Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] [adj] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of levels ranged from two to five , but only one scheme had a level designed for the lowest ten per cent of attainers . |
| 2 | It was they who caused a reluctant minister to accept , in 1963 , the introduction of an examination at 15 + other than O level ( the CSE examination ) specifically designed for the next 40 per cent of the ability range below the 20 per cent for whom 0 level was thought to be appropriate . |
| 3 | Our vote had collapsed to a paltry 7 per cent and the alliance of the centre now seemed capable of taking everything before it . |
| 4 | The addition of occupational pension rights to an estimate of the share of wealth owned by the poorest 80 per cent of the population in 1972 raises the figure from 10 per cent to 20 per cent , and including state-pension rights doubles this again to over 40 per cent . |
| 5 | the date when the total quantity of petroleum won and saved from the original 8.62608 per cent interest in the Ninian field attributable to the Group reaches 120 million barrels ; or |
| 6 | However , a report commissioned by the Economy and Exchequer ministries has called for logging concessions to be granted over a further 30 per cent of the country 's native forest . |
| 7 | The catastrophic effects of the most recent drought can be gauged fact that in 1967 the country imported over 30 per cent of its food requirements and yet only seven years later this figure had risen to a colossal 96.5 per cent in what is nominally an agrarian economy . |
| 8 | Promoted by an alliance of environmental groups and backed by film stars and a $10 million advertising campaign , the bill initially looked set to pass , but was finally defeated by a decisive 64-36 per cent . |
| 9 | Cars : Car benefits enjoyed by company employees are to be taxed by a further 10 per cent . |
| 10 | By the end of the inquiry the Board admitted that this had risen by a further 10 per cent . |
| 11 | The recovery programme was to be paid for by reversing the tax gains made by the top 5 per cent of earners under the Conservatives , although specific details were not published , and by reversing the 2p cut in the basic rate of income tax proposed in the 1987 Conservative Budget . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , Clinton 's dignified television performance ( seen by an estimated 40 per cent of the electorate ) , together with inconsistencies in some of the claims of Flowers , and the withdrawal of the Nichols lawsuit , appeared to have rescued the Governor 's campaign from the point of destruction . |
| 13 | Company profits are now expected to be level this year compared with a near 2 per cent fall last November , but next year 's improvement has been cut from 4.4 per cent to 2.9 per cent . |
| 14 | For example , the fat content of our diet represents over 40 per cent of our energy compared with an ideal 15–30 per cent . ’ |
| 15 | The Bank of Sweden on Sept. 14 reduced its marginal rate from 75 to 20 per cent , but in the face of huge renewed outflows the maximum level was on Sept. 16 raised to a draconian 500 per cent although this maximum was cut a week later to 50 per cent and on Sept. 28 to 40 per cent . |
| 16 | According to the administration 's budget proposals , the budget deficit would reach a record $318,100 million in fiscal 1991 but drop to $280,900 million in fiscal 1992 , based on an estimated 5.7 per cent rise in revenues to $1,165,000 million . |
| 17 | This may help to explain why the country has a national debt of about 120 per cent of GNP , one of the highest in the world , compared to a modest 35 per cent in Britain . |
| 18 | Provision of nursery education is like a geographical lottery , says Ms Robinson , with as many as 68 per cent of Hounslow tots catered for , compared to a meagre 19 per cent in North Yorkshire . |
| 19 | Revenue-raising measures under the plan included ( i ) the stamping out of tax evasion , especially of capital gains tax , and reform of the tax penal law ; ( ii ) increases in general taxes on assets ( up by 2 per cent ) and on assets in the services sector ( up by 4 per cent ) ; ( iii ) higher taxes on the purchase and sale of foreign exchange , although the stamp tax would be eliminated and import tariffs cut to 11 per cent for semi-finished goods and raw materials , while previous item-specific duties would be replaced by a single 22 per cent duty ; ( iv ) the elimination of remaining tax discrimination favouring foreign investments ; ( v ) the increase of value added tax ( VAT ) to rates of between 16 and 25 per cent and increased taxes on bank loans ; and ( vi ) rises of 33 per cent in fuel taxes and adjustments in the rates charged for all public services , which acknowledged the continuing steep fall of the austral against the dollar . |
| 20 | In December petrol prices were raised by a further 32 per cent , whilst on Jan. 3 , 1991 , Aquino signed an executive order which imposed an additional 9 per cent duty on almost all imports , including oil . |
| 21 | Last year he took part in the London race along with 27,000 others , being placed in the top six per cent at number 1,442 . |
| 22 | Over the period 1957–65 for US manufacturing , extra sales by overseas subsidiaries counted for an estimated 13 per cent of the total increase in production ( additional exports accounted for only a trivial 2 per cent ) . |
| 23 | There is no doubt that the Brussels Agreement provided for a significant 25 per cent expansion in the resources available to the EC . |
| 24 | Inflation had been reduced from an estimated 95 per cent in March to 11.4 per cent in April and the local currency , the austral had been stabilized against the US dollar , firming from around US$1=6,000 australs in March to US$1=5,000 australs as at May 31 . |
| 25 | The leadership wants to see the proportion of union voting strength at party conferences reduced from the current 70 per cent — down for the first time this year from the traditional 90 per cent — to an eventual 50 per cent . |
| 26 | For Belgium to qualify for the European Communities ' final stage of economic and monetary union [ see p. 38658 ] , the budget deficit would have to be reduced from the current 6.4 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) to 3 per cent by 1996 . |
| 27 | of the county , so that although some of these sites are of great importance to birds , most birds are found in the other 99.5 per cent . |
| 28 | By contrast , the annual baseball World Series pulled in 20 per cent of the potential U.S. television audience , while the Super Bowl pulled in a whopping 40 per cent share . |
| 29 | The analysis of patterns of class based inequality that has been presented so far clearly indicates the existence of people who experience considerably disadvantaged life chances , those for example who are found among the lowest 20 per cent of income earners . |
| 30 | The impact of the two is underlined by the sharp 24.7 per cent drop in turnover in the six months to 31 December , traditionally CALA 's weaker half . |