Example sentences of "[prep] a 20 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Electricity Council told the Energy Committee that it would be possible to meet the Toronto Conference target of a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 . |
| 2 | We are beneficiaries to the extent of a 20 per cent . |
| 3 | Thousands are still facing the burden of a 20 per cent . |
| 4 | Tariff barriers on basic grains were to be eliminated across the region by the end of the year , and duties on all agricultural produce by June 1992 ; duties on most other products should be held below a 20 per cent ceiling from the beginning of 1993 . |
| 5 | The most serious industrial disruption was a strike by 1,700 miners in Morocco 's largest coalfield at Jerada , 450 km east of Rabat , which began in mid-December 1988 with demands for a 20 per cent wage increase . |
| 6 | The call " for a 20 per cent reduction in emissions by 2005 , rather than stabilisation at 1990 levels in 2000 , to which the EC is committed " forms part of a list of 55 environmental measures which the group is calling for the community to implement . |
| 7 | With hyper-inflation , BR started the year with a 20 per cent fares increase — despite furious cost-cutting . |
| 8 | Sony is the hi-fi market leader , with a 20 per cent share , followed by Pioneer , JVC and Aiwa . |
| 9 | Models have shown that , with a 20 per cent conversion across Britain , cereal production would decrease by six per cent , oil seed rape by 12 per cent and milk by four per cent — not an enormous reduction when you consider the already existing and wasted surpluses . |
| 10 | Indena , Italian manufacturer of botanical derivatives for the pharmaceutical , cosmetic and health food industries , turned in a 20 per cent rise in profit in 1991 , on a $6.7m ( £1 = $1.75 ) turnover . |
| 11 | By the end of October this had resulted in a 20 per cent devaluation of the lempira against the US dollar , to which it had been tied at a fixed exchange rate since October 1989 . |
| 12 | The 1990 Broadcasting Act limited newspapers to a 20 per cent stake in TV companies . |
| 13 | In advancing northward from Nebraska to Manitoba during the period , from 1920 to 1980 , the hard red winter wheat adapted to a 20 per cent decrease in mean annual precipitation , a 4.2 °C decrease in the mean annual temperature and a 10-day decrease in the length of the frost-free season . |
| 14 | At that price an annual payment of £10 would be equivalent to a 20 per cent rate of interest . |
| 15 | This practice , according to the Insurance Service , has led to a 20 per cent jump in windscreen replacement claims to insurance companies since 1 January — a rise which could eventually push up premiums . |
| 16 | This sum is £1.30 ; in Birkenhead only 272 tenants pay less than this sum on a 20 per cent contribution . |
| 17 | On Feb. 26 Ecuador , the most frequent Latin American user of the Panama Canal , protested to the Panamanian government concerning a 20 per cent increase in tolls for ships using the canal with effect from April 1 . |
| 18 | Current corporate taxes of 42.5 per cent plus the " special contributions " to the refugee fund , were to be abolished and replaced by a 20 per cent flat rate company tax . |
| 19 | The controversial employee investment funds , administered with the involvement of trade unions and financed by a 20 per cent tax on business profits , would be phased out . |
| 20 | FIRED by a 20 per cent surge in oil production , the Scottish economy is expected to grow this year by more than three times the UK average , according to a survey published today by the Stirling-based Mackay Consultants . |