Example sentences of "from [art] [adj] per [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supporters of official forecasts say the 1982–86 recovery saw an average annual growth rate of 3 per cent — not far removed from the 3.1 per cent average implied by the Treasury over the five years to 1996–97 . |
| 2 | The research involves the analysis and development of an extensive data base for all local authority areas in England ; use of longitudinal data from the one per cent sample from 1971/81 Census available through the City University ; locality studies involving interviews with key agencies , institutions and firms supplemented by related desk research ; social survey work on the unemployed ; and ethnographic research on specific groups . |
| 3 | The key contributor to life profits came from the 70 per cent rise in single-premium pension transfers to £73.3 million , mainly recession-related transfers from occupational schemes . |
| 4 | Its bid for 1992–3 was late , so it did n't benefit from the 50 per cent increase , and there is great pressure to meet the standards required for grant status . |
| 5 | So much so , that it has fallen from the 50 per cent standard of the 1930s , to less than 15 per cent in the late 1970s — which is no better , and in some areas far worse , than the standard already achieved before the First World War when the Probation Act of 1907 had hardly consolidated itself . |
| 6 | The effect of contested takeover bids on a company 's share price may be seen from the 139 per cent increase in the price of Rowntree 's shares during the first six months of 1988 — the best performance of any share in the FT-SE 100 index . |
| 7 | But as you progress from the 60 per cent level upwards , remember that your body is the best judge of what feels comfortable . |
| 8 | In fact the rot set in 15 years ago when Dr Coggan asked for a meeting with Jim Callaghan to lobby for the Church to be exempted from a two per cent surcharge on employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 9 | Finally , if the imbalance between Labour and Tory tabloids had been eliminated — so that equal numbers read Tory and Labour tabloids , then Labour would still have benefited from a 1 per cent swing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For example , if the economy is in the deflationary gap situation illustrated in Fig. 9 , but is also suffering from a 15 per cent rate of inflation , an increase in government spending or a cut in taxation designed to combat the unemployment is likely to worsen the rate of inflation . |
| 12 | If all the persistent readers of Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read Labour tabloids , Labour would have benefited from a 3 per cent swing ( compared to the actual election result ) . |
| 13 | If tabloids had not existed , and all those who read Labour and Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read no paper regularly ( and depended exclusively on television for their news ) , then Labour would still have benefited from a 2 per cent swing . |
| 14 | The UK accounted for the largest downward revision for GDP in 1991 , from a 0.5 per cent rise to a 2 per cent fall , noted Freeman . |