Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a 30 per " in BNC.
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1 | But with water shares expected to soar to a 30 per cent premium on the first day of trading , Mrs Ullman 's delay on the Tube could have cost her as much as £150 . |
2 | The State of California 's Air Resources Board has announced new regulations for petrol , providing for a 30 per cent cut in emissions of air pollutants . |
3 | At a summit meeting in June US President Bush and Soviet President Gorbachev formally confirmed that a START treaty , which they expected to be completed by the end of 1990 , would be based on a 30 per cent overall cut in long-range nuclear missiles over a seven-year period . |
4 | This was partially offset by a 30 per cent increase in public-sector wages and those of the military . |
5 | Earlier , Mr Josselin said he would call for a 30 per cent increase in minimum prices imposed on imports at the EC fisheries meeting in Brussels . |
6 | ‘ We would have been happy to let the variable premium scheme that expired in April 1989 run forever , but the CAP reforms focused on a 30 per cent reduction in cereal prices over three years and the commission decided it was necessary to compensate beef farmers feeding cattle on grass , ’ he said . |
7 | The introduction of the Mental Health Specific Grant has led to a 30 per cent increase in spending on mental health services , according to the SSI . |
8 | I understand that at the GATT negotiations , for example , we may eventually settle for a 30 per cent . |