Example sentences of "[prep] around [num] [unc] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jordan , Egypt and Turkey had earned substantial revenues from workers ' remittances and trade with Iraq and Kuwait ; some middle-income countries such as India relied heavily on oil imports from Iraq and also benefited from sizeable remittance flows ; and for some low-income countries , including Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Bangladesh and the Philippines , the loss of remittances and the rising cost of oil imports were expected to slow growth rates to an average of around 1.5 per cent by 1991 and add some $3,000 million to annual Third-World debt interest payments . |
| 2 | Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 . |
| 3 | The rate of growth of agricultural output in the Meiji period is subject to considerable dispute , but it is probable that a rate of around 1.8 per cent annual growth in output was maintained through to the early 1900s at least , far outstripping the rate of population growth in the same period . |
| 4 | However , while Accountancy Personnel estimated similar average pay increases of around two per cent , it is also noted student recruitment and partnership prospects for qualifieds were on the up and redundancies were falling in public practice , and some demand for specialist skills and pro-active commercial skills in commerce and industry . |
| 5 | John Perry , chief executive of Unisys UK , added that the British subsidiary made a profit of around 10 per cent , in spite of the adverse economic climate . |
| 6 | Izvestiya of March 12 reported that officials were predicting a budget deficit in the first quarter of around 10 per cent of gross national product ( GNP ) against the government 's target of 1 per cent . |
| 7 | Other guaranteed income bonds are paying an average of around 5 per cent on £5,000 left tied up for a year . |
| 8 | The pact was designed to allow the Reserve Bank of New Zealand ( central bank ) , which had anticipated wage rises of around 5 per cent ( the current rate of inflation ) , to relax its tight monetary policy and to reduce interest and mortgage rates accordingly . |
| 9 | Although final results were yet to be computed , the opposition Liberal-National alliance appeared to have won at least 19 of the 35 seats in the House of Assembly , with the ALP suffering an adverse swing of around 5 per cent . |
| 10 | We 've experience a growth rate of around eight per cent , ’ said a spokeswoman . |
| 11 | ‘ This assumes that the investment managers are making an average return of around 13 per cent a year — which they should be able to do , given that a PEP is effectively a tax- free fund . |
| 12 | In three referendums held on June 3-4 , majorities of around 93 per cent in each case supported proposals to revoke existing laws on game hunting and the use of pesticides in agriculture . |
| 13 | The Chancellor announced a rise of around 6.5 per cent for all tobacco products , pushing the price of 20 cigarettes up by about 10p . |
| 14 | The Chancellor announced a rise of around 6.5 per cent for all tobacco products , pushing the price of 20 cigarettes up by about 10p . |
| 15 | In February 1981 the Transport Department and British Rail published a joint report which concluded that a substantial programme of main-line electrification would be financially worthwhile : it would show a real return on capital of around 11 per cent and it would cut oil consumption . |
| 16 | M4 , the best measure we have , has risen at an annual rate of around 18 per cent , and even this year it has continued to rise at that rate . |
| 17 | At today 's overdraft rate of around 18 per cent the value of a two-year interest free loan of say , £5,000 is around £1,800 . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , noise levels on the distributor roads have fallen typically by four dB(A) , with falls of around 18 per cent in carbon monoxide levels and 10 and 30 per cent in hydrocarbons and nitrous oxide respectively . |
| 19 | The increase was due to much higher than expected growth in agricultural production , of around 7.2 per cent . |
| 20 | Like all unit trusts , you pay start-up fees of around five per cent , and annual management fees of about 1.5 per cent . |
| 21 | Given the severe limitations of physical plant , the University is planning a slow but steady growth in student numbers ( home/EC and overseas ) of around 1 per cent per annum across almost all subject areas , with a modest increase in the ratio of Science to Arts students . |
| 22 | Indeed , the trend towards low fat milks , I believe , will mean the decline of around 1 per cent a year in volume will be reversed . ’ |
| 23 | Within EFTA ( the free trade zone formed by seven of the non-EEC European countries , including at that time the United Kingdom ) lower barriers resulted in extra imports of around 10–15 per cent for the countries concerned . |
| 24 | Immediately before a visit to Tokyo by Delors [ see p. 38202 ] , the Commission on May 11 , 1991 , imposed punitive duties of around 17 per cent on imported Japanese audio cassettes , which had not reduced their market share to 35 per cent as agreed in 1988 . |
| 25 | That purchase added around 3 percentage points to its share of the liquid milk market , taking it to 16 per cent , where it is now snapping at the heels of the second-largest operator , Dairy Crest , the marketing subsidiary of the MMB , which claims a market share of around 17 per cent . |
| 26 | The decline of around 35 per cent in the number of births between 1964 and 1977 led rightly to a review of the provision of educational places . |
| 27 | For the long term benefits of the ‘ loyalty share bonus ’ together with a first year 's yield of around 20 per cent makes the investment an attractive income stock . |
| 28 | In the United Kingdom , the Publishers Association report roughly a 9 per cent growth in the British book market in the last few years while electronic sectors are showing growth rates of around 20 per cent . |
| 29 | Analysis by the European Commission 's Information Market Observatory suggests growth rates in electronic sectors of around 20 per cent in Europe more generally . |
| 30 | As Dr Von Tunzelmann has pointed out , if the same price data are used , with the Lancashire wage data it would produce an increase in real wages from 1750 to 1780 of around 20 per cent , while with southern wage data a fall of around 15 per cent appears . |