Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] 20 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most important amendment agreed as part of the compromise was the rescinding of a proposed 20 per cent tax on interest payments on consumer loans . |
| 2 | Death during transport and in quarantine account for a further 20 per cent of each batch . |
| 3 | For a further 20 per cent , the gap was between one month and six months and for the remaining 5 per cent it was over six months . |
| 4 | Labour turnover has been increasing , especially in the accommodation department and ( more recently ) in the restaurant , with a disturbing 20 per cent rise in accidents in housekeeping and the restaurant . |
| 5 | Ford retained market leadership with its share up from a lowly 20 per cent last September to 25 per cent — a volume increase from 34,421 to 38,445 . |
| 6 | Your salary is £8,250 exclusive of live-in benefits , which may be assumed to be equivalent to a further 20 per cent . |
| 7 | To reduce it by a further 20 per cent would seem to be the height of idiocy . |
| 8 | After allowing for inflation the net income of the City within this category ( which excludes interest and dividends received ) tripled between 1966 and 1977 , but then it was almost stationary until rising by a further 20 per cent in the three years preceding 1983 . |
| 9 | The debt would then be reduced by a further 20 per cent in the fourth year if a three-year agreement with the IMF had run its course successfully . |