Example sentences of "[prep] a 6 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In March 1990 it was reported that the target of a 6 per cent growth rate for 1989 had been reached and that inflation was falling . |
| 2 | Despite a 6 per cent increase in the global cereal harvest in 1989 , the year was the third in succession in which production failed to meet demand . |
| 3 | The total volume of French defence spending for the period 1990-93 which was to have been around F470,000 million , ( in line with a 1987 law providing for a 6 per cent annual growth rate in real terms ) , was to be cut by approximately F42,000 million . |
| 4 | Amongst those who were Conservative or Labour before the campaign , press bias had about a 6 per cent effect ; amongst those who originally had an Alliance preference it had a 23 per cent effect ; while amongst those who were originally undecided it had a 28 per cent effect — measuring all these effects in terms of the Conservative lead over Labour ( Table 8.14 ) . |
| 5 | Thomson 's Young At Heart programme to the resort is 60 per cent sold for the winter , with a 6 per cent increase in sales . |
| 6 | It formed part of a package including a 6 per cent pay rise over one year beginning on June 1 , supplemented by one-off payments to cover April and May , and it was agreed that 18 per cent of the workers in a plant would be allowed to volunteer to work a 40-hour week in the interests of flexibility . |
| 7 | Can he tell the House something about the agreement made on 13 December by his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment , which I understand will lead to a 6 per cent . |
| 8 | House-building rebounded from a loss in 1991 to a £2.6 million profit in 1992 , thanks to a 6 per cent increase in sales to 1,289 units and improved margins , which more than made good an average 8 per cent drop in selling prices to £81,000 . |
| 9 | On the weekend of March 16-17 after a week of strikes the public-sector trade union ÖTV reached agreement with the federal government on a 6 per cent pay increase to be backdated to Jan. 1 , 1991 . |
| 10 | Increased consumption of fossil fuels was in part caused by a 6 per cent reduction in electricity generated from nuclear power , due to a decline in imports of nuclear electricity from France and the prolonged shutdown of several nuclear power stations for maintenance . |