Example sentences of "[num] per cent over the previous " in BNC.
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| 1 | This included 7,777,400 million won for defence spending , an increase of 12.9 per cent over the previous year . |
| 2 | OUTPUT in the Scottish electronics industry in 1991 increased by 2 per cent over the previous year 's , but the industry 's share of employment in Scotland remained at about 13 per cent . |
| 3 | Investment goods output jumped 17 per cent in the fourth quarter , with engineering up 15 per cent and within that electrical and instrument engineering ahead 30 per cent over the previous quarter . |
| 4 | The Far Eastern Economic Review reported on Aug. 10 that the government had started distributing rice to urban residents at one-third of the free market price , which had risen by 30-50 per cent over the previous year . |
| 5 | The crime rate was reported on July 6 , 1990 , to have risen by 11.9 per cent over the previous year , and on Oct. 25 , 1991 , to have risen by 10.9 per cent in the first nine months of 1991 over the same period in 1990 . |
| 6 | You should never increase a long run , tempo run , speed session or total weekly mileage by more than 10 per cent over the previous week . |
| 7 | This improved the price-competitiveness of Turkish exports , which in the first quarter of 1991 rose by 10 per cent over the previous year , with Germany continuing as their largest single-country market . |
| 8 | Martell have substantially increased the prize money for the race to give a total prize fund of about £175,000 , this being an increase f three per cent over the previous year . |
| 9 | The 760 million meals served by contract caterers in 1992 was the highest ever and an increase of 17 per cent over the previous year , the survey says . |
| 10 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Feb. 8 , 1990 , reported end-1989 figures including gross national product ( GNP ) which had increased by 4 per cent over the previous year , the slowest rate since 1976 . |
| 11 | A net deficit of E£3,775 million was expected , with expenditure set at E£41,248 million , a rise of 36 per cent over the previous year , and revenues and resources set at E£37,473 million . |
| 12 | Bimec turned in net profits of £2.4m during Q3 of 1991 , a rise of 78 per cent over the previous year , on a turnover of f£53.2m ( £24m ) . |
| 13 | Together with the interim dividends already paid this makes a total dividend for the year of 9.75p , an increase of 15 per cent over the previous year . |
| 14 | In total , the market increased in value in 1992 by 15 per cent over the previous year to £3.26 billion , it said . |
| 15 | At the end of December total foreign debt stood at US$28,549 million , an increase of 3.37 per cent over the previous year , whilst inflation averaged 10.6 per cent for the year . |
| 16 | In the budget for 1992 announced on Jan. 20 , 1992 , spending on education had been increases by 19 per cent over the previous year . |
| 17 | In his mid-June 1990 budget speech Saihou Sabally , then Finance and Trade Minister , set total domestic revenue at GD552,200,000 , a rise of 9.7 per cent over the previous year , with a projected deficit of DG59,400,000 . |