Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [prep] a [num] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with water shares expected to soar to a 30 per cent premium on the first day of trading , Mrs Ullman 's delay on the Tube could have cost her as much as £150 . |
| 2 | The Commission had pressed for a 35 per cent reduction , while the latest compromise proposal by the Portuguese government ( which held the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers for the first half of 1992 ) argued for a reduction of 27 per cent . |
| 3 | Many big chains had pushed for a 2 per cent reduction , but believe the 1 per cent cut could still help . |
| 4 | February figures showed growth in bank and building society lending had slowed to a 5 per cent annual rate against 12.4 per cent a year ago . |
| 5 | Chief executive Mr Baker , 54 , saw his earnings increase from £135,911 to £383,935 while his workers had to settle for a 5.5 per cent wage rise . |
| 6 | Higher prices had resulted in a 76 per cent rise in Nigeria 's earnings from oil exports in 1990 , to US$13,200 million from $7,500 million in 1989 . |
| 7 | By the end of October this had resulted in a 20 per cent devaluation of the lempira against the US dollar , to which it had been tied at a fixed exchange rate since October 1989 . |
| 8 | According to the Peruvian press , however , the budget bill had allowed for a 300 per cent increase in Fujimori 's own salary and for a 17-fold increase in spending by the presidential office . |