Example sentences of "for a [adj -er] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Direct-grant schools , formally independent but associated with the maintained system , accounted for a further 1.5 per cent . |
| 2 | Oil and sewage sources accounted for 20 per cent of the total ; agricultural and industrial sources for a further 10 per cent each . |
| 3 | Among the groups that have increased , the largest single cause of the increase was divorce , 60 per cent ; an increase in the numbers of single mothers accounted for a further 34 per cent , lone fathers just over 3 per cent and separated women just under 2 per cent . |
| 4 | Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors spokesman Peter Miller called for a further one per cent reduction on the stroke of midnight on New Year 's Eve . |
| 5 | In both cities men of £40-£99 accounted for a further 16–19 per cent . |
| 6 | Death during transport and in quarantine account for a further 20 per cent of each batch . |
| 7 | For a further 20 per cent , the gap was between one month and six months and for the remaining 5 per cent it was over six months . |
| 8 | The motivation factor for a further 21 per cent of the interviewees was the heroin use of the majority of their friends-sometimes loosely described as ‘ peer-group pressure ’ . |
| 9 | The traditionally Muslim peoples of Central Asia accounted for a further 15 per cent ; and the balance was made up for the most part of the larger national groups in Transcaucasia and the Baltic . |