Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to [adj] per " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1970 , 75 per cent of the population saw TV at some point during the day and in 1986 the figure had not risen much further to 78 per cent . |
| 2 | The SPD still led by Ollenhauer , and with policies largely based on negative criticisms at Adenauer , rose only slightly to 32 per cent . |
| 3 | Unemployment would rise to 7.5 per cent in 1992 ( from 7.1. per cent the previous year ) and fall back only slightly to 7.3 per cent in 1993 . |
| 4 | About 16 million people — more than a quarter of the Italian population — live in the Po basin , which is also home to 37 per cent of Italy 's industry . |
| 5 | In 1872 , 45.5 per cent of the workforce of the nation were women , but by 1920 this proportion had dropped to 15.3 per cent and by 1950 , it had fallen even further to 11.3 per cent ( Saffioti 1978 ) . |
| 6 | Indeed ( if medicine and dentistry are excluded ) , the proportion of students studying for degrees in science and technology rose from 25.9 per cent to 32.6 per cent between 1938 and 1949 , and rose even further to 40 per cent by the early 1960s . |
| 7 | If forced to be more exact , I think I would put the figure a little closer to 20 per cent than 30 per cent . |