Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [adv] [adv] [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | A consequence of the recession has been a reduction of just over six per cent in the 5,000 worldwide workforce in the past 12 months . |
| 2 | Mr Ebbert warned that the company would have to continue operating at reduced output levels for the immediate future , even though he expected a modest improvement in total UK new car sales this year — a rise of perhaps about 7 per cent to 1.7 million . |
| 3 | By the time he sold it at auction ( Sotheby 's , New York , May 1989 ) it had given him a real net annual rate of return of just under 20 per cent , after allowing for commission , insurance and inflation . |
| 4 | With the addition of the large numbers of children and teenagers who have had only a few years of schooling , rates of illiteracy of well over 50 per cent seem entirely credible ( see Chapter 16 ) . |
| 5 | The Glasgow distiller , owned by the mighty American Brands , only needs to advance its 41.3 per cent stake to just over 50 per cent . |
| 6 | So , while the stock market boom has played a crucial part in entrenching the wealth position of those who own most , the spread of owner-occupation , coupled with the rapid rise in house prices , has been largely responsible for extending the scope of capital ownership to well over 60 per cent of the population . |
| 7 | Over the previous 12 months the portfolio underperformed its expected rate of return by just over 2.5 per cent . |
| 8 | The test yielded a mean score of just over 50 per cent for all pupils participating . |
| 9 | The most likely method involves the leasing of the necessary hardware , and the Scottish case is strengthened by projected payback of well over 100 per cent a year from the savings to the national economy in eliminating or minimising congestion — estimated to cost up to £1.5 billion a year in Scotland . |
| 10 | Under the system of proportional representation used in the 1986 election , his party managed to win 35 parliamentary seats with just under 10 per cent of the vote . |
| 11 | Almost thirty per cent of the the population are employers , managers or white collar workers with just under six per cent unskilled labourers . |
| 12 | After all , if you can borrow ( or exchange your existing UK mortgage where you are paying rates at the highest level in real terms for over a century ) for a Swiss franc mortgage at around 9.5 per cent , a mark mortgage at just under 10 per cent , an Ecu mortgage ( Ecu is the European currency unit which is made up of a ‘ basket ’ of 10 currencies including sterling ) at about 10 per cent or a Japanese yen mortgage at just under 8 per cent , why not do so ? |
| 13 | After all , if you can borrow ( or exchange your existing UK mortgage where you are paying rates at the highest level in real terms for over a century ) for a Swiss franc mortgage at around 9.5 per cent , a mark mortgage at just under 10 per cent , an Ecu mortgage ( Ecu is the European currency unit which is made up of a ‘ basket ’ of 10 currencies including sterling ) at about 10 per cent or a Japanese yen mortgage at just under 8 per cent , why not do so ? |
| 14 | Over 9,700 candidates competed in the elections and a turnout of just over 60 per cent was officially recorded . |
| 15 | There was a relatively low turnout of just over 60 per cent . |
| 16 | That increase resulted in the rest of the world overtaking the European Community , whose investment had been falling since 1987 , reaching an all-time low in 1991 , with a share of just over 3 per cent . |
| 17 | Haussmann confirmed the buoyant state of the West German economy , with around 413,000 more in employment in 1989 than in 1988 and a moderate rate of inflation of just under 3 per cent per annum . |
| 18 | Midland has currently made provisions against just over 50 per cent of its South American debt exposure , in line with Bank of England guidelines . |
| 19 | Ostensibly agriculture has a fine record — between 1961 and 1973 labour productivity bounded along at over 7 per cent per annum , though overall growth of output at just under 3 per cent was less impressive [ Matthews et al. , 1982 ] . |
| 20 | While the 1981 Census put the proportion of all families that are one parent families at just over 14 per cent , the average in Inner London was 26.6 per cent . |
| 21 | The use of low-sulphur coal reduces sulphur output by only about 50 per cent , compared with the 90 per cent removal that can be achieved with FGD . |
| 22 | McCAW 'S revised offer for just over 50 per cent of LIN Broadcasting is cleverly structured . |
| 23 | Shop stewards have recommended accepting the offer of just under 9 per cent — worth £10 a week to most bakers — two extra days ' holiday by April 1991 to make five weeks a year , and other benefits , including better sick pay . |
| 24 | Of these , 191 secondary teachers , 54 middle and 134 primary teachers responded , in many cases only after several reminders ; a response rate of just over 52 per cent , a rate very similar to that in the earlier survey in Solihull ( op. cit . ) . |
| 25 | The Wellington trainer , who has a strike rate of just over 37 per cent at the Lancashire course , landed a double there yesterday with all-the-way winners Tri Folene and Star 's Delight , and it would come as no surprise if he doubled that score today . |
| 26 | However , the biennial consideration of High Court Interlocutory fees produced an uprating of just under ten per cent over two years . |
| 27 | Gross national product ( GNP ) grew by an average of just under 5 per cent in 1989 and 1990 , while the annual rate of inflation fell to below 3 per cent by the end of 1990 . |
| 28 | To take Bury South , No 32 on Labour 's list of target seats , it needs a swing of just over 2.5 per cent . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | This would constitute an improvement of just over 50 per cent on the original return on the investment in XYZ Ltd . |