Example sentences of "[unc] to 30 per [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By a smaller majority of 48 per cent to 30 per cent , they found tele-Vision more useful than the press for providing information about party leaders ( with 22 per cent , once again , rating the two sources equally useful ) . |
| 2 | 10 March , receives support from the fieldsportsmen , the same people who in hunting counties , encourage foxes to bred in artificial earths , thus producing an increase in foxes which is a contributory factor in the decline of the hare ( being 20 per cent to 30 per cent of the rural foxes ' diet ) ! |
| 3 | In the 1979 ‘ Incentive Budget ’ , the basic rate of income tax was cut from 33 per cent to 30 per cent , whilst the top rate was cut from 83 per cent to 60 per cent . |
| 4 | ( The basic rate of income tax was cut from 33 per cent to 30 per cent in the 1979 Conservative Budget — the ‘ Incentive Budget ’ — but further cuts were not made until 1986 when the rate was cut to 29 per cent , and thereafter to 27 per cent in 1987 and 25 per cent in 1988 ) . |
| 5 | Comparing his York findings with Booth 's in London , Rowntree concluded that ‘ we are faced with the startling probability that from 25 per cent to 30 per cent of the town population of the United Kingdom are living in poverty ’ . |
| 6 | Thus Malaysian , or bumiputra , shares of corporate ownership were targeted to rise from about 2 per cent to 30 per cent . |
| 7 | The same government that reduced substantially the taxation rates for the very rich did very little , apart from reducing the basic rate of tax from 33 per cent to 30 per cent , for the low-income groups . |
| 8 | Whereas PCs are often sold at 25 per cent to 30 per cent discount , the accessories are not discounted at such high levels . |
| 9 | In 1979 , the Conservative government reduced the standard rate of income tax from 33 per cent to 30 per cent but nearly doubled the standard rate of VAT . |
| 10 | Elaborating on this statement , he said that some of the increase would come from widening access , with more women , more older people and more people from ethnic minorities entering higher education , but he also anticipated a doubling of the participation rates among young people of the relevant age , from the present 15 per cent to 30 per cent . |
| 11 | The changes included : ( i ) an effective general tax rate of 30 per cent for the majority of the population ; ( ii ) improvement in tax rebates and child allowances for the lower-paid , resulting in a reduced rate of 23 per cent ; ( iii ) the reduction of top rate of income tax from 72 per cent ( the highest in the world ) to 50 per cent ; and ( iv ) reduction of corporation tax from 52 per cent to 30 per cent . |
| 12 | It was also the intention to increase the share of the fund directed at service industries , such as tourism , from the existing 14 per cent to 30 per cent . |