Example sentences of "25 [unc] [unc] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The percentage of all rape cases reported in our sample of newspapers increased from a steady 25 per cent over the two decades , 1951 to 1971 , to very nearly 40 per cent in 1978 . |
| 2 | The Government is looking to increase student numbers by 25 per cent over the next three years . |
| 3 | He estimated that inflation had risen by 25 per cent over the first eleven months of 1989 and that the dinar had lost 50 per cent of its value since October 1989 . |
| 4 | The European Commission has recommended to member states that they cut usage of methyl bromide [ see story above ] by 25 per cent over the next seen years . |
| 5 | SCOTTISH Nuclear is considering buying fuel from abroad for its nuclear power stations at Torness and Hunterston as part of its drive to cuts its costs by 25 per cent over the next few years . |
| 6 | On July 9 food prices rose by an average of 25 per cent following the withdrawal of state subsidies . |
| 7 | SITRATERCO had originally demanded a 60 per wage increase but , according to its general secretary Nicolas Rivera , it accepted a government-mediated offer of 25 per cent following the Army 's intervention " to protect the lives of our members " . |
| 8 | The Centre for Alternative Technology ( CAT ) has worked out that , on average , 20 per cent of heating goes through the roof , 25 per cent through the walls , 10 per cent through the floor , 10 per cent through the windows and 10 per cent in draughts . |
| 9 | If the index is calculated to be 125 in 1985 , say , this simply means that the average price of the goods included in the calculation has risen by 25 per cent during the period 1980–85 . |
| 10 | Lansley 's analysis of the housing tenure of the poorest 10 per cent of households shows that the proportion who are owner-occupiers remained the same , i.e. 25 per cent during the period 1953–73 ; the proportion living in local authority accommodation increased from 13 per cent to 45 per cent , and the proportion living in privately rented and other accommodation was halved from 62 per cent to 31 per cent . |
| 11 | Average carbon monoxide levels ( based on the second-highest eight-hour values recorded at around 280 monitoring sites ) decreased 25 per cent during the 1980–9 period ( figure 8.8 ) . |
| 12 | External improvement in the balance of payments was accompanied by a steady fall in the rate of inflation from a peak of 25 per cent at the end of 1975 to around 7 per cent by mid-1978 . |
| 13 | Only 44 per cent of manual workers voted Labour , as against 25 per cent for the Tories , 14 per cent Liberal , 3 per cent Nationalist and 14 per cent abstaining 24 ( the abstention rate among the electorate as a whole was considerably higher ) . |
| 14 | For example , suppose we have a company from which we expect a dividend growth of 25 per cent for the next 5 years . |
| 15 | The latest trend has been towards the darker types , still usually sedimented , and today wheat beer has a good 25 per cent of the Bavarian market . |
| 16 | A JAPANESE company is to buy 25 per cent of the record business of the Virgin Group , which Richard Branson took private in October of last year . |
| 17 | Continental has traded in Eastern Europe for 20 years and now supplies 25 per cent of the region 's imported grain . |
| 18 | The new shares will account for 25 per cent of the enlarged group and will be placed at 90p . |
| 19 | More than 25 per cent of the 2,600 employees will be graduates . |
| 20 | Failure to do so , he warned , would mean surrendering 25 per cent of the European car market to Japanese companies by the mid-1990s . |
| 21 | This would require that , in certain cases , a merger should be allowed even when it gives a combined share of more than 25 per cent of the European market . |
| 22 | The Independent Broadcasting Authority has said that groups can team up as long as they have no more than 25 per cent of the total independent television advertising market . |
| 23 | She was also instrumental in nudging him into giving 25 per cent of the positions in the Socialist Party to women . |
| 24 | Traditionally , management commission rates have ranged from 15 to 25 per cent of the band 's gross income . |
| 25 | After the official count , he was shown to have won 25 per cent of the vote , and later released though he was not allowed , at least temporarily , to take up his seat in Parliament . |
| 26 | Ensuring sufficient money to finance the government machine has been a by-product of the third characteristic : maintaining savings and investment , which in all three cases ( Kenya , Cameroun and Botswana ) have risen substantially since 1960 , to about 25 per cent of the output of the economy in 1986 . |
| 27 | By the same token , in contrast to the conversion of St James 's , Knatchbull Road , where 50 per cent of the cost of external repairs to this listed building was met by English Heritage , only 25 per cent of the cost of this work at All Saints was covered by a central government grant . |
| 28 | In 1923 , some 25 per cent of the films shown to the trade were British ; the following year it was only five per cent . |
| 29 | Only 8 per cent of people owning privatisation shares alone rented their home from a local authority or housing association , compared with 6 per cent of those owning other shares , although 25 per cent of the sample were such tenants . |
| 30 | The Cambridge coach John Wilson estimates , for example , that 25 per cent of the Great Britain squad for the Olympic Games this year will be ex-Oxbridge . |