Example sentences of "[prep] a 60 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Food output increased considerably from 1700 to 1800 , accommodating the needs of a 60 per cent rise in population with , in most years , a small surplus to export . |
| 2 | After the strike , British Coal was free to reduce its workforce from 221,000 to below 100,000 ( June 1989 ) , but was producing almost the same quantity of coal because of a 60 per cent increase in productivity ( Figure 5.6A ) . |
| 3 | Meanwhile some 2,600,000 people in the central and southern provinces were suffering from the effects of a 60 per cent fall in agricultural production attributed to drought and conflict . |
| 4 | The bid comes nearly 13 years after Unigate made its first , unsuccessful , attempt to buy Clifford and follows the latter 's announcement in October of a 60 per cent drop in first-half profits to £1.03 million . |
| 5 | The addition of Ultramar 's interests in the UK and Netherlands has contributed towards a 60 per cent increase in net commercial reserves and a 35 per cent increase in net acreage . |
| 6 | The initial proposal was for a 60 per cent cut in sulphur dioxide and a 40 per cent cut in dust and NOx , on 1980 levels , by 1995 . |
| 7 | The dressing-down comes as a 60 per cent rise in complaints against banks was revealed yesterday . |
| 8 | With a 60 per cent increase in consumer prices reported , there were therefore substantial increases in real wages for many workers . |
| 9 | The government is committed to a 60 per cent reduction over the same period . |
| 10 | It was decided instead to adopt less strict targets for these areas and to tighten the target for the rest of the continent to a 60 per cent gap reduction . |
| 11 | ‘ We maintain that we can not afford the rent being asked for by Mr Butters as it would amount to a 60 per cent increase on what we have been paying and we refuse to put the club in that sort of liability . |
| 12 | Secondly , both houses sitting jointly as a " congress " in Versailles would have to approve the revision by a 60 per cent majority . |