Example sentences of "[prep] [art] 4 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Success now was of the kind associated with Henry Pelham , who during his time at the Treasury from 1749 to 1757 rescheduled almost 90 per cent of the 4 per cent debt , down to 3.5 per cent in 1750 and down again to 3 per cent by 1757 . |
| 2 | Holders of less than £500 formed around 21 per cent of the total number of accounts in both Bank and East India stock , 38 per cent of holders of the 4 per cent stock and more than half of the holders of South Sea stock , but in all four cases this group held less than 10 per cent of the total stock . |
| 3 | Holders of £500 to £1,000 worth formed 31.4 per cent of the East India stock hold-ers , 22.9 per cent of the Bank 's , 18 per cent of the South Sea Company 's and 19 per cent of the 4 per cent 's . |
| 4 | For new short-term borrowings ( which on several occasions rose above £100 millions ) the BEA were charged bank rate ( or only slightly more ) : this rose from 2 per cent under Labour to 4 per cent in March 1952 , falling slightly in the following years , but rising again and , from February 1955 never falling below the 4 per cent level . |
| 5 | The workers at Hawick , Galashiels , Earlston , Berwick and Arbroath voted 732 to 670 against a 4 per cent pay rise plus an extra day 's holiday by 732 votes to 670 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There is speculation that the Government is working to the rule that for every 4 per cent depreciation of the pound , there would be a 1 point rise in base rates to maintain the tightness of monetary policy . |
| 8 | The solution sought was the conversion of as much of the debt as possible into long-term funded redeemable debt , as in 1763 at the end of the Seven Years War when £3,670,739 worth of Navy and ordnance debt was converted into a 4 per cent stock funded on " earmarked " tax revenue . |
| 9 | Bayer fared slightly better than its rivals , turning in a 4 per cent drop in pre-tax profits during the first nine months of the year — from DM 2750m to DM 2640m . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Animal health profits rose 5 per cent on a 4 per cent higher turnover , and consumer brands ' profits were up 1 per cent , on a 12 per cent higher turnover . |
| 12 | As a result the cost of living will rise , inflation will hover around the 4 per cent mark for much of the next two years , but it will not measure the much larger deflationary effects of the Budget as a whole on incomes and spending power . |