Example sentences of "[n mass] [be] [adv prt] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Prime Minister aware that building employers say that conditions are worse than they have been in 40 years , that car sales are down 20 per cent . |
| 2 | By sector , pharmaceutical sales were up 4 per cent to £2470m , while trading profits in the sector rose 13 per cent to £694m . |
| 3 | In Sterling terms , however , sales were down 4 per cent ( Stg£191.4 million against Stg£200.1 million for 1991 ) . |
| 4 | JULY car sales were down 8 per cent . |
| 5 | In the latest three months the volume overall sales were down 1 per cent with the steepest falls registered by retailers of clothing and footwear , down 5 per cent and household goods , 4 per cent . |
| 6 | Total on-trade beer sales were down eight per cent as a result of the recession , with nablabs having fallen by 20 per cent . |
| 7 | With Jaguar revealing more misery in the US where September sales were down 19.1 per cent year on the year , the company needs the takeover interest to keep its share price alive . |