Example sentences of "for [art] 30 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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1 | About to join a battle royal with Britain and Germany over his ambitious plans for a 30 per cent increase in the EC budget , the last thing Mr Delors wanted was more tales of bogus food exports . |
2 | The shares were sold on to Canadian pension funds , but in February Lockwood retrieved them with backing from 3i , in return for a 30 per cent stake . |
3 | I understand that at the GATT negotiations , for example , we may eventually settle for a 30 per cent . |
4 | The consortium paid US$50,000,000 for a 30 per cent stake in Ikarus , with an option to increase the stake to 48 per cent . |
5 | Despite falling export earnings from oil products , government policy was blamed for modest growth of 2.9 per cent in 1991 , for annual inflation of 50 per cent , for a 30 per cent underemployment rate and the fact that an estimated 70 per cent of the population was living below the poverty line . |
6 | The principal points include : , setting a target for a 30 per cent reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 ; , a total ban on the use of chlorofluorocarbons by 1994 ; , introducing an " energy tax " to encourage conservation of energy ; , adopting a system of marketable " permits to pollute " , which could be traded between companies ; , introducing road pricing and peak hour bans on cars in congested city centres ; , phasing out tax perks for company cars and replacing the Vehicle Excise Duty with a local authority tax on car use . |
7 | The State of California 's Air Resources Board has announced new regulations for petrol , providing for a 30 per cent cut in emissions of air pollutants . |
8 | Earlier , Mr Josselin said he would call for a 30 per cent increase in minimum prices imposed on imports at the EC fisheries meeting in Brussels . |
9 | The fisheries council meeting in Brussels decided to take no immediate steps to curb imports and rejected a French demand for a 30 per cent increase on minimum import charges . |
10 | The commission failed to support French demands for a 30 per cent higher minimum prices for imported fish . |