Example sentences of "by [art] [adj] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | A draft constitution , prepared by a commission consisting of a majority of members drawn from the ruling Seychelles People 's Progressive Front ( SPPF ) , failed to win approval by the necessary 60 per cent majority in a referendum held on Nov. 15 . |
| 2 | The option to convert existing loans into par bonds was chosen by 49 per cent of banks , and conversion to discount bonds was chosen by the remaining 41 per cent . |
| 3 | The impact of the two is underlined by the sharp 24.7 per cent drop in turnover in the six months to 31 December , traditionally CALA 's weaker half . |
| 4 | Again , with one exception to which I will come in a moment , all the main rates of income support and the related applicable amounts for housing benefit and community charge benefit , together with the credits in family credit , will rise by the full 7 per cent . |
| 5 | More than 21 per cent of spending is by the top 10 per cent by income . |
| 6 | The gains recorded by the top 10 per cent of households amounted to 40 a week , mostly in lower taxes , while the middle income groups were little affected and the poorer ones lost over 10 a week in benefits and higher VAT . |
| 7 | The recovery programme was to be paid for by reversing the tax gains made by the top 5 per cent of earners under the Conservatives , although specific details were not published , and by reversing the 2p cut in the basic rate of income tax proposed in the 1987 Conservative Budget . |
| 8 | Promoted by an alliance of environmental groups and backed by film stars and a $10 million advertising campaign , the bill initially looked set to pass , but was finally defeated by a decisive 64-36 per cent . |
| 9 | According to its findings , the GDP for the region rose by a mere 1.1 per cent in 1989 in real terms , 9 per cent down on 1980 growth ; and per capita production fell , for the second consecutive year , by 1 per cent to 1978 levels . |
| 10 | Defendus would increase emissions by a mere 11 per cent . |
| 11 | It increased by 17 per cent amongst Express/Mail readers , and by 34 per cent amongst Sun/Star readers , but by a mere 2 per cent amongst Mirror readers , which suggests the tabloids did influence their readers . |
| 12 | In our panel of voters the Conservative lead over Labour increased by 34 per cent amongst Sun/Star readers but by a mere 2 per cent amongst Mirror readers , which suggests the tabloids were able to influence their readers . |
| 13 | Long-term benefits such as pensions were increased by 7 per cent , whereas child benefit was increased by a mere 2.2 per cent . |
| 14 | Investment in sectors including infrastructure electricity and oil was to rise by 14.4 per cent , to be made possible by a foreseen 13.4 per cent increase in public revenues . |
| 15 | Education is now better resourced , with spending on each schoolchild having increased by a massive 42 per cent in the last 12 years . |
| 16 | SOLVENT emissions have been reduced by a massive 89 per cent at the Courtaulds Aerospace coatings site in Berkeley , California . |
| 17 | What the hon. Gentleman fails to mention is that the industry has shown enormous flexibility in increasing exports by a massive 78 per cent . |
| 18 | Will the Minister confirm that the present Government have introduced higher taxes than any other Government , and that they have increased national insurance contributions for those on average and low pay by a massive 40 per cent ? |
| 19 | Overall spending on disabled people has increased ( in real terms ) by a massive 152 per cent since 1979 . |
| 20 | Since he became Prime Minister he has had a chance — his predecessor had a chance , too — to increase women 's representation on such boards , but between 1985 and 1990 we know that their representation rose by a dismal 0.3 per cent . |
| 21 | Shell Chemicals saw profits fall by a dramatic 95 per cent from £519m in 1990 to £23m last year . |
| 22 | The riots followed a sudden escalation in consumer prices by a reported 80 per cent in several days . |
| 23 | That contrasts with the time when Labour was in power when pensioners ' incomes increased by a modest 3 per cent . |
| 24 | Prices of leisure goods eased by a modest 0.2 per cent , as did the average cost of fuel and light , helped by the last round of the recent phased cuts in gas prices . |
| 25 | The weight of the humble plastic carrier bag , for instance , has been reduced by a staggering 70 per cent in the past 20 years . |
| 26 | She added : ‘ Even allowing for inflation , prescription charges have already increased by a staggering 650 per cent since 1979 . ’ |
| 27 | Revenue-raising measures under the plan included ( i ) the stamping out of tax evasion , especially of capital gains tax , and reform of the tax penal law ; ( ii ) increases in general taxes on assets ( up by 2 per cent ) and on assets in the services sector ( up by 4 per cent ) ; ( iii ) higher taxes on the purchase and sale of foreign exchange , although the stamp tax would be eliminated and import tariffs cut to 11 per cent for semi-finished goods and raw materials , while previous item-specific duties would be replaced by a single 22 per cent duty ; ( iv ) the elimination of remaining tax discrimination favouring foreign investments ; ( v ) the increase of value added tax ( VAT ) to rates of between 16 and 25 per cent and increased taxes on bank loans ; and ( vi ) rises of 33 per cent in fuel taxes and adjustments in the rates charged for all public services , which acknowledged the continuing steep fall of the austral against the dollar . |
| 28 | He went on to say : ‘ Student numbers in Scotland have increased by a remarkable 25 per cent since 1983 to nearly 110,000 and we fully expect by the end of the century that more than 40 per cent of young Scots will enter higher education . |
| 29 | Births to women with 4 or 5 previous children fell by a precipitous 77 per cent and even third and further births were down by almost half ( 49 per cent ) . |
| 30 | The proposed uprating of income support by a full 7 per cent . |