Example sentences of "[verb] for a [num] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to American projections , these actions will compensate for a 15 per cent increase in emissions of carbon . |
| 2 | If you get a correlation of about point seven , it means that you 're only accounting for forty nine percent , less than half , of the variants in the other var the other sets of scores Think about it , if it 's a positive , if you 've got a correlation coefficient of one , what it means is that you account for a hundred perc or or sorry , if you 're gon na make convert it to a percentage , you times it by a hundred , it 's the proportion there . |
| 3 | The Commission had pressed for a 35 per cent reduction , while the latest compromise proposal by the Portuguese government ( which held the presidency of the EC Council of Ministers for the first half of 1992 ) argued for a reduction of 27 per cent . |
| 4 | Envisaging a 4 per cent real growth in 1990 , it provided for a 10 per cent reduction in public expenditure , a wage increase for public employees , and the establishment of shops to sell basic items at low cost . |
| 5 | It provided for a 3.1 per cent increase in overall spending , to a total of F1,330,360 million , against a predicted inflation rate of 2.8 per cent ( US$1.00=F5.6999 as at Sept. 16 , 1991 ) . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Again , quote Country Living when booking for a 10 per cent discount . |
| 8 | It is then assumed that these mortality measures correctly reflect more general health ( or morbidity ) differentials and , furthermore , that 10 per cent extra resources are needed to compensate for a 10 per cent excess risk . |
| 9 | However the plan also allows for a 36 per cent rise in carbon dioxide emissions from heavy industry and power plants . |
| 10 | Team Millar rider McWilliams , who is still looking for a 500 Grand Prix finish , had a constructive finish and felt he could have been higher in the table , but for the rain . |
| 11 | A four-year investor is looking for a 25 per cent return here , against a Japanese counterpart only asking for 7 per cent over 14 years . |
| 12 | Many big chains had pushed for a 2 per cent reduction , but believe the 1 per cent cut could still help . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | However , the figures of 2,561 drivers humiliated for a 3.2 per cent return were only the average over the previous three years in Nottingham . |
| 15 | Jim Smith , the manager whose shrewd tactical plan stifled Liverpool in last week 's 1–1 draw at Highbury , has called for a 10 per cent improvement from his players in tonight 's replay — and more of the same from the supporters . |
| 16 | The statement called for a 50 per cent reduction , ‘ appropriately applied ’ , in their strategic arsenals , an interim INF agreement and appropriate measures to ‘ prevent an arms race in space ’ . |
| 17 | The hon. Gentleman represents a party that has called for a 50 per cent . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The State of California 's Air Resources Board has announced new regulations for petrol , providing for a 30 per cent cut in emissions of air pollutants . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The resulting radical pollution control programme outlined by Nixon , calling for a 90 per cent reduction in vehicle emissions by 1980 , not only led to him being credited ( albeit briefly ) as policy initiator of an environmental clean-up but also provided him with the chance to deal a blow to one of his most important opponents in the 1972 elections , Edmund Muskie . |
| 23 | Then spiral the bandage , aiming for a 50 per cent overlap |
| 24 | BASF blamed the high costs of restructuring for a 16 per cent fall in pre-tax profits for the first nine months of 1991 , from DM 2336m ( £1 = DM2.85 ) to DM 1962m . |
| 25 | The 1990 budget as passed by the Bundestag in December 1989 provided for a 3 per cent increase in expenditure and a federal budget deficit of DM26,900 million ( as compared with DM28,000 million as envisaged for the 1989 budget — see p. 36498 — and one of DM20,000 million actually achieved in 1989 ) . |
| 26 | Earlier , Mr Josselin said he would call for a 30 per cent increase in minimum prices imposed on imports at the EC fisheries meeting in Brussels . |
| 27 | Chief executive Mr Baker , 54 , saw his earnings increase from £135,911 to £383,935 while his workers had to settle for a 5.5 per cent wage rise . |
| 28 | There was no increase in the licence fee to pay for a 50 per cent jump in programme hours . |
| 29 | Nu-Swift will repay £65.3m to retain HP Cleaning , the US business maintenance group bought by Sicli last year , and will also subscribe for a 33 per cent interest in Financiere Sicli . |
| 30 | According to the Peruvian press , however , the budget bill had allowed for a 300 per cent increase in Fujimori 's own salary and for a 17-fold increase in spending by the presidential office . |