Example sentences of "cent compared with [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The return on assets works out at 1.8 per cent compared with a 3.75 per cent target set by the Government . |
| 2 | Manchester was the other neighbourhood that experienced high house price rises while maintaining low owner occupancy rates ( 29 per cent compared with a city average of 64 per cent ) . |
| 3 | From January 1991 trade between the two countries had to be paid in fully convertible currency so that by April the value of exports to the Soviet Union had fallen by almost 60 per cent compared with a year previously . |
| 4 | On the high street a sales rise at Next Retail of just 3.6 per cent compared with an increase in trading space of 17.6 per cent speaks volumes about Next 's unbalanced expansion . |
| 5 | Overall expenditure would rise by 3.4 per cent compared with an increase of 7.7 per cent in 1989-90 . |
| 6 | It has found that between 1987 and 1991 , the price of existing patented drugs increased by 2.9 per cent compared with an increase of 4.7 per cent permitted by the guidelines , and that the annual increase has consistently remained below the rate of inflation . |
| 7 | The number of gold articles hallmarked in the first three months of this year fell by 12 per cent compared with the same period last year , according to the Assay offices . |
| 8 | Mr John Towers , managing director , said that in the five days after the poll sales had risen by 20 per cent compared with the same five days last year . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the prominent courtier Sir John Hussey 's sycophantic resolution , moved in the midst of haggling over the subsidy bill , burdened landed estates of £50 with an additional shilling in the pound , making a total of 15 per cent compared with the general 10 . |
| 10 | The Chairman of British Airways , for example , had received a pay increase of 117 per cent compared with the 6 per cent awarded to the company 's lowest paid workers . |
| 11 | Also in August to October sales by food retailers rose by 1 per cent compared with the previous three months ; those by mixed businesses were 1.5 per cent lower ; and those by specialist non-food retailers were 1 per cent lower . |
| 12 | In the academic year 1980–1 , for example , 140,000 students were registered on 1,703 taught CNAA courses and in the same year first degree courses were catering for 123,229 students , representing a rise of 6.2 per cent compared with the previous year . |
| 13 | The LDP 's share of the vote fell by more than 3 per cent compared with the 1986 lower house elections , and the party won 20 seats fewer than it had possessed at the dissolution ( although 11 independents were later reported to have joined , thereby bringing its total strength to 286 ) . |
| 14 | The amount of crude oil produced in south-east Anatolia in 1989 increased by 25 per cent compared with the previous year , reaching 12,800,000 barrels . |
| 15 | In the first seven months of 1990 productivity was down nearly 10 per cent compared with the same period of 1989 ; 37,000 people were unemployed ; and retail prices had increased dramatically ( according to figures published on Aug. 18 the cost of living index had risen by 108 per cent between May and July alone ) . |
| 16 | The National Bank report for 1989 revealed a fall in industrial production by 3.1 per cent compared with 1988 ( against a maximum targeted fall of 1 per cent ) , a deterioration in the hard-currency account and a drop in the GDP in real terms of 1.8 per cent compared with the previous two years . |
| 17 | In the first quarter of 1990 industrial production fell by 4.7 per cent compared with the same period in 1989 while agricultural production fell by 14 per cent . |
| 18 | During 1991-95 , he said , aid to the region would increase by about 80 per cent compared with the previous five-year period . |
| 19 | With some votes still to be counted , the coalition had won around 44 per cent of the 3,600,000 votes cast , a fall in support of some 5 per cent compared with the election of 1988 . |
| 20 | In the event , tourist arrivals in January-March 1991 were down only 3 per cent compared with the same period in 1990 . |
| 21 | Official figures for the first quarter of 1991 showed industrial production declining by only 0.6 per cent compared with the same period of 1990 — a lesser decline than might have been expected in view of the Gulf crisis . |
| 22 | The budget , presented to the SPA in May 1990 , revealed a growth in revenue of 6.1 per cent compared with the previous year . |
| 23 | The country 's current-account deficit for the first 10 months of the fiscal year also showed a fall of 27 per cent compared with the same period in 1989/90 . |
| 24 | By the end of September the lira rate against the deutschmark was about 876 , representing a further devaluation of some 8.5 per cent compared with the central rate set on Sept. 13 . |
| 25 | The vice-presidency was won by Senator Tommy Remengesau who polled 51.7 per cent compared with the 48.3 per cent of the vote won by Sandra Pierantozzi . |