Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of this period , it could only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the current 26 voting members . |
| 2 | At the end of this period , it can only be overturned by a 75 per cent majority of all states attending a Treaty conference , which must include the present 26 voting members . |
| 3 | Specialised materials , which Tootal promised would be an engine of growth , has yet to prove its worth , though continued heavy investment could be blamed for a 40 per cent fall in profits . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At a summit meeting in June US President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev formally confirmed that a START treaty , which they expected to be completed by the end of 1990 , would be based on a 30 per cent overall cut in long-range nuclear missiles over a seven-year period . |
| 6 | The cash will be raised by a five per cent levy on all transfer fees received by the clubs and a 10 per cent cut of their end-of-season prize-money from the League . |
| 7 | In a speech to the Lok Sabha Singh announced that small and marginal farmers would be completely exempted from the rise in fertilizer prices and that the average increase for other farmers would be reduced from the 40 per cent announced in his budget to 30 per cent . |
| 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 | According to the draft budget for 1990 which was presented to Congress on Nov. 15 , 1989 , real expenditure was projected to increase by 4.7 per cent ( to be financed by a 13.4 per cent increase in public revenues ) and external debt interest payments would be reduced from 3.8 to 2.6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 10 | Seventeen records are to be stored as an 85 per cent packed direct file . |
| 11 | Foster et al show a long-run tendency for ‘ a 1 per cent increase in real income per head … to be associated with a 3 Per cent increase in local current expenditure per head ’ ( Foster et al . |
| 12 | It was reported on Oct. 16 that the 13 countries of the " Cairns Group " of agricultural exporting nations , led by Australia [ see pp. 36508 ; 37228 ] , had agreed to support the US proposal for reductions in subsidies but had demanded that the " export component " in US deficiency payments to farmers also be subjected to a 90 per cent cutback . |
| 13 | As well as the qualitative benefits brought about by greater accuracy and timeliness of information , the efficiency of the system meant that it was possible for the integration of the personnel records and wages departments to be achieved with a 40 per cent reduction in staff , natural wastage and redeployment within the organisation accounting for some 20 individuals . |
| 14 | Working for patients proposes that regions , and eventually districts , will be funded on a weighted per capita basis ( with an allowance to the Thames regions for higher prices in London ) . |
| 15 | For the pound-dollar , the mark-dollar and the lira-dollar the hypothesis that α = 0 and β = 1 can not be rejected at the 5 per cent level . |
| 16 | The new pension arrangements will need to be established for the 50 per cent . |
| 17 | Bob Carpenter at Kitcat & Aitken believes they are undervalued and should be purchased for the 7 per cent dividend yield and the group 's medium term potential . |
| 18 | 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 . |