Example sentences of "on [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | That a rule can take the form of a statement ‘ Given P , then Q on 75 per cent of occasions ’ , as is sometimes seriously suggested , is to use the concept of rule in a very dangerous and misleading way . |
| 2 | Since the residence and domicile requirements as imposed , in particular , on 75 per cent . |
| 3 | However , since the court held that a requirement that the crew reside on shore in the member state in question was not related to the aim of the quota system , no reason can be seen which might induce the court to take the view that residence and domicile requirements imposed on all owners and operators of fishing vessels and on 75 per cent . |
| 4 | The new programme provided for an average increase of 3 percentage points in turnover tax , the introduction of value added tax ( VAT ) and improved tax collection in 1993 , and a temporary 10 per cent surcharge on 75 per cent of Polish imports . |
| 5 | It concludes that damaging levels of sulphur are deposited on 75 per cent of all European forestry , with the most severe impact occurring in those eastern countries which were once communist . |
| 6 | Each of the 26 subdivisions returned raw data , having completed questionnaires on 60–100 per cent of their leg ulcer patients : all nine EHA patches were therefore adequately represented . |
| 7 | Not surprisingly adults were the most successful subjects , with speakers and listeners achieving the correct route on 92 per cent of occasions . |
| 8 | It is a remarkable fact that although Edward II received almost £240,000 in taxes from his clergy , for three quarters of that amount he was indebted to the papacy ; Edward managed to get his hands on 92 per cent of the papal tenths imposed on the English clergy in his reign . |
| 9 | We now have close on fifty per cent . |
| 10 | At one extreme the Gallup poll for yesterday 's Sunday Telegraph — showing the two main parties level-pegging , with the Liberal Democrats on 22 per cent — would result in a hung parliament , but with the Conservatives as the largest single party with 305 seats , compared with Labour 's 298 and the Liberal Democrats ' 24 . |
| 11 | A Gallup poll for The Sunday Telegraph shows Conservatives and Labour level on 37½ per cent each , virtually no change since the middle of last week . |
| 12 | On 67 per cent of the farms there was no primary school , and only 5 per cent had adult literacy classes , of which only one-third were judged to be satisfactory . |
| 13 | A Market Research Scotland survey put Labour on 43 per cent , up five points from a MRS poll five days earlier . |
| 14 | An ICM poll of 10,000 people put Labour 2.5 points ahead on 38.7 per cent , with the Conservatives on 36.2 , the Liberal Democrats on 20.4 and others on 4.7 . |
| 15 | ‘ Our machines are the first to produce high-quality images on 100 per cent cotton , and non-toxic , durable , images on mugs . ’ |
| 16 | When the exam was introduced there was outcry as people realised English in some areas was being marked on 100 per cent course work with no final examination . |
| 17 | Corail bed linen printed on 100 per cent Egyptian cotton percale , available in red , blue or green ; Double duvet cover ; pillowcase ; designed by Pierre Frey for Yves Delorme . |
| 18 | In their eyes , a ‘ Laura Ashley ’ dress , with its known emphasis on 100 per cent natural fibres , together with its cheap price and universality combined a soundness both ecological and ideological . |
| 19 | During discussions on the type of fabric suitable for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ sheets she stuck to her insistence on 100 per cent cotton . |
| 20 | And the big sheets of wrapping paper — with bold designs on 100 per cent recycled paper — are a must for wrapping up gifts . |
| 21 | This splitting has occurred on 24.4 per cent of the teeth , which is a higher percentage than has been found in any of the pellet assemblages ( Table 3.10 ) . |
| 22 | An average of last night 's polls puts Labour on 39.3 per cent , the Tories on 38.4 and the Liberal Democrats on 19.3 . |
| 23 | Consider this : every time a writer/ performer sells an album , their royalty earns them around 60p ( assuming they are on 10 per cent ) . |
| 24 | Faced with the mounting cost of a war against the American colonies , the coalition government in Westminster had instituted a punitive and highly unpopular tax by the Stamp Act of October 1783 : all registrations of baptisms , marriages and burials would be charged at 3d. a time — and so there was every incentive for local clergy , working on 10 per cent commission , to get around the parish and bring in the strays . |
| 25 | It is alarming that families with children who accept a social fund loan have to try to make ends meet on 85 per cent of their normal income support entitlement . |
| 26 | A tax on 85 per cent of Social Security benefits paid to upper-income elderly , instead of the current 50 per cent . |
| 27 | It puts support for them at 13 per cent ( up five points on last month ) , with Labour in the lead on 41 per cent ( down three ) , SNP on 24 per cent ( down two ) and Conservatives on 21 per cent ( down one ) . |
| 28 | Comparison with the 1979 LFV survey showed , however , that modern dressings had reduced the popularity of tried and tested paste bandages while doing little to counteract the possibly damaging use of antiseptics , antibiotics and corticosteroids , still used on 21 per cent of EHA , and 18 per cent of PNK leg ulcers . |
| 29 | It is applied on 35 per cent of Britain 's potato crop . |
| 30 | In future , drivers will be charged at their normal income tax rate on 35 per cent of the list price for their car . |