Example sentences of "on [noun] by [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expenditure on education would increase by 5.7 per cent , on the environment by 13 per cent , on research by 5.7 per cent and on defence by only 1 per cent . |
| 2 | CHESTER Health Authority has increased spending on patients by two per cent . |
| 3 | If foreign prices rose on average by 4 per cent and UK prices rose by 10 per cent , how much would the pound have to depreciate ? |
| 4 | In 1965 consumer prices rose on average by 3 per cent a year in the ACCs . |
| 5 | On the subject of repeated offences , will the junior Minister now say why crime has risen on average by 6 per cent . |
| 6 | Food prices were reported to have risen on average by 6 per cent during one week . |
| 7 | Since 1979 we have increased capital spending on average by 4.3 per cent . |
| 8 | Against this was a marked reduction in psychiatric symptoms , scores declining on average by 40 per cent . |
| 9 | In recent years , we have found that , throughout the Territorial Army , most regiments were undermanned on average by 15 per cent . |