Example sentences of "cent [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cut of 1.5 per cent until January 1993 can be combined with an indefinite larger loan discount that is a full one per cent off the variable rate — a real bonus . |
| 2 | And it could knock 10 per cent off the National Health Service 's drugs bill by undermining price agreements between the government and the major drug companies . |
| 3 | If the client has a salary in excess of forty-five thousand , you still take the seventy-five per cent off the forty-five , but you could then take a third of whatever is over that forty-five . |
| 4 | Growth rates vary according to the polymer type , with ABS/SAN expanding at 6 per cent through the 1990s , compared with 8 per cent for the other engineering polymers . |
| 5 | Industrial output fell by 11 per cent between the second quarter of 1 979 and the last quarter of 1982 , and between 1979 and 1985 industry shed 1.5 million workers . |
| 6 | TI said that business failures notified to it rose by 6.7 per cent between the second and third quarters of 1991 , and were 78 per cent higher than in the corresponding period in 1990 . |
| 7 | The number of tax-paying urban households fell by no less than 45 per cent between the mid sixteenth century and the 1620s , and recovery was protracted and uneven . |
| 8 | Official figures out yesterday indicated that British consumers saved at the lowest rate for 31 years while living standards actually declined 0.6 per cent between the first and second quarters of the year . |
| 9 | The proportion blaming poverty on ‘ circumstances ’ rather than fecklessness rose from 30 to 49 per cent between the two dates . |
| 10 | White-collar workers increased their share of manufacturing employment from 27.6 to 31.7 per cent between the 1971 and 1981 Censuses ; that is to say that services provided in offices and laboratories within manufacturing concerns increased in relative importance and largely escaped the process of job reduction which took place on the shop floor . |
| 11 | Hence if the gravitational force depended , like the strong force , on the number of nucleons rather than mass there would be a difference of 0.7 per cent between the gravitational acceleration of iron and hydrogen . |
| 12 | Yes , the metabolic rate can reduce by 10 per cent during a calorie-restricted diet . |
| 13 | By stimulating repeat business , encouraging higher-value purchases and more frequent visits , Findlay Clark increased sales by 7 per cent during a severe retail slump . |
| 14 | In other words , education accounted for at least 12 per cent of the total economic growth during the first period and 23 per cent during the second ; if the overlap between educational improvements in labour and advances in knowledge is not complete , then the contribution of education to economic growth is higher for both periods . |
| 15 | However , for the Gosville Company the general picture was of increase from 1939 to 1949 , then a period of stability , followed by decline in service frequency of just over 15 per cent during the 1970s . |
| 16 | The number of serving police officers per 1,000 population had increased by 20 per cent during the 1970s ( Burrows and Tarling 1987 , p.230 ) and the increase continued during the Thatcher decade . |
| 17 | showed that the number of full-time male employees of local authorities increased by only 13 per cent during the critical period of 1964–74 while the number of part-time women in local authority employment rose by 86 per cent during the same period . |
| 18 | For example , in those areas where golden eagles fed extensively on carrion sheep which had been dipped in dieldrin , the proportion of pairs successfully rearing young fell from 72 per cent to 29 per cent during the late 1950s . |
| 19 | Rhône-Poulenc announced a rise in operating profits of 8.1 per cent during the first nine months of 1991 to FFr 4887m ( £1 = FFr9.68 ) , despite a persistently poor economic climate . |
| 20 | Foreign exchange earnings from the three main commodities — diamonds , copper and beef — rose by 32 per cent during the first 10 months of 1989 . |
| 21 | The official statistics agency , Goskomstat , announced on April 19 that oil production had declined by 9 per cent during the first quarter of 1991 as compared with the same period in 1990 , and in the first half of 1991 there was a 25 per cent fall in oil exports . |
| 22 | While the manufacturing sector showed its usual robust health , 1990 saw considerable volatility in Japan 's financial markets , with equities plunging by nearly 15 per cent during the first three months of the year . |
| 23 | The proportion of aluminium cans recycled in the UK increased from 11 to 16 per cent during the first quarter of 1992 , according to figures released by the Aluminium Can Recycling Association . |
| 24 | Based on 400 monitoring sites , sulphur dioxide levels decreased 24 per cent during the 1980–9 period as a consequence of increased installation of flue-gas desulphurization equipment at coal-fired power stations , a reduction in the average sulphur content of fuels , industrial recession , and shutdowns of some large smelters ( figure 8.8 ) . |
| 25 | Average carbon monoxide levels ( based on the second-highest eight-hour values recorded at around 280 monitoring sites ) decreased 25 per cent during the 1980–9 period ( figure 8.8 ) . |
| 26 | Emissions from highway vehicles decreased 33 per cent during the 1980–9 period even though there was a 39 per cent increase in the total number of vehicle miles travelled nationally ( figure 8.10 ) . |
| 27 | Using information from over 100 sites , average national levels of nitrogen dioxides decreased by 5 per cent during the 1980–9 period ( figure 8.8 ) . |
| 28 | This mineral dropped by 15 per cent during the six weeks . |
| 29 | During the year the Nikkei Average index had failed to rise above the 26,000 mark , compared with some 39,000 at the end of 1989 , and operating revenues had been down by 23 per cent during the six months to September . |
| 30 | Before World War II , Brazil introduced high rates of effective protection for local manufacturers against imports ( up to nearly 70 per cent during the 1960s ) and thus created a strong and enduring anti-export bias ( Balassa , 1985 : p. 27 ) . |