Example sentences of "[adj] of a [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | The introduction on Oct. 22 of a 10 per cent general consumption tax ( GCT ) provoked widespread criticism from the political opposition and scepticism from the business community . |
| 2 | Does the Chancellor agree that our abysmal economic growth performance since the Government took office in 1979 is due largely to the dismal performance of British manufacturing industry , and that the forecast for the year 1991 of a 15 per cent . |
| 3 | In view of the CBI 's projected figure for 1992 of a 4.4 per cent . |
| 4 | The population of England and Wales was undergoing a further massive increase — nothing short of a fifty per cent rise in the years from 1801 to 1831 — and the effects of the recent Agricultural and Industrial Revolutions hardly needed a post-war depression to make matters even worse for the poor . |
| 5 | The announcement on Oct. 3 of a 28 per cent devaluation of the local currency , the ouguiya , against the dollar was met by rioting in Nouakchott as local merchants increased food prices by 40 per cent ( US$1.00=105.852 ouguiya as at Oct. 19 , 1992 ) . |