Example sentences of "[prep] [art] average [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the Gulf War , hotel occupancy rates dropped to as little as 30 per cent in some areas , well under the average 60 per cent occupancy in the first two months of a normal year . |
| 2 | More than 35 per cent of pilots die between the ages of 55 and 59 compared with an average 18 per cent , said the British Airline Pilots ' Association . |
| 3 | The total milk yield might seem small in comparison with that of a Holstein at an average of more than 4,000kg per lactation , but the solids content is very high , with an average 5.3 per cent butterfat , so that the total yield of solids compares favourably . |
| 4 | The recent Royal Commission on Incomes and Wealth analysed the sources of finance for the larger quoted industrial and financial companies in the U K and found that between 1950–72 internally generated funds accounted for an average 70 per cent of total finance over this period . |
| 5 | One World Bank study estimated that in sub-Saharan Africa the public sector accounted for an average 30 per cent of GDP — but appropriated 60 per cent of capital available for investment . |
| 6 | The proposals would , according to the Commission , result in an average 1.1 per cent reduction in ECU terms , although the average farmer would see an actual increase of 0.2 per cent in national currencies . |
| 7 | First , the advent of the 1988 Housing Act and the limiting of Housing Association Grant to an average 75 per cent of development costs forces housing association and housing co-operative developments to secure the balance of funding from private sources . |
| 8 | A tightening labour market , coupled with higher productivity growth , was reflected in higher wage settlements ( in the first quarter of 1989 wages increased by an average 5.2 per cent — one point higher than the previous year ) , with the accompanying risk of an increase in the inflation rate . |
| 9 | Prices of staple goods and fuel were duly increased by an average 19.5 per cent . |
| 10 | Prices went up on April 2 by an average 60 per cent . |
| 11 | Public schools have raised their fees by an average 7.5 per cent this year , the smallest increase for a decade . |