Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a 20 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most serious industrial disruption was a strike by 1,700 miners in Morocco 's largest coalfield at Jerada , 450 km east of Rabat , which began in mid-December 1988 with demands for a 20 per cent wage increase . |
| 2 | The 1990 Broadcasting Act limited newspapers to a 20 per cent stake in TV companies . |
| 3 | On Feb. 26 Ecuador , the most frequent Latin American user of the Panama Canal , protested to the Panamanian government concerning a 20 per cent increase in tolls for ships using the canal with effect from April 1 . |
| 4 | Thousands are still facing the burden of a 20 per cent . |
| 5 | This sum is £1.30 ; in Birkenhead only 272 tenants pay less than this sum on a 20 per cent contribution . |
| 6 | With hyper-inflation , BR started the year with a 20 per cent fares increase — despite furious cost-cutting . |
| 7 | We are beneficiaries to the extent of a 20 per cent . |
| 8 | The Electricity Council told the Energy Committee that it would be possible to meet the Toronto Conference target of a 20 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 . |