Example sentences of "[prep] 10 per [no cls] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company said that the number of people eating in its Chef & Brewer and Berni restaurants had fallen by about 10 per cent . |
| 2 | The company said that the number of people eating in its Chef & Brewer and Berni restaurants had fallen by about 10 per cent . |
| 3 | Up to about 10 per cent of tin gives an alloy that is red to gold in colour and ductile enough for easy shaping by hammering , provided that the alloy is annealed ( heated to remove internal stresses ) . |
| 4 | Prices have remained relatively stable and have increased by about 10 per cent a year , according to John Morton Morris of Hazlitt Gooden and Fox . |
| 5 | Nonetheless , R&D that is not related to defence has declined by about 10 per cent since Reagan took office , once inflation is accounted for . |
| 6 | Although the total numbers used in the USA are vastly higher , Rollin ( 1981 : 91 ) gives a figure of around 100 million for 1980 but this had reportedly declined by about 10 per cent by 1988 , the percentage breakdowns are remarkably similar . |
| 7 | At present about 10 per cent of pregnancies in Britain are at risk of producing a genetically " diseased " baby . |
| 8 | A conscious decision was taken to devote a proportion of the R&T budget [ at present about 10 per cent ] to strategic work , the remainder being funded by the businesses . |
| 9 | The remaining 70 per cent equity stake would be held initially by a " state ownership fund " , which would be required to sell off 10 per cent per year , with advantageous terms for the employees of the enterprise in question . |
| 10 | By 1979 , after another spell of Labour government the nationalized industries accounted for 10 per cent of GDP , 15 per cent of national investment , and 8 per cent of employment . |
| 11 | In return , the chairmen will want the PFA to drop their demands for 10 per cent of the TV revenue . |
| 12 | Based on 1987 European Monitoring and Evaluation ( EMEP ) figures , the UK was responsible for 10 per cent of the sulphur deposition that fell on Norway . |
| 13 | The English Tourist Board forecast is for 10 per cent growth in conference spending over the next two years . |
| 14 | It is no longer enough to divide the records into two groups , and the analysis has been carried out on the nine separate groups of records responsible for 10 per cent , 20 per cent , 30 per cent … , 90 per cent packing . |
| 15 | Home care accounts for 10 per cent of SSD net expenditure and 25 per cent of all staff . |
| 16 | A draft agreement containing proposals for 10 per cent of the total volume of a country 's textile imports effected under bilaterally negotiated MFA quotas in 1990 , to be brought under GATT rules as of 1992 , was still under discussion when the Uruguay Round was suspended in December [ see p. 37930 ] . |
| 17 | The group has invested heavily in building up its Mercury business in the UK and is also committed to the expansion of its PCN business but the disposal of between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of Hong Kong Telecom will allay concerns about the group 's funding requirements . |
| 18 | These loans , at rates varying between 10 per cent and 18 per cent , were useful for helping the Crown over its successive liquidity crises , but , since none was for more than twelve months and some were for less , they failed to lighten the Crown 's burden in the long run . |
| 19 | The level at which tax becomes payable has risen from £25,000 to £110,000 and the rates have been changed from an amount varying between 10 per cent and 75 per cent , to a single rate of 40 per cent . |
| 20 | Even so , to proclaim so dogmatically a single-figure norm ( instead of something attainable such as 10 per cent ) was widely perceived to be a mistake . |
| 21 | HOLIDAYMAKERS could face average price rises of 10 per cent if a proposed EC directive aimed at increasing consumer protection is implemented , the Director of the Association of British Travel Agents warned yesterday , writes Patricia Wynn Davies . |
| 22 | Union leaders , however , were already invoking probable mortgage rises as a reason for an increase in excess of 10 per cent . |
| 23 | Figures for the year ended 31 March 1989 , due to be published at the end of the year , show an overall 8 per cent drop in the use of the ‘ green form ’ initial advice and assistance scheme , as compared with an overall increase the previous year of 10 per cent . |
| 24 | The interim dividend is 2.75p , a rise of 10 per cent . |
| 25 | Mr Michael Howard , the Housing Minister , said that the rent guidelines , published yesterday , assumed there would be a national increase of 10 per cent in gross rent income . |
| 26 | Home buyers approach the end of the decade seeing the value of their homes fall by an average of three to four per cent over this year and the prospect of an average fall of 10 per cent next year . |
| 27 | The steep post-war decline was arrested by the Korean War re-armament programme , which reached a peak of 10 per cent GDP in 1953 . |
| 28 | The Import Duties Bill of February 1932 also imposed a general tariff of 10 per cent on almost all imports , and the Import Duties Advisory Committee , which it formed quickly , raised the tariff to 20 per cent on manufactured goods , to between 25 and 30 per cent on luxury goods and to 33 per cent on chemicals and a wide range of other goods . |
| 29 | In the UK , investment during 1991 is estimated to have fallen by 15 per cent in real terms , compared with the forecast drop of 10 per cent , according to the CIA 's panel . |
| 30 | It is generally accepted that energy reductions of 10 per cent may be possible through simple steps which are often termed ‘ good housekeeping ’ . |