Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [art] [adj] per " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Thus , Walker points out that , in 1981 , 66.8 per cent of all pensioners lived at or below the 140 per cent supplementary-benefit level , compared with one-fifth of the non-elderly ; and the risk of experiencing poverty is three times greater for those over retirement age than it is for those below it . |
| 2 | Thus the last burst of activity in the UK housing market — from the mid-Eighties to 1989 , when many of the largest mortgages were taken on — was based on the assumption that some rates would remain at or below the ten per cent threshold . |
| 3 | All these undertakings are companies , and hereafter are identified as such , except for a 50 per cent interest in a general partnership [ Unimar Company ] which is consolidated on a proportionate basis . |
| 4 | There is speculation that the Government is working to the rule that for every 4 per cent depreciation of the pound , there would be a 1 point rise in base rates to maintain the tightness of monetary policy . |
| 5 | This means that migration now has a major impact on population change , even though Ravenstein 's first law is still seen to hold , since Brant ( 1984 ) has shown that of the 9 per cent of people who moved between 1980 and 1981 , a massive 70 per cent moved less than six miles . |
| 6 | A recent Institute of Directors ' survey of 200 successful female executives found that of the 87 per cent who claimed to have encountered career obstacles not experienced by male colleagues , difficulty with childcare , at 37 per cent , was the biggest factor . |
| 7 | And I 'll work that into the five per cent and it may reduce the erm period of time |
| 8 | The true proportion of people worth less than £2 in the vale was probably closer to the 32.7 per cent in Barton near Bristol hundred than to the 14.8 per cent in Whitstone , just south of Gloucester . |
| 9 | The 1991 budget presented by Finance Minister Albert Reynolds on Jan. 30 provided for a 1 percentage point reduction in both the standard and the higher rate of income tax , and for a 4 per cent increase in welfare payments . |
| 10 | fall in manufacturing investment , and of the 20 per cent . |
| 11 | The exception , of course , is those less well-off pensioners who are disabled or over 80 , where the order provides for additional increases of £1 a week for a single pensioner and £1.50 for a couple , over and above the 7 per cent . |
| 12 | The cut was due in part to a recent series of pipeline ruptures and oilfield accidents and to a 4 per cent drop in Soviet oil production in the first half of 1990 ( as compared with the same period in 1989 ) . |
| 13 | Bus deregulation in other parts of the country has led to much innovation in the bus industry and to a 19 per cent . |
| 14 | Yet 95 per cent of diets fail , and among the 5 per cent of women who do achieve permanent weight-loss , many have developed serious eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia . |
| 15 | 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 ) . |
| 16 | In 1989 exports to Western countries rose by 9.5 per cent as against 1988 , but there was a deficit of approximately US$1,000 million because of a 6.6 per cent increase in imports . |
| 17 | Of the three Baltic states , Lithuania had proportionally the smallest Russian-speaking minority ; according to 1989 census figures , Lithuanians formed 79.9 per cent of the Lithuanian population , as against the 53.7 per cent of titular nationality in Latvia and 64.8 per cent in Estonia . |
| 18 | The 404 , designed by Michael Jackson and built by Parker , is the opposite of that , a fast trapeze centre-boarder suitable for youngsters when on an 80 per cent main , but which could test lightweight crews of any age with a full rig . |