Example sentences of "per [unc] [conj] the " in BNC.

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1 The real issue here is not size per se but the degree of monopoly power and possible operating inefficiency which accompanies size .
2 These findings support the view that it is not the boundary of clauses per se but the boundary of units of information which is a major determinant of the units involved in language comprehension .
3 But that is not because its orders have greater status per se than the orders of a court of first instance or any intermediate court of appeal .
4 At this stage , however , it is necessary to examine the relationship between our underlying approaches to managing change per se and the whole question of whether those approaches are applicable to , or congruent with , the task of changing the nature of the management function itself .
5 The policy was , therefore , broadly passive per se and the primary issue is its stop/go effect , which was considered in the previous chapter [ Artis , 1978 ; 1981 ; Clower , 1969 ; Croome and Johnson , 1970 ; Goodhart , 1973 ] .
6 The tort is actionable per se and the plaintiff need not show any damage to the land as a result of the defendant 's act .
7 I have so far discussed deixis per se and the functions of context .
8 It has , however , been doubted whether s.92(1) ( d ) could be used to control odours caused by animals per se where the husbandry of the premises could not be faulted , on the basis that ‘ effluvium ’ is a reference to ‘ particulate matter ’ which is not present if there is merely an odour .
9 On the question of cost it is estimated 4 that the cost of providing an efficient workspace is around £12P/m.sq. per annum whereas the same workspace has to generate revenue in the region of £2000 to £4000 per annum .
10 A particular cause for concern is that the concentrations of the two main CFMs is increasing by about 5 per cent per annum while the equivalent figures for methane , nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide are 1 , 0.4 and 0.3 per cent .
11 The figures quoted in these illustrations comply with the rates of return ( and other factors ) as set out on the LAUTRO bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 13% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 8 ½%; per annum .
12 The figures quoted in these illustration comply with the rates of return and other factors set out in the Lautro bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% per annum .
13 The figures quoted in these illustrations comply with the rates of return and other factors set out in the Lautro bases , the higher illustration representing a future rate of return of 10.5% per annum and the lower illustration representing a future rate of return of 7% per annum .
14 In the seven years from 1540 to 1547 these sources brought in about £140,000 per annum and the King was able to pile one impost on another without the taxpayers showing any sign of wilting .
15 Health costs in the previous four years had risen at 15 per cent per annum and the President instituted a requirement for certificates of need for any hospital expenditure over $150 000 .
16 Trade around this period was approximately 3 million tons per annum and the new dock able to accommodate much larger vessels was to further increase this total over the next few years .
17 Fixed costs are estimated at £18,000 per annum and the selling price of each machine is £120 .
18 Right , so er you certainly do n't want to be giving in at at two per cent unless the volume we 're sure 's gon na be higher again this year .
19 ( c ) The charge If the conveyance or transfer does not fall within the provisions of s83 , one is thrown back on the previous stamp duty position : ( i ) conveyance or transfer on sale This incurs a charge to ad valorem stamp duty at 1 per cent unless the conveyance can be certified at £60,000 or less ( see below ) ( Finance Act 1984 , s109 and Finance Act 1993 ) ; or ( ii ) conveyance or transfer " of any other kind " In such a case fixed stamp duty of 50p is payable unless the instrument can be certified as being one within The Stamp Duty ( Exempt Instruments ) Regulations 1987 ( SI No 516 ) .
20 A further 22.7 point slide in the FTSE100 index on Friday ( bringing the fall to 192 points or 7 per cent since the election was called ) is testimony to growing concern over economic prospects if Labour wins the election and the possibility of an early interest rate hike .
21 For instance , electricity disconnections for debt have fallen by 43 per cent since the launch of privatisation .
22 At the same time , formal sector employment , never very large , has fallen some 10 per cent since the mid-1970s because of economic stagnation , and the informal sector is now overcrowded and income therefore low .
23 Many voices are heard in favour of more women running for office , and Emily 's List , a group that funds only Democratic women running for office , has seen its membership grow by more than 300 per cent since the Hill-Thomas hearings .
24 THE average net disposable income in Britain has fallen 40 per cent since the 80s boom , says a Lloyds bank survey .
25 The annual national rate of destruction of tropical rainforest has increased by 147 per cent since the Third World debt crisis began in 1982 , according to an analysis by Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) of figures published by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation ( FAO ) .
26 Crime has decreased by 70 per cent since the cameras were installed and a local businessman , Chris Ormerod , managing director of Orrs of Airdrie , and vice-chairman of Airdrie Development Trust , which helped set up the surveillance system , said : ‘ Saturday afternoon trade has improved quite dramatically .
27 Police figures show that the detection rate for crime in Airdrie has gone up from 30 to 70 per cent since the cameras were installed .
28 Here , the fall is 48 per cent since the objective was introduced .
29 Group profits before tax for the first six months of the year soared by 46 per cent but the final result to 30 June , announced last week , showed a less than sparkling advance of 26 per cent to £1.28m compared to earlier City predictions of £1.4m-plus .
30 The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed .
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