Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am concerned about what on earth is wrong with the other 14 per cent . |
| 2 | of the economy and I never understand why the Labour party is not interested in the other 80 per cent . |
| 3 | The location and other characteristics of the schools associated with the project suggested that the sample of low attainers drawn from them would be representative of the lowest 40 per cent of attainers nationally . |
| 4 | The VAT row gathered pace when the Treasury , after a series of Commons exchanges , confirmed that more than five million pensioners and others on low income will not be compensated in full for the planned 17.5 per cent rise in domestic fuel bills in 1995 . |
| 5 | Falling short of the necessary 75 per cent vote to approve the changes , the vote was 54 per cent in favour and 44 per cent against . |
| 6 | The first round on March 24 had failed to produce a winner because the turnout had fallen well short of the required 50 per cent , but in the second round the required 25 per cent turnout was just exceeded . |
| 7 | Due to an anticipated 50 per cent fall in natural gas sales to Argentina , however , fuel prices would rise 43 per cent , making it likely that inflation would exceed the planned 10 per cent for 1992 . |
| 8 | Your salary is £8,250 exclusive of live-in benefits , which may be assumed to be equivalent to a further 20 per cent . |
| 9 | Investment in sectors including infrastructure electricity and oil was to rise by 14.4 per cent , to be made possible by a foreseen 13.4 per cent increase in public revenues . |
| 10 | The budget for the 1989/90 financial year which began on July 1 , 1989 , included a planned 4.4 per cent increase in expenditure to KD3,549,100,000 , made possible by an expected 8.6 per cent rise in revenues to KD2,230,500,000 . |