Example sentences of "per cent over the next [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change has constantly warned governments that the business of reducing carbon dioxide emissions ( by 60 per cent over the next two or three decades ) can not be put off any longer . |
| 2 | The government on Oct. 15 made limited concessions to the unions over welfare cuts , lifting the ceiling on pension rises slightly to a total of 3.5 per cent over the next two years , and altering the annual income ceiling for eligibility for health concessions . |
| 3 | No one company has a big slice of the business and we 're aiming to increase our share by 10 or 11 per cent over the next two years . ’ |
| 4 | Centralised lender National Home Loans has a cap & collar deal where the mortgage interest rate will not rise above 14.49 per cent or fall below 10.99 per cent over the next five years .. |
| 5 | MR TRISTAN Garel-Jones , Foreign Office Minister , last night repeated the Government 's implacable opposition to plans of M Jacques Delors , EC Commission President , to raise the EC 's budget by 30 per cent over the next five years — a plan which would cost British taxpayers at least one billion pounds extra per year , writes Boris Johnson , EC Correspondent , in Luxembourg . |
| 6 | Endorsed by the federal Environmental Protection Agency , the " pollution prevention " package aims to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals into the Lakes by 50 per cent over the next five years . |
| 7 | THE GOVERNMENT 'S involvement in undermining attempts to freeze carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000 ( Guardian , November 8 ) should perhaps be viewed together with the Department of Transport 's recently announced road-building programme , and projections that UK road traffic will increase by about 43 per cent over the next 20-30 years . |
| 8 | The MTFS in 1980 planned for a reduction in public spending of 5 per cent over the next four years ; there was in fact an 8 per cent growth in real terms . |
| 9 | British energy studies estimate that total energy consumption could be reduced by anything between 10 and 65 per cent over the next 35 years — depending on the political will . |
| 10 | At present rates , car usage is expected to grow by 70 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 11 | Vehicle use is expected to grow by 70 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 12 | The government also released a study which showed that planning policies which reduced the need for people to travel could cut pollution and fuel consumption by up to 15 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 13 | Sustainable Netherlands : A perspective for changing Northern lifestyles , suggests that the use of fossil fuels would have to be cut by 60 per cent over the next 20 years , followed by a further 60 per cent cut in the following two decades . |
| 14 | The idea is to increase the Barn Owl population in the country by 50 per cent over the next 20 years . |
| 15 | However , a report submitted by the Department of Environment to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change the following month , suggested that the UK 's total energy consumption could be cut by as much as 60 per cent over the next 15 years through energy conservation . |
| 16 | The loss per share rose last year from 0.4p to 12.4p as turnover dipped from £87.2 million to £83.3 million , in spite of production being maintained at about 24,000 barrels per day , which is forecast to rise by 60 per cent over the next 12 months . |
| 17 | Given current trends , car usage will increase by between 80 per cent and 140 per cent over the next 30 years . |
| 18 | Britain , West Germany and the Netherlands want to reduce the scientists ' pay by 4½ per cent over the next three years . |
| 19 | The pit could ‘ reasonably ’ be projected to be profitable , although performance would have to be improved by 20 per cent over the next three years . |
| 20 | The Government is looking to increase student numbers by 25 per cent over the next three years . |
| 21 | Apart from Browne 's announcement that BP was increasing its North Sea investment by almost 10 per cent over the next three years , Shell outlined a scheme to spend £100 million refurbishing the Dunlin platform which will extend its economic life well into the next century . |
| 22 | Announcing the changes in a Commons written answer , Lord James said that planned spending on legal aid would still rise by 40 per cent over the next three years , in spite of the changes , with more people than ever being granted legal aid . |
| 23 | And the support price for all commodities including wheat , which is already poised to reduce by 29 per cent over the next three years under CAP reform , could plunge if the value of sterling suddenly improved . |
| 24 | The underlying rate of inflation is expected to range as high as 4 per cent over the next three years , while average pay settlements should be no higher than 1.5 per cent in the public sector , perhaps 2.5 per cent in the private sector . |
| 25 | The pit could reasonably be projected to be profitable , although performance would have to be improved by 20 per cent over the next three years . |