Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] a [adj] [no cls] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Managers say that prudent lending and a close knowledge of local people are the reasons for a 34 per cent leap in net profits . |
| 2 | Mr Parkinson recently signalled ministerial concern by blocking BR 's plans for a 14 per cent fare rise in February . |
| 3 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
| 4 | In contrast with the opposition 's plans for a 15 per cent " consumption tax " , there would also be personal tax cuts , giving three-quarters of taxpayers a top tax rate of 30 per cent , totalling A$3,400 million in 1994-95 and A$5,200 million in 1995-96 . |
| 5 | Hopes of the Economy Minister , Domingo Cavallo , for quick progress in talks begun in January over the Argentina 's foreign debt received a setback in mid-February when creditor banks rejected his requests for a 40 per cent cut in the country 's US$31,000 million commercial bank debt , under the terms of the 1989 Brady debt reduction plan [ see pp. 36541-42 ] . |
| 6 | Oil and petroleum workers threatened industrial action in support of demands for a 310 per cent salary adjustment , for an end to plans to privatize the state oil company PETROBRAS , and the reinstatement of 800 colleagues dismissed in government cutbacks . |
| 7 | IG Metall had opened region-by-region negotiations in this sector on March 4 but employers rejected demands for a 9.5 per cent increase , offering instead 3.3 per cent . |
| 8 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |
| 9 | The most serious industrial disruption was a strike by 1,700 miners in Morocco 's largest coalfield at Jerada , 450 km east of Rabat , which began in mid-December 1988 with demands for a 20 per cent wage increase . |
| 10 | Manchester City ( £5.48 ) offered the cheapest average top-flight entrance fee , while near-neighbours Oldham hit their supporters with a 67 per cent increase to an average £6.39 , after winning promotion . |
| 11 | House-building rebounded from a loss in 1991 to a £2.6 million profit in 1992 , thanks to a 6 per cent increase in sales to 1,289 units and improved margins , which more than made good an average 8 per cent drop in selling prices to £81,000 . |
| 12 | This was in accordance with a 1987 debt restructuring agreement whereby creditor banks agreed to allow the repurchase of up to $500,000,000 of debt obligations , and in 1988 $299,000,000 had been repurchased for $167,000,000 from foreign reserves at a 44 per cent discount . |
| 13 | DIVERSIFIED USM insurance broker Oriel ( 129p ) is set for further expansion into niche areas after a 33 per cent 1991 profits increase to £2.8 million . |
| 14 | This would be an inappropriate measure for most purposes as most of the effects of a 10 per cent inflation rate ( discussed later in this chapter ) would still apply . |
| 15 | Meanwhile some 2,600,000 people in the central and southern provinces were suffering from the effects of a 60 per cent fall in agricultural production attributed to drought and conflict . |
| 16 | The UK British Aerosol Manufacturer 's Association has committed its member companies to a 90 per cent reduction in the use of CFCs by 1990 , together with a voluntary ‘ ozone friendly ’ labelling system . |
| 17 | The bill would have limited textile imports to a 1 per cent annual increase , and set quotas for most shoe imports at 1989 levels . |
| 18 | The deal does not involve them getting options on TVS shares or any large stake in the company like the package offered to executives at London Weekend Television who stand to become millionaires through a 15 per cent holding . |
| 19 | The deal does not involve them getting options on TVS shares or any large stake in the company like the package offered to executives at London Weekend Television who stand to become millionaires through a 15 per cent holding . |
| 20 | Food output increased considerably from 1700 to 1800 , accommodating the needs of a 60 per cent rise in population with , in most years , a small surplus to export . |
| 21 | The former economics professor conceded that his plan to replace six indirect taxes with a 15 per cent goods and services tax ( GST ) , which he had said was essential to make Australia competitive , had been unpopular . |
| 22 | Mr Plowden added : ‘ Last year 's forecasts of a 66 per cent rise in demand over the next 20 years brought home the enormity of the environmental threat posed by current minerals policy . ’ |
| 23 | HTV Group , the Swansea-based Independent Television contractor and fine arts dealer , beat all City forecasts with a 25.4 per cent increase in pre-tax profits to £18m in the year to 31 July . |
| 24 | A further meeting in April , at which the London Club steering committee rejected a Nigerian proposal to convert outstanding loans into 30-year bonds with a 3 per cent interest rate , was followed by the announcement that Nigeria intended unilaterally to cut interest payments on some of its debt to that level , from the agreed level of 9.5 per cent , with effect from May 1 . |
| 25 | The Government has made it clear that it may not use its power of veto , which protects Jaguar from takeover until the end of next year by limiting individual investors to a 15 per cent holding . |
| 26 | Prime among these is Wilson Bowden , the Leicestershire-based housebuilder which increased profits despite a 25 per cent fall in house sales . |
| 27 | This figure would include $800,000,000 in commercial credits , $400,000,000 in soft loans with a 1.75 per cent interest rate , repayable over 20 years , and $80,000,000 in social credits . |
| 28 | ‘ We will use whatever influence we have to the full to ensure , for example , that you do n't tax middle-managers with a 49 per cent rate at £27,000 , and you do n't tax people above £40,000 with a combined 59 per cent rate . |
| 29 | Mr Ashdown said : ‘ Imposing 59 per cent tax rates incorporating NICs at £40,000 is very bad news indeed , in particular hitting middle management , not just middle-income earners with a 49 per cent tax rate at £27,000 . |
| 30 | This card costs approximately twelve pounds p.a. and entitles holders to a ten per cent discount on accommodation . |