Example sentences of "by 10 [no cls] cent [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures showed that in 1981-91 the area of vegetables grown in England and Wales fell by 10 per cent but the area treated with pesticides increased by 40 per cent ; the volume used fell by 10 per cent , as pesticides became less bulky . |
| 2 | ( i ) shares of an existing class already listed are to be issued which would increase the issued shares of that class by 10 per cent or more , or ( ii ) securities of a new class are to be offered as consideration which are to be listed , or ( iii ) debt securities of any amount are to be offered as consideration which are to be listed . |
| 3 | Zelia Cardoso de Mello , his chief economic adviser , proposed to increase tax revenues by 25 per cent , reduce government spending by 10 per cent and raise $18bn ( £11.46bn ) through privatisation programmes . |
| 4 | For example , if the sales of car A rise by five per cent , sales of car B rise by 10 per cent and sales of car C by 20 per cent the total increase is most definitely not 5% + 10% + 20% = 35 per cent . |
| 5 | The first test of the Treaty of Rome came in January 1959 , when the preliminary stage of tariff reductions was due to go into operation , with customs duties being reduced by 10 per cent and import quotas increased by 20 per cent . |
| 6 | According to another report that was based upon essentially the same data , the spacing of second and higher order births at least two years apart would reduce infant mortality by 10 per cent and the death rate of children aged 1–4 years by 21 per cent . |
| 7 | For if their own equilibrium price rises by 10 per cent and the average of all other prices rises by 10 per cent too , then they will not increase output because they know that there has been no increase in the relative price of the good on their island . |
| 8 | If their own price rises by 10 per cent and they know that on average other prices have risen by 5 per cent then they will increase their output . |
| 9 | The members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ) as a whole increased exports by 8.5 per cent , but largely as a result of the weakening of crude petroleum prices ( see pp. 36056-59 ; 36573 ) showed a decline of 1.5 per cent in imports , whereas other developing countries ' exports grew by 10 per cent and their imports by 12 per cent . |
| 10 | By 2000 , they aim to cut production of new packaging by 10 per cent and for 60 per cent of packaging to be re-usable . |
| 11 | When Aramco was told to cut production by 10 per cent and then , on top of that , shut in liftings equivalent to that which had been produced for ultimate sale to the USA in pre-embargo months , the company dutifully cut production back 23 per cent below September levels . |