Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] a [num] per cent " in BNC.
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1 | All these undertakings are companies , and hereafter are identified as such , except for a 50 per cent interest in a general partnership [ Unimar Company ] which is consolidated on a proportionate basis . |
2 | The 1991 budget presented by Finance Minister Albert Reynolds on Jan. 30 provided for a 1 percentage point reduction in both the standard and the higher rate of income tax , and for a 4 per cent increase in welfare payments . |
3 | The cut was due in part to a recent series of pipeline ruptures and oilfield accidents and to a 4 per cent drop in Soviet oil production in the first half of 1990 ( as compared with the same period in 1989 ) . |
4 | Bus deregulation in other parts of the country has led to much innovation in the bus industry and to a 19 per cent . |
5 | After the strike , British Coal was free to reduce its workforce from 221,000 to below 100,000 ( June 1989 ) , but was producing almost the same quantity of coal because of a 60 per cent increase in productivity ( Figure 5.6A ) . |
6 | In 1989 exports to Western countries rose by 9.5 per cent as against 1988 , but there was a deficit of approximately US$1,000 million because of a 6.6 per cent increase in imports . |