Example sentences of "[prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The programme was suspended in January 1991 because of the Gulf crisis , but in February legislation allowing for the 100 per cent privatization ( previously restricted to 49 per cent ) of companies in key sectors secured Parliamentary approval . |
| 2 | For these purposes a business or interest in a business does not qualify for the 100 per cent relief if the business consists wholly or mainly of dealing in securities , stocks or shares , land or buildings or of the making or holding of investments ( IHTA 1984 , s105(3) ) . |
| 3 | The 0 coefficients vary between 0.44 and 0.67 for the 50 per cent pass mark and between 0.44 and 0.74 for the 70 per cent pass mark . |
| 4 | A decision to cut or pass the dividend will be especially painful for Costain because of the blow it will be for the 91 per cent of shareholders who took up last year 's rights issue and because Costain will be only the second major contractor , after John Laing , to cut the pay-out . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Despite the insistence of Serbia that its actions were illegal , the Kosovo Assembly ( dissolved by the Serbian government in July 1990 — see pp. 37621-22 ) organized a referendum on Sept. 26-30 on sovereignty for the 92 per cent Albanian-speaking province of Kosovo , and proceeded on Oct. 19 to elect a provisional coalition government , headed by Bujar Bukoshi , which was recognized on Oct. 22 by Albania . |
| 7 | Many , financially stretched with community care implementation , find it hard to locate the 30 per cent needed to qualify for the 7- per cent grant . |
| 8 | That would account for the eight per cent swing from Labour to the Conservatives , which boosted Alan Stewart 's majority in Eastwood to over 11,000 . |
| 9 | For the 5 per cent discount on conference facilities , bookings must be made through 's ‘ First Place ’ offices on : |
| 10 | I intend to concentrate on provision for the 18 per cent unstatemented pupils who remain in mainstream schools but who , as Warnock reminded us , have special needs . |
| 11 | For the 42 per cent who did not attend , the success rate was about one in thirteen . |
| 12 | At the same time , the Chancellor announced that with immediate effect the threshold for the 1 per cent stamp duty charged on houses would be lifted from £30,000 to £60,000 , which will cut the cost of buying a £60,000 home by £600 . |
| 13 | Now , for the 10 per cent of house-buyers who rely on this report , or even the 15 per cent who rely on a mini-survey , that 's fine as far as it goes — and I would not wish to discourage anyone from having a professional survey , or ever advise against one — however , all the surveyors I know would prefer knowledgeable clients who had carried out their own surveys first and could present their results to them for investigation and comment . |
| 14 | In other words , money wages , interest rates and-tax payments have all been adjusted to allow for the 10 per cent rise in the average level of prices . |
| 15 | His attempts to explain away SNP support are engagingly loopy — can he seriously account for the 10 per cent increase in Glasgow by a rise in ‘ rural Conservatism ’ , or anti-Tory tactical voting ? |
| 16 | If I am right in the conclusion reached with some doubt earlier that there was consideration for the 10 per cent . |
| 17 | For the reject results the same calculations are done on the unshaded area giving revised probabilities of 0·32 for the 10 per cent and 0·68 for the 2 per cent levels . |
| 18 | For the reject results the same calculations are done on the unshaded area giving revised probabilities of 0.32 for the 10 per cent and 0.68 for the 2 per cent levels . |
| 19 | When the Under-Secretary met the TEC chairman did he apologise for the 97 per cent . |
| 20 | The 0 coefficients vary between 0.44 and 0.67 for the 50 per cent pass mark and between 0.44 and 0.74 for the 70 per cent pass mark . |
| 21 | The new pension arrangements will need to be established for the 50 per cent . |
| 22 | The problems appear critical for the 20 per cent of the Merseyside population living in the poorest council housing and especially in the district of Knowsley where 48 per cent of the population ( six times the national average ) live in such areas . |
| 23 | There is nothing cruel or stupid about providing a benefit system which more than compensates for the 20 per cent . |
| 24 | He was the accomplice of those who pushed for the 20 per cent . |
| 25 | Mr Lamont resisted persistent demands from Labour for assurances that pensioners not covered by income support would be fully compensated for the 17.5 per cent increase from April 1995 . |
| 26 | A succession of government-union talks throughout June failed to reach conclusive settlements of widespread union demands for higher wages , settlement of outstanding overtime pay , reform of the excessive wage tax , compensatory payments for the 140 per cent and 110 per cent increases respectively in gas and electricity charges introduced on May 27 , and cancellation of government plans for higher rents and other charges anticipated in the July budget . |
| 27 | Since the virus can spread through blood , transfusions could account for the 25 per cent of AIDS victims who are not gay . |
| 28 | Many people will not realise that there is a property element built in and that they qualify only for the 25 per cent . |
| 29 | Under the new arrangements there would be an ‘ intermediaries offer ’ to increase the distribution of new shares by giving private clients priority when they applied for the 25 per cent of the issue that is not distributed by the sponsor in a placing . |
| 30 | Claiming to speak for the eighty per cent of Kindertransporte refugees who were clearly Jewish ( though of these only twenty per cent were orthodox and at least fourteen per cent were non-practising ) , Schonfeld argued a policy of Jewish homes for Jewish children and , if this failed , for the RCM to devote its energies to raising money for hostels where religious supervision ( of a strictly orthodox nature ) could be guaranteed . |