Example sentences of "to [be] a [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to be a hundred per cent sure that Alfred killed himself . ’ |
| 2 | In both periods there was to be a 5 per cent increase in the Christmas bonus ; the working week would be reduced from 37 to 36 hours . |
| 3 | If , over the next decade , there is to be a 50 per cent . |
| 4 | Instead there was to be a 25 per cent reduction in the state 's operational budget , some tax increases , the sale of some 3,000 government-owned vehicles , and strict control of the civil service payroll . |
| 5 | A condition of the IMF loan was unofficially reported to be a 25 per cent reduction in public staff levels . |