Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] 2 per " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many big chains had pushed for a 2 per cent reduction , but believe the 1 per cent cut could still help . |
| 2 | Profits at Superdrug were little changed at £34.8 million , but the move to selling perfumes at discount prices was rewarded with a 2 per cent market share . |
| 3 | The panel had also been over-optimistic on employment which fell by 3 per cent compared to the 2 per cent forecast . |
| 4 | If tabloids had not existed , and all those who read Labour and Tory tabloids had behaved like those who read no paper regularly ( and depended exclusively on television for their news ) , then Labour would still have benefited from a 2 per cent swing . |
| 5 | But there is also be a performance-related fee of 5 per cent , plus VAT , of any annual out-performance by the trust 's NAV of ‘ target performance ’ — which is defined as a 2 per cent margin over the Frank Russell 2000 Index , the standard index of US small company performance . |
| 6 | For example , our hypothetical Phillips curve shows that a 4 per cent per annum wage increase ( equivalent to 2 per cent inflation with a 2 per cent productivity growth ) is associated with a 3 per cent unemployment rate , and that a 9 per cent annum wage increase ( equivalent to 7 per cent inflation ) is associated with a 2 per cent unemployment rate . |
| 7 | Enticed by a 2 per cent incentive payment on top of the National Insurance rebate , some five million people have taken up the option since it was introduced in July 1988 . |