Example sentences of "announcement [prep] a [num] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | News of the agreement and the announcement of a 34 per cent increase to A$183 million in net profits for the six months to the end of December 1990 helped the share value to recover to stand at A$7.26 on Feb. 14 . |
| 2 | ADVERTISING and public relations group , Lowe Howard-Spink & Bell , yesterday saw its shares rise 9p to 422p on the announcement of a 16 per cent rise in profits before tax to £7.7m for the half year to end June . |
| 3 | And a welcome wave of cuts in mortgage rates followed in the wake of the Chancellor 's announcement of a one per cent reduction in interest rates . |
| 4 | Within hours of the announcement of a one per cent reduction in interest rates , the phones started ringing more frequently at Andrews Estate Agency in Gloucester . |
| 5 | SHARES in Turriff Corporation , the Midlands-based construction and plant hire group , put on 1p to 334p against the market trend on the announcement of a 30 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £1.76m . |
| 6 | Sterling and the French franc remained weak , despite a raising of interest rates in France , and a major outflow of funds was observed from Finland into Germany , following Finland 's announcement of a 12.3 per cent devaluation of the markka in mid-November [ see p. 38587 ] . |