Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a 15 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 9 , 1991 , Michelin , the world 's largest tyre company , announced that it would be cutting its French workforce by 4,900 by the end of 1992 as part of a 15 per cent overall reduction in its 130,000-strong world-wide workforce , which would also result in job losses of 2,230 in the United States , 2,000 in Spain , and 800 in the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | Members of the secondary school teachers ' union ( LOME ) went on strike in July 1990 in support of a 15 per cent salary increase and improved training and conditions [ see also September 1990 strikes and July austerity measures p. 37721 ] . |
| 3 | Often schoolchildren aged in their early teens , who struggle through a reading test with a 15 per cent error rate , reduce errors to 2 per cent and increase confidence visibly on first meeting a rule-based spelling . |
| 4 | After the treatments , beauty products will be available at the clinic with a 15 per cent discount . |
| 5 | The government 's decision to devalue the taka by as much as 11 per cent in 1990 , reportedly in response to the IMF 's pressure for a 15 per cent devaluation to improve the competitiveness of the country 's exports , helped ease the balance-of-payments deficit , leading by May 1991 to foreign exchange reserves standing at around US$700,000,000 . |
| 6 | On prices , changes introduced during 1991 , such as the abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade in grain and the introduction of a 15 per cent tariff on imported grain , were confirmed . |
| 7 | Hamilton , like the other Scottish courses , bucked the national trend of falling attendances last year with a 15 per cent increase . |