Example sentences of "per cent over the last [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ENROLMENT of full-time students in English polytechnics has increased by 47 per cent over the last eight years , compared with a rise of only 3 per cent in universities , Her Majesty 's Inspectors said yesterday . |
| 2 | Traffic has increased by 57 per cent over the last 10 years , and air pollution has grown concomitantly . |
| 3 | Income from sport and commercial fishing has fallen by 80 per cent over the last four years . |
| 4 | Positive results in three-day games have hovered between 42 and 50 per cent over the last five seasons , apart from the freak year of green pitches in 1989 when 57 per cent avoided a draw . |
| 5 | Investment in green and ethical investment funds across Europe has increased by 500 per cent over the last five years , according to a survey by the Merlin Environmental Research Unit . |
| 6 | However , investment in energy efficiency has fallen by 28 per cent over the last two years . |
| 7 | As a result of these measures turnover has risen by 22 per cent over the last two years with profits up by 447 per cent to an annual average of 93,000 . |
| 8 | Domestic demand for water has shot up by 70 per cent over the last 30 years , especially in the affluent southeast . |
| 9 | Only 11,000 rhinos are believed to remain worldwide — a decline of 85 per cent over the last 30 years . |
| 10 | SALE room prices of impressionist paintings have risen by 974 per cent over the last ten years , modern paintings by 880 per cent and English furniture by 314 per cent , arts minister Mr Richard Luce told Mr Mark Fisher ( Lab . |
| 11 | India 's growth rate has slowed by only 1.15 per cent over the last ten years , despite Indira Ghandi 's attempts to emulate China by offering a free transistor radio for every vasectomy . |
| 12 | So in that sense the resources per student , the funds per student have in fact erm come down by in the region of erm fifteen per cent over the last ten years or so very roughly speaking already , and that 's a very considerable reduction in provision . |
| 13 | The decision has aroused controversy because the fish 's decline ( by 90 per cent over the last 20 years ) is attributed to the increasing abstraction of water from the delta , which supplies two-thirds of California 's drinking requirements . |
| 14 | According to the buyers ' guide produced by estate agents Savills , who specialise in such properties , the price of prime properties in Yorkshire has risen by more than 130 per cent over the last three years . |
| 15 | Although statistics do not explain why people are increasingly in debt they do explain why ‘ negotiating debt ’ enquiries have increased by 330 per cent over the last three years in Scottish CABx . |
| 16 | This is despite the fact that organic agriculture has expanded by 150 per cent over the last three years , to its present total of 125,000 acres — equivalent to 0.2 per cent of total agricultural land . |
| 17 | But the staffing has been cut by twelve per cent over the last three years . |
| 18 | But the staffing has been cut by twelve per cent over the last three years . |