Example sentences of "[prep] a 40 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Investment allowances also remain unchanged after last year 's introduction of a 40 per cent first year rate . |
| 2 | Although he was mindful of the need to buy something insurable , Darren is angered by the £875 premium , despite a 40 per cent no-claims discount . |
| 3 | Specialised materials , which Tootal promised would be an engine of growth , has yet to prove its worth , though continued heavy investment could be blamed for a 40 per cent fall in profits . |
| 4 | He had been to the Top Rank entertainment centre in Reading when all the scientists had gathered one evening to formulate a demand for a 40 per cent pay rise . |
| 5 | New owners , who bought Wentworth for an almost " give-away " £17 million , instructed a Japanese firm to raise £32 million for a 40 per cent equity , and investors were targeted in Japan , Hong Kong and Sweden . |
| 6 | The Finance Minister Crispus Kiyonga on July 3 , 1989 , presented a budget for 1989/90 ( the fiscal year starting on July 1 , 1989 ) which he said was aimed at strengthening the balance of payments and at reducing inflation , but which nevertheless would provide for a 40 per cent salary increase for civil servants . |
| 7 | Hopes of the Economy Minister , Domingo Cavallo , for quick progress in talks begun in January over the Argentina 's foreign debt received a setback in mid-February when creditor banks rejected his requests for a 40 per cent cut in the country 's US$31,000 million commercial bank debt , under the terms of the 1989 Brady debt reduction plan [ see pp. 36541-42 ] . |
| 8 | The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) is calling for a 40 per cent cut in North Sea fishing fleets in order to conserve fish stocks , particularly those of cod and haddock , which it warns could disappear from the area within five years if present catch rates continue . |
| 9 | The European Parliament 's Transport Committee has called for a 40 per cent cut in carbon dioxide by the year 2010 — a far more ambitious figure than the Community 's official target of a freeze at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 10 | The challenge for Europe 's left parties will be to overcome party patriotism and work out how to construct majorities in the new era , for traditional parties of the right , also , can manage only about a 40 per cent turnout , if that . |
| 11 | Ms Short , the Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood , gave the warning as the conference agreed to give women a higher profile in the party with a 40 per cent quota for women on all party committees and local party delegations . |
| 12 | The mother 's milk is very rich , with a 40 per cent fat content ( the fat content in human milk is only 2 per cent ) . |
| 13 | WITH a 40 per cent drop in house prices in the West Country over the past three years , this is the time to think seriously about that Cornish cliff-top cottage , waterfront Dorset flat or Devonian mansion with more than enough land to keep a few horses . |
| 14 | CORNISH cottages can be booked during the Christmas and New Year period — with a 40 per cent reduction — from Blakes . |
| 15 | As well as the qualitative benefits brought about by greater accuracy and timeliness of information , the efficiency of the system meant that it was possible for the integration of the personnel records and wages departments to be achieved with a 40 per cent reduction in staff , natural wastage and redeployment within the organisation accounting for some 20 individuals . |
| 16 | Its main proposals were ( i ) a 20 per cent reduction in emissions of carbon dioxide by the year 2000 , with a 40 per cent cut by 2010 ; ( ii ) a ban on offshore oil drilling in state waters ; ( iii ) a halt to logging in the ancient redwood forests ; ( iv ) a requirement that a new tree be planted for every 500 square feet of development ; and ( v ) a ban on all pesticides with the potential to cause cancer or to damage a developing foetus . |
| 17 | The Sejm decided on July 5 to introduce income tax from Jan. 1 , 1992 , at a basic rate of 20 per cent , with a 40 per cent rate for those on higher incomes . |
| 18 | Trade with European Community ( EC ) countries , on the other hand , was expected to rise to a 40 per cent share of Hungarian trade in 1991 . |