Example sentences of "growth of [adv] [adj] [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | In forecasts issued in 1991 , the IMF had predicted growth of nearly 3 per cent in 1992 . |
| 2 | It predicted a growth of nearly 3 per cent in the UK population by 2002 , but there would be an overall decline in the numbers aged under 30 counterbalanced by ‘ dramatic growth ’ in the 30-59 age group . |
| 3 | The report pointed to relatively strong growth of over 3 per cent in many developing countries in 1992 , but a continuing fall in output in eastern Europe and the former Soviet republics . |
| 4 | It must be a cause for concern to those of us in the public sector that in the period 1979–90 the percentage of children receiving private education increased from 5 per cent to 7.8 per cent a growth of over 50 per cent . |
| 5 | The report said that continuing economic reform , despite its short-term costs , might allow annual growth of about 5 per cent by the end of the 1990s . |
| 6 | The government 's economic programme for 1991 was designed to achieve real economic growth of about 5 per cent , to hold inflation down to 14 per cent and to limit the deterioration in the current-account balance . |
| 7 | One of the great difficulties faced by the South African Government and people at the moment is the need to see growth in their economy , which runs at present with no growth , as against a population growth of around 3 per cent . |
| 8 | The Congressional Budget Office , an independent adviser to Congress , had recently forecast growth of around 2.6 per cent per year . |
| 9 | Year-on-year figures released by the Japan Travel Bureau showed a growth of almost 20 per cent or 17 000 visitors in the past 12 months to the United Kingdom . |
| 10 | For the OECD 's European members as a whole , the projection was for growth of only 1.4 per cent in 1992 and 2.4 per cent in 1993 , with unemployment at 9.3 per cent in both years . |
| 11 | Yes , but will the Minister say how he could ever expect to balance exports and imports when the Chancellor has forecast growth of only 1 per cent ; when we have rising unemployment , falling investment and companies going bankrupt ? |
| 12 | The labour shortage served to drive wages up by 6.4 per cent , against productivity growth of only 3.4 per cent . |