Example sentences of "[art] few percentage " in BNC.
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| 1 | It added that control of inflation was necessary , but it was important that ‘ a reduction of a few percentage points in the headline inflation rate should not be achieved at a disproportionate cost in terms of income creation and employment ’ . |
| 2 | Chris Patten is among the sceptics : ‘ Even if it ( investment ) were to be successful and encourage a 40 or 50 per cent increase in the use of rail , it would make damn-all difference to the growth in road traffic — it would just take a few percentage points off the top . ’ |
| 3 | It also contributed to a shift in opinion at the Ministry of Education away from the curtailment or freezing of grant towards modest and flexible expansion — and the Eastern District was able to take advantage of the new grant regulations which followed the Report in 1955 to achieve a level of aid a few percentage points higher than the 75% hitherto regarded as standard . |
| 4 | Yet Northern Ireland is like Italian politics used to be : dominated by its partyocracy and political blocs , shifts of a few percentage points represent an earthquake . |
| 5 | Costs and expenses rose 14.4% to $7,896m and gross profit margin was 39.5% , a few percentage points below expectations . |
| 6 | Costs and expenses rose 14.4% to $7,896m and gross profit margin was 39.5% , a few percentage points below expectations . |
| 7 | In fact over the 1950s the Tories never won as much as half of the popular vote , and were never more than a few percentage points ahead of Labour — percentage points which are nonetheless crucial within the British electoral system . |
| 8 | Large grocery multiples and the oil companies have led the way in retail modelling , and some now reckon to be able to predict new store or site performance to within a few percentage points . " |
| 9 | Any one of the three main political parties could take the seat because they were within a few percentage points of each other at the last election . |