Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] a [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most countries in the South suffer from a low per capita income , a small industrial base and a lack of diversified exports , although important exceptions do exist . |
| 2 | The total volume of French defence spending for the period 1990-93 which was to have been around F470,000 million , ( in line with a 1987 law providing for a 6 per cent annual growth rate in real terms ) , was to be cut by approximately F42,000 million . |
| 3 | There was no increase in the licence fee to pay for a 50 per cent jump in programme hours . |
| 4 | SYDNEY ( Reuter ) — Australia 's airline pilots said they were withdrawing the 30 per cent pay claim at the heart of a dispute that has disrupted domestic air services and were seeking instead an unspecified rise based on a 25 per cent increase in productivity . |
| 5 | They conclude that the effect of market share upon ROI is much less than earlier studies showed and that , broadly , a 1 per cent increase in market share led to a 0.1 per cent increase in ROI rather than the 0.5 per cent earlier supposed . |
| 6 | Thousands of demonstrators protested in Tehran on July 6-12 against recent price rises including a 500 per cent rise in bus fares . |
| 7 | The dressing-down comes as a 60 per cent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday . |
| 8 | Suppose the firm 's income consists of a 50 per cent chance of £2000 and a 50 per cent chance of nothing . |
| 9 | Increased consumption of fossil fuels was in part caused by a 6 per cent reduction in electricity generated from nuclear power , due to a decline in imports of nuclear electricity from France and the prolonged shutdown of several nuclear power stations for maintenance . |
| 10 | Declining consumption of coal , oil and gas led to a 3 per cent fall in the UK 's carbon dioxide emissions , to 156 million tonnes , in 1992 . |
| 11 | The government agreed to a 100 per cent pay increase , to meet demands for job security , to index wages to inflation , to set up an inquiry into the current salaries of health workers and teachers , to reinstate all workers dismissed since March , and to involve the unions in revising the Civil Service Law . |
| 12 | Amongst those who were Conservative or Labour before the campaign , press bias had about a 6 per cent effect ; amongst those who originally had an Alliance preference it had a 23 per cent effect ; while amongst those who were originally undecided it had a 28 per cent effect — measuring all these effects in terms of the Conservative lead over Labour ( Table 8.14 ) . |
| 13 | The statement called for a 50 per cent reduction , ‘ appropriately applied ’ , in their strategic arsenals , an interim INF agreement and appropriate measures to ‘ prevent an arms race in space ’ . |
| 14 | In advancing northward from Nebraska to Manitoba during the period , from 1920 to 1980 , the hard red winter wheat adapted to a 20 per cent decrease in mean annual precipitation , a 4.2 °C decrease in the mean annual temperature and a 10-day decrease in the length of the frost-free season . |
| 15 | Whitehall faces the prospect of a new ‘ brain drain' following a 6.5 per cent pay increase for senior civil servants , union leaders said . |
| 16 | The UK has a 7 per cent of this market compared with a 5.5 per cent share of trade in goods . |