Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] [art] [adj] [num] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most people who take a personal pension in place of SERPS will qualify for an extra 2 per cent payment by the DSS on top of the minimum contributions . |
| 2 | In his speech to the Supreme Soviet , the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for economic policy , Yegor Gaidar , said that Russia 's gross national product ( GNP ) , which had fallen by 11 per cent in 1991 , would fall by a further 19 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 3 | Shell Chemicals saw profits fall by a dramatic 95 per cent from £519m in 1990 to £23m last year . |
| 4 | Intra-Europe business , for all the promise of the Single Market , will grow at a moderate 4.3 per cent , analysts say . |
| 5 | The pound would be allowed to fluctuate initially by up to 6 per cent on either side of its central parity rate ( as was also the case for the Spanish peseta ) , but would move into the narrower 2.25 per cent fluctuation band as soon as possible . |
| 6 | Kleinwort Benson said it could lead to a further 15 per cent fall in property values . |
| 7 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 8 | As a result of a recent upgrade in Sanga-Sanga 's reserves , LASMO 's share in the Package IV sales agreements will increase from the current 25 per cent . |
| 9 | Prize money will rise by a further 18 per cent during the forthcoming year , which takes the total to £16 million , considerably more than the £1.3 million on offer in 1980 . |
| 10 | Again , with one exception to which I will come in a moment , all the main rates of income support and the related applicable amounts for housing benefit and community charge benefit , together with the credits in family credit , will rise by the full 7 per cent . |