Example sentences of "[prep] an [adj] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the basis of an estimated 10 per cent of the Earth 's surface currently being part of a hot-spot swell it has been calculated that on average hot-spot epeirogeny should affect a particular area of crust about every 600 Ma . |
| 2 | Bad weather from October to December led to losses of an estimated 15-20 per cent in the coffee harvest , the principal export and a key area of the economy . |
| 3 | The cemeteries chief , John Beveridge is to receive a £6,000 pay award , and his depute Ron McCreath £9,000 on top of an all-round 3 per cent rise for officials . |
| 4 | It would supervise the demobilization of an agreed 70 per cent of each faction 's armed forces , while ensuring that the remaining 30 per cent remained in special cantonments . |
| 5 | Following its defeats in municipal elections and in elections to the House of Councillors in July 1989 [ see pp. 36800-01 ] , the LDP had embarked upon a programme aimed at reasserting and regaining the political influence which had been damaged not only by the scandals but also by the imposition of an unpopular 3 per cent general consumption tax [ GCT — see p. 36618 , where it is wrongly referred to as a value added tax ] and by the liberalization of import controls in the agricultural sector [ see p. 36800 ] . |
| 6 | The government 's position was helped enormously in this respect when , on Feb. 21 , Treasurer Paul Keating unveiled an economic package , agreed with the trade union movement , which included cuts in personal taxation and wage rises estimated to provide an overall 7 per cent increase in take-home pay during the 1990-91 financial year ( beginning in July ) , against an assumed 6 per cent increase in prices . |
| 7 | The attempted coup of December 1989 against President Corazon Aquino [ see pp. 37120-21 ] had wider support than initially acknowledged , with an estimated 70 per cent of the armed forces willing to support a regime installed by the coup plotters , according to intelligence sources . |
| 8 | Incomplete official voting figures announced on March 25 gave Soglo 67.6 per cent of votes , Kerekou 32.2 per cent , with an estimated 64 per cent turnout . |
| 9 | The official results of the May 11 contest were not expected until June , and then had to be endorsed by Congress , but , with an estimated 86 per cent of the votes counted , unofficial tallies showed Ramos leading his closest rivals , Eduardo " Danding " Cojuangco and former judge Miriam Defensor Santiago , by a comfortable but not extensive margin . |
| 10 | Unemployment rose from 272,000 in July ( 3.1 per cent of the workforce ) to 350,000 at the end of August ( 4.17 per cent of the workforce ) , with an additional 10 per cent of the workforce employed only on a short-time basis . |
| 11 | Despite all the hurrahs about Europe from marquandistas in London , the plain economic fact is that Europe has the worst unemployment record in the industrial world , and the construction of Europe with an enduring 10 per cent out of work leaves a permanent 10 per cent unlikely to vote at all , or , if they do vote , to vote racist . |
| 12 | For example , the fat content of our diet represents over 40 per cent of our energy compared with an ideal 15–30 per cent . ’ |
| 13 | Economists believe that the boost to the labour force may be worth an additional 1 per cent a year in the early 1990s . |
| 14 | Identify the opportunities for selling on and target for an extra 10 per cent . |
| 15 | Most people who take a personal pension in place of SERPS will qualify for an extra 2 per cent payment by the DSS on top of the minimum contributions . |
| 16 | Over the period 1957–65 for US manufacturing , extra sales by overseas subsidiaries counted for an estimated 13 per cent of the total increase in production ( additional exports accounted for only a trivial 2 per cent ) . |
| 17 | Other regulations were also relaxed , but it was still envisaged that the state would retain 51 per cent participation in publicly controlled banks ( accounting for an estimated 80 per cent of the sector ) . |
| 18 | On March 7 hundreds of government employees had reportedly rioted in Salta , 1,600 km north-west of Buenos Aires , in protest at Menem 's plans to cut state spending , and thousands more participated in a nationwide strike on March 21 , an estimated 40,000 demonstrating in Buenos Aires for an end to privatization and for wage increases to compensate for an estimated 40 per cent rise in prices in the first two weeks of the month . |
| 19 | Within an annual 2 per cent growth in the budget for personal social services , and a 1.8 per cent growth in NHS revenue , services for elderly , mentally handicapped and mentally ill people would receive a proportionally greater allocation than the mainstream services for short-term consultation . |
| 20 | The opposition Social Democrats refused to support the package , however , and the Riksbank ( the central bank ) was obliged to float the krona on the exchange markets , resulting in an effective 9 per cent devaluation [ see also p. 39206 ] . |
| 21 | The current-account deficit , forecast at 3.75 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) for the year , would rise to 4.25 per cent , and inflation from an anticipated 1.5 per cent to 4 per cent in the same period . |
| 22 | Although the sustained overall economic growth over the years 1987-89 brought the country to the verge of being given NIC ( newly industrialized country ) status , early forecasts predicted that gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth would slow down in 1990 to around 6.5 per cent , from an estimated 7.3-7.5 per cent in 1989 and from 8.7 per cent in 1988 . |
| 23 | There was also expected to be ( i ) an attempt to reduce inflation to about 3 per cent per month ( from an estimated 30-40 per cent ) ; ( ii ) a budget deficit target of below 5 per cent of gross national product ; and ( iii ) a gradual rise in energy prices to achieve parity with world prices by the end of 1993 . |
| 24 | Inflation had been reduced from an estimated 95 per cent in March to 11.4 per cent in April and the local currency , the austral had been stabilized against the US dollar , firming from around US$1=6,000 australs in March to US$1=5,000 australs as at May 31 . |
| 25 | As for the price paid of 550p , half in cash and half in convertible preference shares , the prospective p/e may be around 14.5 , to judge from an estimated 10 per cent rise in Caradon 's pre-tax profits to £17m in the half year to 1 October . |
| 26 | According to the administration 's budget proposals , the budget deficit would reach a record $318,100 million in fiscal 1991 but drop to $280,900 million in fiscal 1992 , based on an estimated 5.7 per cent rise in revenues to $1,165,000 million . |
| 27 | Due to an anticipated 50 per cent fall in natural gas sales to Argentina , however , fuel prices would rise 43 per cent , making it likely that inflation would exceed the planned 10 per cent for 1992 . |
| 28 | If the poll tax really became a tax on voting , was it non-registering residents , rather than any enthusiasm for Major or Lang , that pushed the Tory percentage in Scotland up from a poll average of about 21 to an actual 25.5 per cent , and proportionately diminished the impact of the Labour and SNP campaigns ? |
| 29 | In an effort to reduce it , the government increased interest rates , which restricted growth to an estimated 6.5 per cent in 1990 , almost a full percentage point down from the 1989 figure . |
| 30 | The increase in the number of very old people over 85 is up from 1.03 per cent of the population in 1981 to an estimated 1.9 per cent in 2001 ( Phillipson and Walker , 1986 , p. 5 ) . |