Example sentences of "for a [adj] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 2 | The federal government 's 75 per cent share in Usiminas was sold for US$1,170 million , mostly to Brazilian investors ; the share of foreign capital accounted for a disappointing 5.9 per cent of the total . |
| 3 | His prophecy had proved to be correct , for the trade he brought her way currently accounted for a good thirty per cent of her income . |
| 4 | The evening paper flung aside violently and scattering into its separate half-dozen sheets accounted for a good fifty per cent of the chaos . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that the Brussels Agreement provided for a significant 25 per cent expansion in the resources available to the EC . |
| 6 | The 11 countries attending the meeting agreed on a Saudi Arabian proposal for a voluntary 5 per cent production cut by all member states , which it was hoped would reduce their collective output by just over 1,000,000 barrels per day , to 22,300,000 bpd . |
| 7 | Identify the opportunities for selling on and target for an extra 10 per cent . |
| 8 | Most people who take a personal pension in place of SERPS will qualify for an extra 2 per cent payment by the DSS on top of the minimum contributions . |
| 9 | Over the period 1957–65 for US manufacturing , extra sales by overseas subsidiaries counted for an estimated 13 per cent of the total increase in production ( additional exports accounted for only a trivial 2 per cent ) . |
| 10 | Other regulations were also relaxed , but it was still envisaged that the state would retain 51 per cent participation in publicly controlled banks ( accounting for an estimated 80 per cent of the sector ) . |
| 11 | On March 7 hundreds of government employees had reportedly rioted in Salta , 1,600 km north-west of Buenos Aires , in protest at Menem 's plans to cut state spending , and thousands more participated in a nationwide strike on March 21 , an estimated 40,000 demonstrating in Buenos Aires for an end to privatization and for wage increases to compensate for an estimated 40 per cent rise in prices in the first two weeks of the month . |