Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economists and economic historians have been interested in measuring poverty and wealth on a per capita basis for some time , and such data have been available for some of the advanced industrial countries for many years . |
| 2 | When the government makes an award it normally provides all but about a quarter of a per cent of the extra needed . ’ |
| 3 | For example , between 1970 and 1990 the distribution of income on a per capita basis in some Third World countries became more unequal , the top 10 per cent got relatively more and the bottom 10 per cent got relatively less , while the average per capita income ( gross national product divided by population ) roughly doubled in this period . |
| 4 | The Department has previously contributed towards the cost of some such places in the voluntary sector by paying supplementation on a per capita basis to top up the amount available from the higher rate of Income Support ; or by payment of a block grant for the service . |
| 5 | But recent research shows that the ‘ constant ’ changes by a fraction of a per cent , both over a period of weeks and over several years . |
| 6 | Although the effect in any one region is small , the cumulative result is to dim the Sun by a fraction of a per cent , a year or two after solar maximum — just as observed . |