mortgage rates followed in the wake of the Chancellor 's announcement of a one per cent reduction in interest rates . |
| 27 | Within hours of the announcement of a one per cent reduction in interest rates , the phones started ringing more frequently at Andrews Estate Agency in Gloucester . |
| 28 | As well as competitive asking prices , Fairview offers a choice of cash benefits , including payment of legal fees and stamp duty , and the payment of a five per cent deposit or free management charges for a year . |
| 29 | However , in the event of a 1 per cent fall in the market rate , the return of the security is expected to decrease by less than 1 per cent . |
| 30 | The Federation of Miners , Metalworkers and Steelworkers abandoned a 229 per cent basic wage claim and settled for Mineroperu 's offer of a 45 per cent increase with minor benefits . |