Example sentences of "with a [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the process Kurt had graduated from business adviser to trusted friend ; Hugo had rewarded him with a fifteen per cent share of the business and never regretted it . |
| 2 | The Soviet Union was the largest trader still outside GATT , ranking eighth in world export rankings with a 3.5 per cent share of international trade in goods . |
| 3 | But do n't be greedy : a fund with a 7 per cent to 8 per cent yield is likely to produce a much better capital gain over time than one with a higher yield . |
| 4 | The return on assets works out at 1.8 per cent compared with a 3.75 per cent target set by the Government . |
| 5 | He said the figures for the business rate were much better as expected with a 94.1 per cent collection rate and end of year shortfall of about £850,000 . |
| 6 | Mr Bain was speaking as Coats delighted the market with a near-13 per cent jump in annual pre-tax profits to £109 million and an unexpected rise in the final dividend from 4p to 4.25p , lifting the total from 7p to 7.25p . |
| 7 | Its major shareholders include British Coal Pension Funds , with a 7.8 per cent stake and British Steel Pension Funds , with a 4.3 per cent holding . |
| 8 | This , combined with a 47 per cent increase in the livestock population , and an increase in human populations , led to even greater degradation between 1957 and 1964 and prompted local prohibition of clearance and cultivation . |
| 9 | He told ugly old women they would meet handsome young men soon , he told handsome young men they would meet large sums of money soon , he told dimwitted mothers that their sons would n't be coming home in nice wooden boxes from theatres of war with a 99 per cent casualty rate , he told collectors where they could locate that elusive antique backscratcher needed to complete a set . |
| 10 | Monitored by a 40-member delegation from the Organization of American States ( OAS ) , it was reported to have passed off peacefully , with a 65-70 per cent turnout in the capital Paramaribo . |
| 11 | A leaked report ( Guardian 27.4.90 ) concluded that the factory inspectorate was understaffed , with a 16 per cent shortage in the numbers of inspectors , low in morale and almost 4 years behind in its work . |
| 12 | That , Mr Sampson said , gave rise for concern with a 15.7 per cent increase during the year , which compares with a 14 per cent rise for Scotland as a whole . |
| 13 | Women aged over 65 would benefit most , with a 63 per cent improvement in five-year mortality . |
| 14 | Gross national product ( GNP ) had risen by 5.3 per cent , compared with a 2.4 per cent rise in 1991 . |
| 15 | This contrasted with a 26 per cent owner-occupancy rate in the neighbourhood . |
| 16 | Nurses , teachers , the police and local authority employees will be among those asked to make do with a 1.5 per cent increase in 1993 . |
| 17 | Mr Maxwell , with 15 per cent of GPG , the old Guiness Peat Group , and Lord Kissin , with a five per cent stake , strongly opposed plans to sell off three of GPG 's operating companies . |
| 18 | Pendle , the Lancashire marginal where the poll tax was a major issue in the campaign , fell to Labour with a five per cent swing . |
| 19 | The Additional Member System is used in Germany , with a five per cent threshold intended to exclude tiny , extreme parties . |
| 20 | The GIV-SP , which will remain in production when the GV appears giving Gulfstream its first-ever two model range , is selling for $23.5 million ‘ green ’ — the same as the GIV — with a five per cent discount for customers taking delivery before year 's end . |
| 21 | Other lenders may advance 95 per cent of the purchase price and then top it up with a five per cent loan from an insurance company . |
| 22 | LASMO , which continues as operator , and Shell each have a 47.5 per cent interest , while the Oil and Gas Development Corporation of Pakistan is the third partner with a five per cent holding . |
| 23 | An impressive new range comes from Thresher 's five new Wine Rack stores ( four in London , one in Gerrards Cross ) which , with a 12.5 per cent case discount , aim to offer the cheapest champagne prices in the high street . |
| 24 | That compares with a 42 per cent increase in the average council house rent in Scotland since 1989 . |
| 25 | THE third serious attempt in recent years to have women admitted to full membership of Lancashire County Cricket Club was successful at the AGM on Saturday , with a 68 per cent vote in favour . |
| 26 | One of the members of the campaign , Richard McCance , stood as an openly gay candidate for Labour , winning with a 13 per cent swing a seat which the Tories had held for forty years . |
| 27 | Labour won Langbaurgh with a 3.6 per cent swing from the Conservatives , in a campaign marred by alleged racial insinuations against the successful Labour candidate , Ashok Kumar . |
| 28 | Central London agents Cluttons estimate that for properties valued under £185,000 , it is now cheaper to buy with a 95 per cent mortgate than to rent . |
| 29 | Employees ' contributions should begin with a 1 per cent contribution from the first £1.00 of earnings . |
| 30 | The £78 million fund , managed by Murray Johnstone , achieved a 10.7 per cent return on net assets , compared with a 22.2 per cent rise in the Index over the same six-month period . |