Example sentences of "per [unc] over the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The actual rate of completion per annum over the last 27 years has been less than one half of one percent … thus even at several times the projected rate of progress , the great bulk of the conservation task will be incomplete at a time when the most vigorous additional demand is placed on land from massive upsurge of population . |
| 2 | In a letter of intent to the IMF , details of which were released on May 29 , the government had pledged further to reduce inflation to 2 per cent per month for the second part of the year and to achieve the reduction of the fiscal deficit to 1 per cent over the following nine months by further adjustments to public utility prices and controls on public sector wages . |
| 3 | Defence spending was raised to Rs157,500 million , representing an increase of 8.6 per cent over the 1989 revised estimates , in view of the situation on the Indo-Pakistan border in Kashmir [ see p. 37246 ] . |
| 4 | He estimated that inflation had risen by 25 per cent over the first eleven months of 1989 and that the dinar had lost 50 per cent of its value since October 1989 . |
| 5 | UK beer sales have fallen some 7 per cent over the first three months of this year , due to a combination of poor weather and recession . |
| 6 | The government estimated that nearly one in three businesses would pay rate increases of more than 50 per cent over the first few years , with some paying more than double their previous bill . |
| 7 | The 247,400 million peso budget involved increasing spending by 17.9 per cent over the adjusted 1990 budget of 209,800 million pesos . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has constantly warned governments that the business of reducing carbon dioxide emissions ( by 60 per cent over the next two or three decades ) can not be put off any longer . |
| 10 | The government on Oct. 15 made limited concessions to the unions over welfare cuts , lifting the ceiling on pension rises slightly to a total of 3.5 per cent over the next two years , and altering the annual income ceiling for eligibility for health concessions . |
| 11 | No one company has a big slice of the business and we 're aiming to increase our share by 10 or 11 per cent over the next two years . ’ |
| 12 | Centralised lender National Home Loans has a cap & collar deal where the mortgage interest rate will not rise above 14.49 per cent or fall below 10.99 per cent over the next five years .. |
| 13 | MR TRISTAN Garel-Jones , Foreign Office Minister , last night repeated the Government 's implacable opposition to plans of M Jacques Delors , EC Commission President , to raise the EC 's budget by 30 per cent over the next five years — a plan which would cost British taxpayers at least one billion pounds extra per year , writes Boris Johnson , EC Correspondent , in Luxembourg . |
| 14 | Endorsed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency , the " pollution prevention " package aims to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals into the Lakes by 50 per cent over the next five years . |
| 15 | THE GOVERNMENT 'S involvement in undermining attempts to freeze carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000 ( Guardian , November 8 ) should perhaps be viewed together with the Department of Transport 's recently announced road-building programme , and projections that UK road traffic will increase by about 43 per cent over the next 20-30 years . |
| 16 | The MTFS in 1980 planned for a reduction in public spending of 5 per cent over the next four years ; there was in fact an 8 per cent growth in real terms . |
| 17 | British energy studies estimate that total energy consumption could be reduced by anything between 10 and 65 per cent over the next 35 years — depending on the political will . |
| 18 | At present rates , car usage is expected to grow by 70 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 19 | Vehicle use is expected to grow by 70 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 20 | The government also released a study which showed that planning policies which reduced the need for people to travel could cut pollution and fuel consumption by up to 15 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 21 | Sustainable Netherlands : A perspective for changing Northern lifestyles , suggests that the use of fossil fuels would have to be cut by 60 per cent over the next 20 years , followed by a further 60 per cent cut in the following two decades . |
| 22 | The idea is to increase the Barn Owl population in the country by 50 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 23 | However , a report submitted by the Department of Environment to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the following month , suggested that the UK 's total energy consumption could be cut by as much as 60 per cent over the next 15 years through energy conservation . |
| 24 | The loss per share rose last year from 0.4p to 12.4p as turnover dipped from £87.2 million to £83.3 million , in spite of production being maintained at about 24,000 barrels per day , which is forecast to rise by 60 per cent over the next 12 months . |
| 25 | SCOTTISH Nuclear is considering buying fuel from abroad for its nuclear power stations at Torness and Hunterston as part of its drive to cuts its costs by 25 per cent over the next few years . |
| 26 | Given current trends , car usage will increase by between 80 per cent and 140 per cent over the next 30 years . |
| 27 | Britain , West Germany and the Netherlands want to reduce the scientists ' pay by 4½ per cent over the next three years . |
| 28 | The pit could ‘ reasonably ’ be projected to be profitable , although performance would have to be improved by 20 per cent over the next three years . |
| 29 | The Government is looking to increase student numbers by 25 per cent over the next three years . |
| 30 | Apart from Browne 's announcement that BP was increasing its North Sea investment by almost 10 per cent over the next three years , Shell outlined a scheme to spend £100 million refurbishing the Dunlin platform which will extend its economic life well into the next century . |