Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | A planned budget for 1991 estimated at $80,000 million contained provision for a 15.7 per cent rise for the social sector and one of 41.2 per cent for the controversial National Solidarity ( Pronasol ) anti-poverty programme [ see below ] which had a budget of $1,000 million in 1990 . |
| 2 | The Steelworkers , financing their programme through a 1 per cent levy on union dues , provided training for reps in fighting union-busting methods in the early 1930s ; by 1985 , they had developed a full two-day residential course on ‘ Facing Management ’ , which includes introduction exercises , and a role play ( ‘ Handle with Care ’ ) on productivity bargaining ; the course also looks at Japanese management methods , quality circles and technological change . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the Government was heading for more conflict after its confirmation of a 1.5 per cent public-sector pay rise led to protests from teachers and health workers . |
| 4 | Abulfez Elchibey , leader of the Azerbaijani Popular Front , was sworn in as President on June 16 , after receiving 59.4 per cent of the vote in a 76 per cent turnout in elections on June 7 ; there were five candidates in all . |
| 5 | The voluntary agreement commits the industry to a 50 per cent . |
| 6 | It was decided instead to adopt less strict targets for these areas and to tighten the target for the rest of the continent to a 60 per cent gap reduction . |
| 7 | On April 9 , 1991 , Michelin , the world 's largest tyre company , announced that it would be cutting its French workforce by 4,900 by the end of 1992 as part of a 15 per cent overall reduction in its 130,000-strong world-wide workforce , which would also result in job losses of 2,230 in the United States , 2,000 in Spain , and 800 in the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | They were to be abolished as part of a 50 per cent reduction in the armed forces . |
| 9 | As well as competitive asking prices , Fairview offers a choice of cash benefits , including payment of legal fees and stamp duty , and the payment of a five per cent deposit or free management charges for a year . |
| 10 | Germany 's 2.3 million public service workers are heading for their first strike for 18 years in support of a 5.4 per cent pay rise recommended by arbitrators but rejected by the government . |
| 11 | The Directorate of Public Service Management dismissed an estimated 12,000 strikers on Nov. 6 , after some 60,000 to 70,000 government and public-sector workers had taken industrial action in support of a 154 per cent wage rise , originally agreed between the National Amalgamated Union and the government , but which government officials now said could not be met in view of the budget deficit . |
| 12 | Members of the secondary school teachers ' union ( LOME ) went on strike in July 1990 in support of a 15 per cent salary increase and improved training and conditions [ see also September 1990 strikes and July austerity measures p. 37721 ] . |
| 13 | Public-sector workers began industrial action on April 27 — the first such action in the sector since 1974 — after employers rejected a mediating panel 's proposal for a 5.4 per cent wage rise on the grounds that it failed " to take account of current economic conditions " . |
| 14 | In 1967 , the TUC published a proposal for a 3 per cent tax on wealth holdings of more than £20,000 a year . |
| 15 | But Mr Fallon has criticised the county for only budgeting for a five per cent salary increase . |
| 16 | The shares were sold on to Canadian pension funds , but in February Lockwood retrieved them with backing from 3i , in return for a 30 per cent stake . |
| 17 | The government , having initially rejected a mediator 's proposal of a 5.4 per cent rise , agreed on May 4 to return to the negotiating table on May 6 . |
| 18 | By leasing he could not only spread the payments , but either enjoy for himself the benefit of a 100 per cent tax write-off on the asset of the plane in the first year , or come to some arrangement with a financier , who would build the tax deduction into the price . |
| 19 | The Court of Appeal laid down some rough guidelines in Froom v Butcher [ 1976 ] QB 286 when it decided that the defendant who succeeded in establishing that a plaintiff 's injuries could have been avoided by wearing a seat belt would have the benefit of a 25 per cent reduction in the plaintiff 's damages , even though the plaintiff was otherwise an innocent party . |
| 20 | Miners ' leaders attending a special conference of the National Union of Mineworkers in Sheffield yesterday backed away from a strike over the imposition of a 7.6 per cent pay rise by British Coal , when they realised there would be little support from members . |
| 21 | Often schoolchildren aged in their early teens , who struggle through a reading test with a 15 per cent error rate , reduce errors to 2 per cent and increase confidence visibly on first meeting a rule-based spelling . |
| 22 | March 31 : in a referendum held in Georgia 99 per cent voted in favour of independence in a 90 per cent turnout , and on April 9 Georgia proclaimed its independence . |
| 23 | On January 3 , 1979 , road transport drivers stopped work over a 25 per cent claim , paralysing dock movements , starving industry of supplies , putting thousands on short time and causing panic buying of food and threats of rationing . |
| 24 | Secondly , both houses sitting jointly as a " congress " in Versailles would have to approve the revision by a 60 per cent majority . |
| 25 | News of the agreement and the announcement of a 34 per cent increase to A$183 million in net profits for the six months to the end of December 1990 helped the share value to recover to stand at A$7.26 on Feb. 14 . |
| 26 | ADVERTISING and public relations group , Lowe Howard-Spink & Bell , yesterday saw its shares rise 9p to 422p on the announcement of a 16 per cent rise in profits before tax to £7.7m for the half year to end June . |
| 27 | And a welcome wave of cuts in mortgage rates followed in the wake of the Chancellor 's announcement of a one per cent reduction in interest rates . |
| 28 | Within hours of the announcement of a one per cent reduction in interest rates , the phones started ringing more frequently at Andrews Estate Agency in Gloucester . |
| 29 | SHARES in Turriff Corporation , the Midlands-based construction and plant hire group , put on 1p to 334p against the market trend on the announcement of a 30 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £1.76m . |
| 30 | Sterling and the French franc remained weak , despite a raising of interest rates in France , and a major outflow of funds was observed from Finland into Germany , following Finland 's announcement of a 12.3 per cent devaluation of the markka in mid-November [ see p. 38587 ] . |