Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [prep] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were located mostly in two areas — launcher rockets ( primarily the Ariane programme ) , accounting for 50 per cent of the workforce and satellites for 45 per cent . |
| 2 | Cars increased by 0.96 per cent to 22.74 million , but buses and coaches fell by 1.6 per cent , heavy commercial vehicles by 9.4 per cent , and motorcycles by 6.4 per cent . |
| 3 | It puts support for them at 13 per cent ( up five points on last month ) , with Labour in the lead on 41 per cent ( down three ) , SNP on 24 per cent ( down two ) and Conservatives on 21 per cent ( down one ) . |
| 4 | Exports rose by 9 per cent in 1989 ( albeit at a lower rate than the 14 per cent recorded in the previous two years ) , to $110,000 million ( fob ) and imports by 8 per cent , thus leaving a commercial balance of $28,000 million . |
| 5 | Hungary and the Soviet Union signed a trade protocol on April 18 providing that the Soviet Union would remain Hungary 's main trading partner ; however , Soviet exports to Hungary would decrease by 8.5 per cent and imports by 12 per cent . |
| 6 | Looked at against the background of the difficulties in the way of achieving a representative sample , the close result of 1932 was a fantastic stroke of luck ; and errors of 4 per cent or so , as produced in 1936 , are only to be expected . |
| 7 | CDs reduced from £12.99 to £10.99 , albums and tapes by 10-15 per cent . |
| 8 | Total turnover in the fourth quarter was up 5 per cent and profits up 13 per cent to £522 million , beating all three preceding quarters . |
| 9 | WOLSELEY , the West Midlands-based maker and supplier of bathroom furniture , drove sales up 30 per cent to £1,145 million and profits by 41 per cent to £47.6 million before tax in the six months to 31 January , and is now knocking on the door of the FT-SE 100-share Index , writes Clifford German . |
| 10 | Hi-Tec hopes North America , which lifted sales and profits by 20 per cent , and Europe will account for half of group turnover by early 1991 . |
| 11 | And Compaq , competing directly against IBM in desktop PCs , increased sales by 36 per cent and profits by 51 per cent , in its latest quarter . |
| 12 | Cosmetic and perfume production appears to have fallen by 8 per cent and detergents by 3 per cent , compared to expected flat growth . |
| 13 | Over the last decade , the upper disposable income limit rose by about 50 per cent , but earnings rose by 135 per cent and prices by 93 per cent . |
| 14 | Agreement in principle was reached on Jan. 25 on increasing public employees ' benefits and pensions by 9 per cent on average and introducing parity between the minimum pension and the minimum wage . |
| 15 | The revised output figures , confirming an 0.2 per cent rise in gross domestic product in the fourth quarter of last year , made up of a 6.3 per cent rise in oil and gas production , a static service sector , and falls of 0.2 per cent in manufacturing , 0.8 per cent in construction and 1 per cent in farming , provided little fresh inspiration . |
| 16 | During the next three years , nearly 10,000 million dollars were made available to Europe in ‘ Marshall Aid ’ , which not only enabled Europe to recover and increase goods and services by twenty-five per cent over that three years , but also ensured a market for American-made goods . |
| 17 | The chemical industry saw a fall in the level of failures of 23 per cent ; textiles and clothing by 21 per cent ; and services by 9 per cent . |
| 18 | GNP per capita fell from US$210 in 1984 to US$150 to 175 in 1988.3 South Africa put pressure on the Mozambican economy by reducing its use of Mozambique 's ports and railways by 90 per cent . |