Example sentences of "[num] per cent over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This included 7,777,400 million won for defence spending , an increase of 12.9 per cent over the previous year . |
| 2 | OUTPUT in the Scottish electronics industry in 1991 increased by 2 per cent over the previous year 's , but the industry 's share of employment in Scotland remained at about 13 per cent . |
| 3 | In the depths of the worst recession for 60 years , carbon dioxide emissions in the UK actually increased by 2 per cent over the past two years . |
| 4 | Investment goods output jumped 17 per cent in the fourth quarter , with engineering up 15 per cent and within that electrical and instrument engineering ahead 30 per cent over the previous quarter . |
| 5 | Although the fuel economy has improved by around 30 per cent over the past decade , there is evidence that the younger generation , in particular , feels the car is too ostentatious in today 's environment . |
| 6 | The Far Eastern Economic Review reported on Aug. 10 that the government had started distributing rice to urban residents at one-third of the free market price , which had risen by 30-50 per cent over the previous year . |
| 7 | The crime rate was reported on July 6 , 1990 , to have risen by 11.9 per cent over the previous year , and on Oct. 25 , 1991 , to have risen by 10.9 per cent in the first nine months of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 8 | Japan for instance , our largest single and most important market , has consistently increased beer sales by 6–7 per cent over the past three years . |
| 9 | You should never increase a long run , tempo run , speed session or total weekly mileage by more than 10 per cent over the previous week . |
| 10 | This improved the price-competitiveness of Turkish exports , which in the first quarter of 1991 rose by 10 per cent over the previous year , with Germany continuing as their largest single-country market . |
| 11 | Martell have substantially increased the prize money for the race to give a total prize fund of about £175,000 , this being an increase f three per cent over the previous year . |
| 12 | The number of hoax calls in the county has risen by twenty three per cent over the past five years . |
| 13 | In the six months to 31 July 1985 the unaudited profit of the group is expected to be £9.2m , an increase of 21 per cent over the corresponding period in the previous year . |
| 14 | The devaluation of the inti for the month of October was restricted to 6 per cent overall ; exporters were to receive 10 per cent of the value of their exports in foreign currency and 45 per cent in freely redeemable US dollar certificates , while the remaining 45 per cent would be paid in intis at the single exchange market rate ; import restrictions were eased ; to protect the silver sector against the continuing slump in prices since 1989 on the world market , the Central Reserve Bank was to buy silver at 5 per cent over the current market price ; fuel prices would rise by only 5 per cent in October , and public utility rates by less than the percentage rise in salaries , which themselves would be increased in accordance with inflation . |
| 15 | The index has fallen by about 5 per cent over the past month . |
| 16 | The Offer represents a capital uplift for Palatine shareholders of 55 per cent over the closing middle market price of a Palatine ordinary share of 193p on 8 May 1985 , the dealing day before AW commenced buying Palatine shares on the market , and an uplift of 17 per cent based on the closing middle market price of a Palatine ordinary share of 256p on 4 July 1985 , the dealing day before the announcement of the Offer . |
| 17 | House prices in Greater London have been rising at a rate of around 15 to 18 per cent over the past couple of years . |
| 18 | Surveys suggest that the population has increased by 17 per cent over the past year . |
| 19 | The 760 million meals served by contract caterers in 1992 was the highest ever and an increase of 17 per cent over the previous year , the survey says . |
| 20 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 8 , 1990 , reported end-1989 figures including gross national product ( GNP ) which had increased by 4 per cent over the previous year , the slowest rate since 1976 . |
| 21 | NHS management officially described the Feb. 23 deal as representing an increase of 13.3 per cent over the full two-year period . |
| 22 | The 247,400 million peso budget involved increasing spending by 17.9 per cent over the adjusted 1990 budget of 209,800 million pesos . |
| 23 | The figure represented an increase of more than 70 per cent over the total amount of aid granted during the previous five years . |
| 24 | Exacerbated by drought , water abstraction has increased by 70 per cent over the past three years to satisfy consumer demand . |
| 25 | He was going to look it up , whip down to Boots and , having bought a few quidsworth , sell it to Henry at ten per cent over the retail value . |
| 26 | Andrew Hugh Smith , ISE chairman , said : ‘ Turnover in UK equities has seen an increase of almost 50 per cent over the past year , alleviating some of the problems caused by the very low volumes after the market crash . |
| 27 | The average male sperm density has fallen by nearly 50 per cent over the past 50 years , according to a new Danish study of 15,000 men worldwide , suggesting that environmental factors may be to blame . |
| 28 | THE NUMBER of travelling people in Scotland has increased by 50 per cent over the past 24 years , a survey revealed yesterday . |
| 29 | A net deficit of E£3,775 million was expected , with expenditure set at E£41,248 million , a rise of 36 per cent over the previous year , and revenues and resources set at E£37,473 million . |
| 30 | ‘ In recent years the investment-linked scheme has shown a better return — around 15 or 16 per cent over the past five years , ’ says Feek . |