Example sentences of "from the [adj] per " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | By the end of last week , Conservative strategists were talking about broadening Tory support still further from the 42 per cent achieved on Thursday . |
| 2 | Supporters of official forecasts say the 1982–86 recovery saw an average annual growth rate of 3 per cent — not far removed from the 3.1 per cent average implied by the Treasury over the five years to 1996–97 . |
| 3 | The research involves the analysis and development of an extensive data base for all local authority areas in England ; use of longitudinal data from the one per cent sample from 1971/81 Census available through the City University ; locality studies involving interviews with key agencies , institutions and firms supplemented by related desk research ; social survey work on the unemployed ; and ethnographic research on specific groups . |
| 4 | The Bush team wants the Fed to follow up the cut in its discount loan rate to banks from the 3.5 per cent it reached in December to perhaps as low as 3 per cent . |
| 5 | Apart from the 1 per cent who have their own private supplies , the great majority of the UK population rely upon the decisions of the water suppliers to ensure that the great bulk of the water we drink and cook with is ‘ wholesome ’ . |
| 6 | The key contributor to life profits came from the 70 per cent rise in single-premium pension transfers to £73.3 million , mainly recession-related transfers from occupational schemes . |
| 7 | The latest opinion polls are predicting that the National Front will get between 10 and 12 per cent of the vote — down both from the 14 per cent it won in last year 's regional elections and from Mr Le Pen 's own record score of 14.4 per cent in the 1988 presidential elections . |
| 8 | Availability was targeted at 85 per cent , a quantum leap from the 70–75 per cent being achieved at most BR DMU depots up until then , and typical of the radical thinking which accompanied Provincial 's second director , John Edmonds . |
| 9 | The 1989 growth in GDP of 9.2 per cent was down from the 11 per cent of the previous year but unemployment during the year was at a record low of 2.2 per cent . |
| 10 | The Communists , in contrast , are likely to see their share of the vote fall from the 11 per cent they won in the last general election to around 8-9 per cent . |
| 11 | So much so , that it has fallen from the 50 per cent standard of the 1930s , to less than 15 per cent in the late 1970s — which is no better , and in some areas far worse , than the standard already achieved before the First World War when the Probation Act of 1907 had hardly consolidated itself . |
| 12 | Its bid for 1992–3 was late , so it did n't benefit from the 50 per cent increase , and there is great pressure to meet the standards required for grant status . |
| 13 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that the Football Trust gets an extra £20 million from the 2.5 per cent . |
| 14 | In a speech to the Lok Sabha Singh announced that small and marginal farmers would be completely exempted from the rise in fertilizer prices and that the average increase for other farmers would be reduced from the 40 per cent announced in his budget to 30 per cent . |
| 15 | The effect of contested takeover bids on a company 's share price may be seen from the 139 per cent increase in the price of Rowntree 's shares during the first six months of 1988 — the best performance of any share in the FT-SE 100 index . |
| 16 | The reinvestment return is 55.74 but the reinvestment risk is that on 15 February the 1-month rate will have fallen from the 9.25 per cent expected to , say , 8.75 per cent . |
| 17 | But as you progress from the 60 per cent level upwards , remember that your body is the best judge of what feels comfortable . |
| 18 | That Scotland does not benefit from the 15 per cent of GDP earned by the financial sector ? ’ he asked . |
| 19 | Investment income is exempted from the 9 per cent national insurance tax , so they would not be touched by Labour 's abolition of the £21,060 ceiling . |
| 20 | In 1970 , Labour identification was not necessarily tied to support for the party 's ‘ traditional ’ concerns , or at least the concerns of the left-wing : only 39 per cent of Labour identifiers were in favour of nationalising more industries ; only 40 per cent did not believe that trade unions had too much power ; and although 60 per cent were in favour of spending more on social services this represented a marked decline from the 89 per cent recorded in 1964 ( Crewe et al . , |