Example sentences of "per [unc] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is now one of Britain 's largest bus groups , with approaching 5 per cent of the market , which rises to between 15 and 20 per cent north of the border . |
| 2 | Since the mid 1970s this source has brought together information from census and vital registration records for a one per cent sample of the population of England and Wales . |
| 3 | The Office of Population Censuses and Surveys started a longitudinal study in 1971 by selecting a I per cent sample from the Census returns . |
| 4 | 90 per cent availability is now the norm , and there have been weeks when the 150/ 2 series , arguably the most reliable diesel trains ever to have run in Britain , have attained 100 per cent availability during the daytime . |
| 5 | A 19 per cent slump in the value of sterling against the Hong Kong dollar was a big contributor . |
| 6 | To ease the new channel 's birth , the ITC has decided it need not achieve any more than 30 per cent coverage of the country in its first year . |
| 7 | Because of the way the audience is made up , and because of different people 's viewing patterns , it requires a very heavy campaign to get anywhere near 100 per cent coverage of the audience . |
| 8 | Tariff barriers on basic grains were to be eliminated across the region by the end of the year , and duties on all agricultural produce by June 1992 ; duties on most other products should be held below a 20 per cent ceiling from the beginning of 1993 . |
| 9 | But it is reasonable to assume that Eastern Europe is still considerably better off than Brazil , which in early 1990 was reported to be $6 billion in arrears on its $115 billion debt and facing the prospect of 2200 per cent inflation during the year . |
| 10 | Yachting World readers are being offered a 10 per cent discount on the price of the service , providing they send them this page of Yachting World . |
| 11 | This is largely a convenience , as you could just as readily sell trust holdings yourself , but Gartmore offers a 2 per cent discount on the reinvestment into its own trusts , while Fidelity offers 0.5 per cent for sums over £5,000 and 1 per cent on £10,000 plus . |
| 12 | It provides discounts of up to one third on most fares and a 50 per cent discount on the Network Card for travel in London and the South-east . |
| 13 | City analysts said that the full year should see a profit of £19.5m , to give 43.5p of earnings and a 14 per cent discount to the market . |
| 14 | Assuming pre-tax profits of £230m , before one-off property income , Sears shares are on a p/e of 10.5 at 118p , a 10 per cent discount to the market , and are on a yield of over 6 per cent , exceeded only by Next and Storehouse . |
| 15 | The Liberal Democrat leader said the result had to be judged in the context of the party 's six per cent standing in the opinion polls two years ago , following the Liberal/SDP merger . |
| 16 | The Liberal Democrat leader said the result had to be judged in the context of the party 's six per cent standing in the opinion polls two years ago , following the Liberal/SDP merger . |
| 17 | Local authorities will be given a 50 per cent grant towards the cost of each shelter . |
| 18 | British Aerospace has confirmed that it has built up a 1.7 per cent stake in the company . |
| 19 | In that time , the giant multinational has bought a 40 per cent stake in the company that runs south Crofty ( which also operates a small mine at Pendarves ) as well as 18 per cent of the shares in Geevor . |
| 20 | Three years ago Rover linked up with Honda , which took a 20 per cent stake in the company . |
| 21 | ( The flotation of Leyland DAF on the Stock Market in 1989 yielded BAe £100 million for the sale of part of its 40 per cent stake in the company ; this compares with £150 million paid by BAe to the government for the whole of the Rover Group , including the Leyland DAF stake ! ) |
| 22 | These later developments were aided by the Bass brewery group taking a 27 per cent stake in the company in 1985 — after it had been sought by Grand Metropolitan , another leisure grouping . |
| 23 | A committee composed of Shamir and two other Cabinet ministers decided that initially a 25 per cent stake in the company would be sold . |
| 24 | However Greene King could relaunch their bid in the near future … and even if they do n't … they 'll still be holding a forty-three per cent stake in the company |
| 25 | MEPs are to be lobbied in Brussels on Friday and approaches will be made to leading shareholders in DAF , including British Aerospace , which has an 11 per cent stake in the company . |
| 26 | He added that Caledonian Mining remained interested in obtaining a 70 per cent stake in the company . |
| 27 | Rover , the British car maker , is taking a 20 per cent stake in the factory . |
| 28 | In August the government had sold a 31 per cent stake in the country 's largest bank , the Banco Nacional de Mexico , for $3,190 million [ for details of May 1991 bank privatization programme see p. 37449 ] . |
| 29 | The insurance group itself will be among the banking and shipping tenants with damage claims as it retained a 20 per cent stake in the building . |
| 30 | Lit also claims to have won another four per cent stake in the station from private company , Spectrum Radio Investments . |