Example sentences of "by 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | This page and Outlook , page 27 Sears slows : Pre-tax profits at Sears , the retailing group , slumped by 10 per cent to £91.7m in the six months to 31 July as high street spending waned . |
| 2 | PRE-TAX profits at Sears , the Selfridges , Dolcis and Olympus retailing group , slumped by 10 per cent from £102.3m to £91.7m in the six months to 31 July as high street spending waned . |
| 3 | The average £350 package tour would jump by 10 per cent , with more exotic trips likely to incur larger increases , Sidney Perez told the conference . |
| 4 | The trip begins at a Eucharistic Congress in Seoul intended to put the seal on the Catholic Church 's extraordinary progress in Korea , where the number of believers has grown from a post-war 200,000 to more than 2.5 million , and is increasing by 10 per cent each year . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Those switching to human insulin were alerted this year to reduce the dose by 10 per cent , and the need for careful monitoring was emphasised . |
| 7 | Overall , in this panel , the Conservative lead over Labour increased by 10 per cent between 1986 and election day in 1987 . |
| 8 | Aerodynamics have also been improved by 10 per cent , although the overall Cd is still an unimpressive 0.35 . |
| 9 | Fares go up by 10 per cent in February . |
| 10 | A new directive to reduce EC support to Herdwick farmers by 10 per cent could end centuries of resilience . |
| 11 | The Energy Committee 's own calculation was that it would require a 90 per cent increase in gas consumption worldwide to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10 per cent . |
| 12 | Indeed , it was this government action which encouraged employers to attempt to reduce the wages of workers by 10 per cent ; causing the coal lock-out/strike and General Strike of 1926 . |
| 13 | Indeed , it was this government action which encouraged employers to attempt to reduce the wages of workers by 10 per cent ; causing the coal lock-out/strike and General Strike of 1926 . |
| 14 | Secondly , the second Labour government collapsed in August 1931 as a result of the unwillingness of the Cabinet to wholeheartedly approve of Snowden 's demand that unemployment benefits should be cut by 10 per cent . |
| 15 | ‘ Polling 's up by 10 per cent in parts and they 've been queuing , yes , queuing in St Ives , ’ Mr Archer revealed . |
| 16 | As an encore , water miraculously expands , just on the point of freezing ; in fact , as its temperature falls from 4°C to 0°C it expands by 10 per cent . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Overall funding for universities has increased by 10 per cent for the second year running . |
| 19 | Sir Denys 's comments came as he revealed that ICI 's profits in 1991 fell by 10 per cent to £843m . |
| 20 | Another consideration is that the government expects high-technology' industries to grow by 10 per cent a year for the next decade . |
| 21 | He has pledged to increase support by 10 per cent above the rate of inflation for the next three years . |
| 22 | Reduce thermostat temperature to 18°C or 65°F ( each degree increase increases energy consumption by 10 per cent ) . |
| 23 | For example , if retail prices should rise by 10 per cent in a single year , but at the same time after-tax incomes should also rise by 10 per cent as a result of cuts in direct taxation , then the Tax and Price Index method would record a zero rate of inflation . |
| 24 | For example , if retail prices should rise by 10 per cent in a single year , but at the same time after-tax incomes should also rise by 10 per cent as a result of cuts in direct taxation , then the Tax and Price Index method would record a zero rate of inflation . |
| 25 | By extrapolating broad social trends such as the long-run shift in industrialised societies from employment in agriculture and manufacturing to employment in service industries he paints his picture of the future where all our material needs are catered for by 10 per cent of the labour force , and the remainder are employed in the service sector , many of them in education and subsidised by the government . |
| 26 | BOLA originally estimated that turnover would go up by 10 per cent if the current 6.30pm closing time were lifted , but Kelly believes the survey makes that figure look pessimistic . |
| 27 | The company , which manufactures grass-cutting machinery , increased sales by 10 per cent in the second half of the year ending December 31 , 1992 , giving an overall rise in sales for the year of 7 pc . |
| 28 | The official Energy Efficiency Unit suggests these cheap , easy ways of saving on heating costs : TO cut your bill by 10 per cent turn down your thermostat by one degree Centigrade . |
| 29 | This has helped lift profits of Unilever , the Wall 's ice cream to Persil food and detergents giant , by 10 per cent to £888 million in the first half of this year . |
| 30 | 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 . |