Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reinvestment return is 55.74 but the reinvestment risk is that on 15 February the 1-month rate will have fallen from the 9.25 per cent expected to , say , 8.75 per cent . |
| 2 | Finally , if the imbalance between Labour and Tory tabloids had been eliminated — so that equal numbers read Tory and Labour tabloids , then Labour would still have benefited from a 1 per cent swing . |
| 3 | If all the persistent readers of Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read Labour tabloids , Labour would have benefited from a 3 per cent swing ( compared to the actual election result ) . |
| 4 | If tabloids had not existed , and all those who read Labour and Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read no paper regularly ( and depended exclusively on television for their news ) , then Labour would still have benefited from a 2 per cent swing . |
| 5 | The four key criteria on economic convergence were ( i ) that inflation should be no more than 1.5 per cent above the average of the three best-performing member countries ; ( ii ) that the government deficit should not exceed 3 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and the public debt should not exceed 60 per cent of GDP ; ( iii ) that the currency should have remained within the 2.25 per cent fluctuation margins in the European Monetary System for at least two years ; and ( iv ) that interest rates should not be more than 2 percentage points above the three best-performing states over the previous 12 months . |
| 6 | The hon. Gentleman can get rid of the 20 per cent . |