Example sentences of "of a [adj] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time the non-TUC Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel voted by two to one against acceptance of a revised 9 per cent pay offer over 18 months . |
| 2 | Wolfgang Schäuble , parliamentary leader of the Christian Democratic Union ( CDU ) , had on Aug. 31 suggested that financing for the east should be raised by the introduction of a compulsory 5 per cent interest-free investment bond , repayable after 1996 , ( i ) for those earning over DM5,000 per month gross who had not bought special eastern solidarity bonds ; or ( ii ) for businesses with more than 20 employees which had not invested in the east . |
| 3 | In the 1960s , out of a higher total level of gold production ( which peaked in 1965 ) much less than 10 per cent reached the reserves , constituting an increase of a mere 3 per cent . |
| 4 | in farm incomes this year on top of a massive 21 per cent . |
| 5 | On April 7 Mitterrand had announced the cancellation of a further 10 per cent of Poland 's US$5,200 million debt to France , Poland 's second largest creditor . |
| 6 | However , an attempt to satisfy donors on the exchange rate was made with the announcement of a further 17.3 per cent devaluation of the shilling on Dec. 3 , 1989 , to $1.00=TSh180 . |
| 7 | One month later , it raised taxes on some products and put a four-month freeze on the prices of a further 42 per cent of products . |
| 8 | fall in investment in manufacturing industry and the CBI 's prediction of a further 4 per cent . |
| 9 | During the day , holders of a further 11.1 per cent of Armstrong shares ignored the chairman 's appeal and sold to Caparo . |
| 10 | The amount that is actually being re-used is perhaps rather larger than the public realises : PWMI estimates that 7.6 per cent of the EC 's total plastic waste of 10.7m tonnes is recycled , while the calorific value of a further 12.8 per cent is recovered by using waste as fuel . |
| 11 | González on March 7 authorized price rises for public-sector companies , including an increase in petrol prices of 124 per cent in water charges of 58 per cent retroactively to November 1989 , even though the state-run water company had already raised its prices by 87 per cent on Feb. 8 and in telephone charges , which had already risen on Feb. 8 by 112 per cent , of a further 300 per cent . |
| 12 | In 1986 the minister set BR the target of a further 25 per cent reduction by 1990 . |
| 13 | Is the Chief Secretary aware of the IMF prediction of a further 2 per cent . |
| 14 | Debt renegotiation talks during 1989 failed to achieve Venezuela 's target , proposed in July , of a 50 per cent cut in debt-service payments , and negotiations continued on the basis of a proposed 42 per cent reduction in payments for 1990 and a proposal by creditor banks to reschedule $21,200 million of debt over 17 years . |
| 15 | The most important amendment agreed as part of the compromise was the rescinding of a proposed 20 per cent tax on interest payments on consumer loans . |
| 16 | On the basis of an estimated 10 per cent of the Earth 's surface currently being part of a hot-spot swell it has been calculated that on average hot-spot epeirogeny should affect a particular area of crust about every 600 Ma . |
| 17 | Bad weather from October to December led to losses of an estimated 15-20 per cent in the coffee harvest , the principal export and a key area of the economy . |
| 18 | The cemeteries chief , John Beveridge is to receive a £6,000 pay award , and his depute Ron McCreath £9,000 on top of an all-round 3 per cent rise for officials . |
| 19 | It would supervise the demobilization of an agreed 70 per cent of each faction 's armed forces , while ensuring that the remaining 30 per cent remained in special cantonments . |
| 20 | Following its defeats in municipal elections and in elections to the House of Councillors in July 1989 [ see pp. 36800-01 ] , the LDP had embarked upon a programme aimed at reasserting and regaining the political influence which had been damaged not only by the scandals but also by the imposition of an unpopular 3 per cent general consumption tax [ GCT — see p. 36618 , where it is wrongly referred to as a value added tax ] and by the liberalization of import controls in the agricultural sector [ see p. 36800 ] . |