Example sentences of "[conj] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | At present in the UK , each company has a board of directors which manages its affairs ; directors are elected , and may be removed , by shareholders in general meeting , and a general meeting normally also has a residual power , by a special resolution ( proposed as such and carried by a 75 per cent majority of the shares voted ) , to give a management direction to the board . |
| 2 | Christophe was extremely fit and used to the 100 per cent humidity , and had learnt a long time back to carry the absolute minimum — a battered still camera and two oranges for lunch — for a full day in the forest . |
| 3 | The first volume of the annual GATT trade review , entitled International Trade 1988/89 and published on Sept. 15 , 1989 , reported an 8.5 per cent growth in the volume of global merchandise trade in 1988 , the most rapid increase since 1984 ( and compared with a 5.5 per cent increase in 1987 ) . |
| 4 | Current corporate taxes of 42.5 per cent plus the " special contributions " to the refugee fund , were to be abolished and replaced by a 20 per cent flat rate company tax . |
| 5 | The controversial employee investment funds , administered with the involvement of trade unions and financed by a 20 per cent tax on business profits , would be phased out . |
| 6 | The budget kept within the overall expenditure limit set in 1988 , and provided for an 11.3 per cent increase in expenditure to ECU65,200 million , as compared with a rise of 19 per cent budgeted for 1991 . |
| 7 | He said the figures for the business rate were much better as expected with a 94.1 per cent collection rate and end of year shortfall of about £850,000 . |
| 8 | There are now two grounds for referring a prospective merger to an investigation by the MMC : ( 1 ) that the merger will promote a new monopoly as defined by the 25 per cent market share used in deciding references for existing monopoly positions , or ( 2 ) that the merger involves the transfer of at least 30 million worth of company assets . |