Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a 3 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Output from nuclear power plant , along with mild weather and the effects of recession on energy demand , contributed towards a 3 per cent fall in levels last year , putting the UK on course to meet the commitment . |
| 2 | The 1990 budget as passed by the Bundestag in December 1989 provided for a 3 per cent increase in expenditure and a federal budget deficit of DM26,900 million ( as compared with DM28,000 million as envisaged for the 1989 budget — see p. 36498 — and one of DM20,000 million actually achieved in 1989 ) . |
| 3 | If all the persistent readers of Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read Labour tabloids , Labour would have benefited from a 3 per cent swing ( compared to the actual election result ) . |
| 4 | Declining consumption of coal , oil and gas led to a 3 per cent fall in the UK 's carbon dioxide emissions , to 156 million tonnes , in 1992 . |
| 5 | For example , our hypothetical Phillips curve shows that a 4 per cent per annum wage increase ( equivalent to 2 per cent inflation with a 2 per cent productivity growth ) is associated with a 3 per cent unemployment rate , and that a 9 per cent annum wage increase ( equivalent to 7 per cent inflation ) is associated with a 2 per cent unemployment rate . |
| 6 | Foster et al show a long-run tendency for ‘ a 1 per cent increase in real income per head … to be associated with a 3 Per cent increase in local current expenditure per head ’ ( Foster et al . |