Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a 30 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
| 2 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |
| 3 | The shares were sold on to Canadian pension funds , but in February Lockwood retrieved them with backing from 3i , in return for a 30 per cent stake . |
| 4 | SHARES in Turriff Corporation , the Midlands-based construction and plant hire group , put on 1p to 334p against the market trend on the announcement of a 30 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £1.76m . |
| 5 | The fisheries council meeting in Brussels decided to take no immediate steps to curb imports and rejected a French demand for a 30 per cent increase on minimum import charges . |
| 6 | Wealth creation measures included the scrapping of a 30 per cent tax on money repatriated from abroad . |
| 7 | The principal points include : , setting a target for a 30 per cent reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 ; , a total ban on the use of chlorofluorocarbons by 1994 ; , introducing an " energy tax " to encourage conservation of energy ; , adopting a system of marketable " permits to pollute " , which could be traded between companies ; , introducing road pricing and peak hour bans on cars in congested city centres ; , phasing out tax perks for company cars and replacing the Vehicle Excise Duty with a local authority tax on car use . |
| 8 | Germany has a target of a 30 per cent reduction by 2005 , France recommends cuts of up to 50 per cent by 2030 , Italy has made a parliamentary resolution for 20 per cent cuts by 2005 and Australia also is aiming for 20 per cent cuts by 2005 . |