Example sentences of "be [prep] a [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | So even on this minimal change scenario , eliminating the imbalance in tabloid partisanship would be worth a 1 per cent swing to Labour . |
| 2 | Erm we believe that er where in cases of erm misappropriated or fraud , the compensation fund should be for a hundred per cent of what has gone . |
| 3 | The forecasts were for a 28 per cent increase between 1983 and 1993 ( although the demographic shifts noted above may reduce this ) , and indeed by 1989 the increase was already 19 per cent . |
| 4 | The principal demands were for a 50 per cent increase in wages and pensions , a six-hour working day ( and no night-shifts ) for women , and the bringing to justice of those responsible for the deaths in Shkodër in April [ see p. 38160 ] . |
| 5 | The initial proposal was for a 60 per cent cut in sulphur dioxide and a 40 per cent cut in dust and NOx , on 1980 levels , by 1995 . |
| 6 | The present writer , who was not connected with the survey , estimated that there was about a 15 per cent non-Roman catholic element on the estate at the time . |
| 7 | A sharp slowdown in private housebuilding was behind a 9 per cent fall in new construction orders in the third quarter of 1989 , figures from the Department of the Environment indicated yesterday . |