Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a 15 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast with the opposition 's plans for a 15 per cent " consumption tax " , there would also be personal tax cuts , giving three-quarters of taxpayers a top tax rate of 30 per cent , totalling A$3,400 million in 1994-95 and A$5,200 million in 1995-96 . |
| 2 | On April 9 , 1991 , Michelin , the world 's largest tyre company , announced that it would be cutting its French workforce by 4,900 by the end of 1992 as part of a 15 per cent overall reduction in its 130,000-strong world-wide workforce , which would also result in job losses of 2,230 in the United States , 2,000 in Spain , and 800 in the United Kingdom . |
| 3 | Members of the secondary school teachers ' union ( LOME ) went on strike in July 1990 in support of a 15 per cent salary increase and improved training and conditions [ see also September 1990 strikes and July austerity measures p. 37721 ] . |
| 4 | Often schoolchildren aged in their early teens , who struggle through a reading test with a 15 per cent error rate , reduce errors to 2 per cent and increase confidence visibly on first meeting a rule-based spelling . |
| 5 | The deal does not involve them getting options on TVS shares or any large stake in the company like the package offered to executives at London Weekend Television who stand to become millionaires through a 15 per cent holding . |
| 6 | The deal does not involve them getting options on TVS shares or any large stake in the company like the package offered to executives at London Weekend Television who stand to become millionaires through a 15 per cent holding . |
| 7 | The former economics professor conceded that his plan to replace six indirect taxes with a 15 per cent goods and services tax ( GST ) , which he had said was essential to make Australia competitive , had been unpopular . |
| 8 | The Government has made it clear that it may not use its power of veto , which protects Jaguar from takeover until the end of next year by limiting individual investors to a 15 per cent holding . |
| 9 | After the treatments , beauty products will be available at the clinic with a 15 per cent discount . |
| 10 | The government 's decision to devalue the taka by as much as 11 per cent in 1990 , reportedly in response to the IMF 's pressure for a 15 per cent devaluation to improve the competitiveness of the country 's exports , helped ease the balance-of-payments deficit , leading by May 1991 to foreign exchange reserves standing at around US$700,000,000 . |
| 11 | On prices , changes introduced during 1991 , such as the abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade in grain and the introduction of a 15 per cent tariff on imported grain , were confirmed . |
| 12 | Wall Street is sceptical that a link with Mr Pritzker will materialise , leaving UAL to find an equity partner to replace British Airways , which had agreed to put up $750million for a 15 per cent stake in the buyout consortium . |
| 13 | Hamilton , like the other Scottish courses , bucked the national trend of falling attendances last year with a 15 per cent increase . |