Example sentences of "on [noun sg] [adj] per " in BNC.

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1 Diseconomies : more staff per head required ; heavy initial outlay on equipment disproportionate per capita ; no economies of scale possible .
2 During the second half of the century the Empire 's population rose on average 1.5 per cent a year , the total soaring from 74 million at Emancipation in 1861 to 126 million in 1897 .
3 Whereas on average 2.4 per cent of households were victimized by burglary , in the high-risk areas it was 6.3 per cent ( Hough and Mayhew , 1985 , Table M ) .
4 In the last free elections in what is now East Germany , in 1946 , the SED , after its forced alliance with the SPD , won on average 45 per cent of the vote .
5 Salary increases in the accountancy profession were on average two per cent in the private sector last year , the lowest in 25 years .
6 Samples from different sites contain on average 38 per cent iron , 6.5 per cent manganese , 0–3 per cent aluminium and smaller amounts of other metals .
7 The growth of GDP , which had averaged 5.4 per cent annual growth in the first half of the 1970s and 0.8 per cent between 1975 and 1980 , went into reverse , dropping on average 5.7 per cent a year over the period from 1981 to 1988 .
8 The CEGB 's Magnox series , for instance , was expected to produce on average 75 per cent of its maximum output each year .
9 Yet on average 73 per cent of UK adults now use some form of credit , compared with 22 per cent in 1969 , and 33 per cent have three or more loans , compared with three per cent in 1969 . ’
10 Target funding is the estimated budget increase needed to cope with rising demands ( on average 2 per cent in real terms each year ) against which the actual budget can be compared , with shortfalls accumulated from year to year .
11 Ian Byatt , OFWAT 's Director General , believes we 'll all be paying on average 50 per cent more for our water by the end of the decade .
12 One survey showed that five European drug companies were charging Indian customers on average 350 per cent the European price of their products .
13 Some would argue that the compound rates of return required by venture capitalists — on average 20 per cent to 25 per cent p.a. , but sometimes up to 50 per cent for start ups-are too high , but this is difficult to argue against given the nature of the investments involved and the high degree of risk .
14 In Britain , each of us gets on average 40 per cent of our calories from fat .
15 The Podmore survey indicated that on average 15 per cent of a practices ' time would be taken up with company and commercial work .
16 Anyone failing to pay the total amount shown on that account when they received it ( the end of the ‘ free credit ’ period ) would have to pay what he owed plus interest , which in 1990 was on average 2.2 per cent monthly or 29.8 Annual Percentage Rate ( risen from 23.1 per cent in 1988 ) .
17 Neither does it resolve the problems of people who are on income support in Scotland , since any increase in benefit will be a flat-rate payment across the UK , whereas it costs on average 30 per cent more to heat a house in Scotland .
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