Example sentences of "cent in the first [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of male drivers killed in road accidents rose by 25 per cent in the first quarter of 1990 , a fact blamed by the Automobile Association on increasingly aggressive driving by men . |
| 2 | Rhône-Poulenc 's Speciality Chemicals sector is to increase xanthan gum production at its Melle , France , site by 30 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 3 | Despite the recession , Dior 's turnover increased by two per cent in the first quarter of 1991 , divided equally between fragrance and beauty products . |
| 4 | HPI Chairman Dr Brian Bailey said : ‘ New car sales on finance slumped by 21.1 per cent in the first quarter of 1991 , against the same three months in 1990 . |
| 5 | The package was less comprehensive than had been expected , however , for observers agreed that the options available to Lee were restricted by sharply rising inflation ( consumer prices rose by over 3 per cent in the first quarter of 1990 ) which precluded any general reduction in interest rates . |
| 6 | The yen had fallen by 11 per cent in the first quarter of 1990 , and by 25 per cent in the twelve months since March 1989 . |
| 7 | Industrial output fell by 4.5 per cent in the first quarter of 1991 compared with the same period in 1990 , falling in the engineering sector by 14.2 per cent but rising in the food industry by 13 per cent . |
| 8 | In his speech to the Supreme Soviet , the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for economic policy , Yegor Gaidar , said that Russia 's gross national product ( GNP ) , which had fallen by 11 per cent in 1991 , would fall by a further 19 per cent in the first quarter of 1992 . |
| 9 | The correlation between being Conservative and alleging anti-Conservative bias on the BBC rose from 24 per cent in the first fortnight of the campaign to 32 per cent in the second . |
| 10 | By contrast , the correlation between being Conservative and alleging pro -Conservative bias in the respondent 's own paper rose from 28 per cent in the first fortnight of the campaign to 39 per cent in the second . |
| 11 | The correlation between being Conservative and alleging anti -Conservative bias on BBC-TV rose from 24 per cent in the first fortnight of the campaign to 32 per cent in the second . |
| 12 | By contrast , the correlation between voters being Conservative and alleging pro -Conservative bias in their newspaper rose from 28 per cent in the first fortnight of the campaign to 39 per cent in the second . |
| 13 | In the pre-campaign week only 56 per cent had seen a recent opinion poll but this rose to 72 per cent in the first fortnight of the campaign and 77 per cent in the second . |
| 14 | The banks were then given the choice of exchanging medium-term debt either for ( i ) 30-year bonds with the same face value as the debt , with interest rates rising in stages from 4 per cent in the first year to 6 per cent in years seven to 30 , and with a 12-month interest guarantee ; or for ( ii ) 30-year bonds with a discounted face value of 35 per cent carrying interest at 13/16 of a percentage point above the London inter-bank offered rate ( Libor ) and carrying collateral to guarantee 12 months of interest . |
| 15 | Given that the CJA 1982 gave magistrates the powers of Youth Custody sentences of up to a year , and that these sentences increased by 67 per cent in the first year of its operation , it is hardly surprising that Taylor ( 1982 ) found that 43 per cent of black youth defendants opted for crown court trials . |
| 16 | With great reluctance , Reagan bowed to pressure from his advisers and compromised the Kemp-Roth principle somewhat by agreeing that the first cut should be delayed for a few months and reduced to 5 per cent in the first year with 10 per cent cuts in years two and three . |
| 17 | Tropical Plant Rentals , acquired in October 1988 for $41.5m , is believed to have accounted for a decline in margins in Rentokil 's environmental services division from 25.8 per cent to 23.1 per cent in the first half of 1989 . |
| 18 | Higgs and Hill sold 500 homes in 1988 , but volumes dropped by 35 per cent in the first half of 1989 . |
| 19 | INTEREST rates may be rising , pushing borrowers even further into debt , but the number of county court judgments against individuals in debt has fallen by 16 per cent in the first half of 1989 , according to figures released by the Registry of County Court Judgments . |
| 20 | At the same time , inflation began to climb after 1984 and the average minimum wage fell more than 25 per cent in the first half of the 1980s . |
| 21 | In one much-quoted case a holding of 30 acres in the manor of Plumpton , increased in scale value by nearly three hundred per cent in the first half of the seventeenth century . |
| 22 | Thailand increased its rubber exports by 31 per cent in the first half of 1985 compared with the same period the year before — yet its rubber revenues fell by eight per cent1 . |
| 23 | In February 1989 six non-OPEC ( NOPEC ) countries agreed to limit exports with a view to helping stabilize oil markets ( see p. 36478 ) , while in early March the Soviet Union also indicated that it would reduce exports by 5 per cent in the first half of 1989 . |
| 24 | The continued buoyancy of domestic demand , which grew by 7.7 per cent in 1988 and by 6 per cent in the first half of 1989 , was cited as the principal factor behind the economy 's broad-based expansion . |
| 25 | The growth in exports from eastern Europe to the developed market economies slowed from 6 per cent in 1988 to 4 per cent in the first half of 1989 . |
| 26 | While the rate of inflation had fallen from 10.9 per cent in September-October 1990 to below 9 per cent in February 1991 , unemployment in the United Kingdom ( including Northern Ireland ) had risen ( seasonally adjusted ) from around 5.7 per cent in the first half of 1990 to 6.0 per cent by October and to 7.0 per cent by February 1991 ; in the last quarter of 1990 the index of industrial production was about 3@1/2 per cent down on the figure a year earlier and gross domestic product at constant 1985 factor prices about 1@1/2 per cent lower . |
| 27 | Overall inflation was expected to accelerate to an annual rate of 5.2 per cent in the first half of 1991 , from around 4.5 per cent in December . |
| 28 | Zou 's report called for greater control of investment in fixed assets , which had reportedly risen by 21 per cent in the first half of the year compared with the same period of 1990 , so as to concentrate on priority projects including water conservation , agriculture , energy , transport , key raw materials , health and education . |
| 29 | Industrial output fell by 3.9 per cent in the first half of 1991 , compared with the same period in 1990 [ for economic performance figures for 1990 see p. 37960 ] . |
| 30 | The cut was the first since rates were raised to record levels in October 1991 [ see p. 38533 ] , and followed a sharp decline in the annual inflation rate from a peak of 16.3 per cent in the first half of the year to 8.8 per cent at end-September . |