Example sentences of "[no cls] [noun] over the [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the employers persuaded them to hold off until 1966 , when they settled for a mere 5 per cent rise over the three years to 1969 . |
| 2 | We had 80 per cent occupancy over the entire year , yet we 're about 25 per cent down on budget for those occupancy figures . ’ |
| 3 | Car insurance premiums shot up by almost a quarter — and drivers will suffer 15 per cent rises over the next year . |
| 4 | The study , which includes flame retardants , antioxidants , heat stabilisers , light stabilisers , colorants and blowing agents , forecasts an 18 per cent growth over the five year period with sales rising from $1200m in 1991 to $1300m in 1996 . |
| 5 | Even so , contract caterers are now providing nearly 55 per cent of meals served in business and industry , a 11 per cent increase over the previous year and the overall number of outlets operated by contractors also grew by one per cent . |
| 6 | The police force , in response to the explosion of crime during 1990 , was to receive R4,600 million , a 53 per cent increase over the previous year , and 5 per cent of the total budget . |
| 7 | Despite reports that Japan intended to withhold aid pending India 's adherence to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) [ see p. 38727 ] , Rao secured pledges of Japanese economic assistance worth US$850 million — a 6 per cent increase over the previous year 's allocation — and a further US$500,000 in cultural aid . |
| 8 | On Nov. 10 IDB president Ahmed Muhammad Ali told delegates that the IDB had approved 194 financing operations worth 968,000,000 Islamic dinars ( ID ) ( about US$1,330 million ) during 1991-92 , representing a 48 per cent increase over the previous year . |
| 9 | Figures released this week show that in the year to April 1 , people here were prosecuted for attempting to dupe the Social Security Agency — a seven per cent increase over the previous year . |
| 10 | We do n't anticipate the same rate of increase that we saw last year , but we 'd be expecting probably somewhere in the region of a 10 to 15 per cent increase over the coming year . |