Example sentences of "cent over [art] period " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drink sales averaged £180,000 per unit , showing an increase of approximately 10 per cent over the period . |
| 2 | Their wages increased by 30 per cent over the period through competition with industrial wages , to add to increases in costs from aspirations in housing , transport , social life , and many new conveniences , at a time when the general trend in prices was downwards ( Deane and Cole 1969 ) . |
| 3 | Real personal disposable income rose 15 per cent over the period . |
| 4 | Whilst the total number of holidays authorized increased by nearly 50 per cent over the period shown both Thomson and Intasun expanded by a greater proportion but with Intasun far outstripping Thomson 's growth . |
| 5 | Furthermore , the proportion of older men remaining economically active fell by 50 per cent over the period 1975–88 while the rate for older women was relatively stable ) . |
| 6 | For , ‘ new industrial regions ’ ( Greater London , Warwickshire , Staffordshire and Worcester shire ) expanded their share of net output from 28.7 per cent to 37.1 per cent over the period 1924 to 1935 ( Pollard , 1983 ) . |
| 7 | So even though the yield has not changed from 10 per cent over the period , the holding period return is less than 10 per cent . |
| 8 | Reworking of her indices by Deane and Cole suggests that between the quinquennium 1750 – 4 to 1785 – 9 money wage rises in the South varied between less than 4 per cent for London labourers and 19.4 per cent for those of Kent , whereas in Lancashire labourers gained 64 per cent and craftsmen 40.5 per cent over the period . |
| 9 | An analysis of major countries from 1974–1990 including France , Germany , UK , USA and Australia , showed that advertising expenditure rose by more than 70 per cent over the period ( weighted average ) but that alcohol consumption per capita declined . |
| 10 | The region is the fastest-growing car market , with Thai car sales increasing by 30 per cent over the period 1988-91. * Indonesia and China are both reported to be planning similar laws to make " cats " obligatory . |
| 11 | The Daimler-Benz study claims that carbon dioxide levels will actually increase by 10 per cent over the period because control efforts are being cancelled out by increased traffic volumes . |
| 12 | In its second environmental report , the chemicals company ICI claims that it has reduced its worldwide emissions by 9 per cent over the period 1991-92 . |
| 13 | Energy consumption in the member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD — which groups most of the industrialized countries ) is set to rise by 30 per cent over the period 1990-2010 , according to a report by the International Energy Agency . |
| 14 | With consumer prices rising by some 15 per cent over the period , the fall in the real value of the shares was considerably greater . |