Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | That , Mr Sampson said , gave rise for concern with a 15.7 per cent increase during the year , which compares with a 14 per cent rise for Scotland as a whole . |
| 2 | Despite the sweeping nature of Bush 's proposals , which went beyond the 30 per cent cut in strategic nuclear weapons agreed under START [ see p. 38320 ] , only a small proportion of the US nuclear arsenal was expected to be affected , with the " triad " of ground-launched missiles , submarine-based weapons , and long-range bombers remaining intact . |
| 3 | Small desert rodents and the Bedouin goat can survive short periods of dehydration which result in a 20–30 per cent weight loss . |
| 4 | But as you progress from the 60 per cent level upwards , remember that your body is the best judge of what feels comfortable . |
| 5 | Mr Taylor refused to blame the race row that greeted his adoption 18 months ago for his defeat by Mr Nigel Jones , who won with a six per cent swing to the Liberal Democrats . |
| 6 | He was the accomplice of those who pushed for the 20 per cent . |
| 7 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 8 | Envisaging a 4 per cent real growth in 1990 , it provided for a 10 per cent reduction in public expenditure , a wage increase for public employees , and the establishment of shops to sell basic items at low cost . |
| 9 | It provided for a 3.1 per cent increase in overall spending , to a total of F1,330,360 million , against a predicted inflation rate of 2.8 per cent ( US$1.00=F5.6999 as at Sept. 16 , 1991 ) . |
| 10 | Consider for example the proposition that the average human possesses one breast and one testicle , a grievous misapplication of statistics no doubt , but less of an affront to logic than the argument of the weather forecaster , seized on by John Allen Paulos : with a 50 per cent chance of rain on Saturday and a 50 per cent chance on Sunday , he declared , ‘ it looks like a 100 per cent chance of rain this weekend ’ . |
| 11 | When the Under-Secretary met the TEC chairman did he apologise for the 97 per cent . |
| 12 | An alternative is that it consists of a few per cent silicates , all the rest being iron-rich compounds such as FeS and FeO , which have densities between those of metallic iron and silicates . |
| 13 | Inflation remained a major problem however ; although down from its 1988/89 peak , it hovered around the 60 per cent mark for most of 1990/91 . |
| 14 | He pointed to the 6.8 per cent increase in the number of income support claimants between 1991 and ‘ 92 and gave warning of the effect on the poor of the staged increases on valued0added tax on domestic fuel bills . |