Example sentences of "[prep] [art] 20 per " in BNC.
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| 31 | Models have shown that , with a 20 per cent conversion across Britain , cereal production would decrease by six per cent , oil seed rape by 12 per cent and milk by four per cent — not an enormous reduction when you consider the already existing and wasted surpluses . |
| 32 | Indena , Italian manufacturer of botanical derivatives for the pharmaceutical , cosmetic and health food industries , turned in a 20 per cent rise in profit in 1991 , on a $6.7m ( £1 = $1.75 ) turnover . |
| 33 | By the end of October this had resulted in a 20 per cent devaluation of the lempira against the US dollar , to which it had been tied at a fixed exchange rate since October 1989 . |
| 34 | In addition to the 20 per cent out of work , contract and part-time employment has tripled in the past five years . |
| 35 | Low-income families are put at grave risk and local authorities are unable to administer the housing benefit system efficiently because they are tied to the 20 per cent . |
| 36 | People aged 65 and over will also be covered by the restriction of the MCA to the 20 per cent tax rate . |
| 37 | We expect to have an important debate tomorrow afternoon on the 20 per cent . |
| 38 | The 1990 Broadcasting Act limited newspapers to a 20 per cent stake in TV companies . |
| 39 | In advancing northward from Nebraska to Manitoba during the period , from 1920 to 1980 , the hard red winter wheat adapted to a 20 per cent decrease in mean annual precipitation , a 4.2 °C decrease in the mean annual temperature and a 10-day decrease in the length of the frost-free season . |
| 40 | At that price an annual payment of £10 would be equivalent to a 20 per cent rate of interest . |
| 41 | This practice , according to the Insurance Service , has led to a 20 per cent jump in windscreen replacement claims to insurance companies since 1 January — a rise which could eventually push up premiums . |
| 42 | This sum is £1.30 ; in Birkenhead only 272 tenants pay less than this sum on a 20 per cent contribution . |
| 43 | of its payers are at the 20 per cent . |
| 44 | For two years my father-in-law shuffled the money around various building societies , chasing the best interest rates , which at times were around the 20 per cent mark . |
| 45 | One group on low income who will lose out consists of those people living in areas where the poll tax is levied at a higher rate than the Government calculates , and who in consequence will have to meet a 20 per cent poll tax bill that is larger than that calculated by the 20 per cent met by the Government . |
| 46 | Does the Chancellor appreciate the harm being done to the economy by the 20 per cent . |
| 47 | On Feb. 26 Ecuador , the most frequent Latin American user of the Panama Canal , protested to the Panamanian government concerning a 20 per cent increase in tolls for ships using the canal with effect from April 1 . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | FIRED by a 20 per cent surge in oil production , the Scottish economy is expected to grow this year by more than three times the UK average , according to a survey published today by the Stirling-based Mackay Consultants . |