Example sentences of "30 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 25th Anniversary campaign had dramatic results : individual membership increased from 25,000 at the end of 1985 to 35,000 at the end of 1986 : a full 30 per cent increase in one year . |
| 2 | Rose 's ( 1971 ) survey , conducted in 1968 on the verge of ‘ the Troubles ’ , found that as many as 30 per cent of the catholic population were ‘ explicitly prepared to endorse the constitution ’ of Northern Ireland , which then included the Stormont parliament . |
| 3 | SHARES in Turriff Corporation , the Midlands-based construction and plant hire group , put on 1p to 334p against the market trend on the announcement of a 30 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £1.76m . |
| 4 | The Crush purchase boosted Cadbury Schweppes ' soft drinks volumes by 30 per cent to over four billion litres a year , which places it third equal with Dr Pepper-Seven Up behind Coca-Cola 's 46.5 billion litres and Pepsi 's 21.5 billion litres . |
| 5 | The McLean family , principal shareholders in Canada Packers , Canada 's largest food processor , is putting its 30 per cent stake up for auction . |
| 6 | AMP has approximately 30 per cent of the life insurance and superannuation markets in Australia and is the largest manager of private retirement funds in that country and New Zealand . |
| 7 | Its central theme is to make polluters pay , starting with a proposed 30 per cent rise in the price of petrol . |
| 8 | The baby is 13 months old and is 70 per cent dog and 30 per cent human . |
| 9 | So far non-advertising revenue stands at 38 per cent of turnover and around 30 per cent of profits , though HTV does not have plans to make any large acquisitions , such as the purchase of CCA Galleries last year . |
| 10 | Selling the 30 per cent stake in Harrisons Malaya brought a £75.9m extraordinary first half profit , and the sale of Felton should bring a £25m excess in the second half . |
| 11 | SYDNEY ( Reuter ) — Australia 's airline pilots said they were withdrawing the 30 per cent pay claim at the heart of a dispute that has disrupted domestic air services and were seeking instead an unspecified rise based on a 25 per cent increase in productivity . |
| 12 | GALLIFORD , the construction company , boosted full year returns by 30 per cent on the back of a full one-point increase in pre-tax profits margins to slightly more than 5 per cent . |
| 13 | The Indonesian stock market , where 6.9 per cent of funds are invested , has risen 53 per cent since Abtrust New Dawn was launched and the Thai stock market 30 per cent . |
| 14 | Shares of its Hong Kong subsidiary were suspended , and after the market closed it was announced that Polly may buy the 30 per cent of the company it does not already own . |
| 15 | View from City Road , page 25 Galliford margins rise : A percentage point rise in margins helped construction group Galliford boost half year profits by 30 per cent . |
| 16 | Mr Livingstone 's vote was down 30 per cent compared with last year ; but all other left-wing candidates lost votes , too . |
| 17 | The votes cast for each party are counted and the seats are allocated according to the proportion of votes each party receives — so a party polling 30 per cent of the votes would take 30 per cent of the seats . |
| 18 | The votes cast for each party are counted and the seats are allocated according to the proportion of votes each party receives — so a party polling 30 per cent of the votes would take 30 per cent of the seats . |
| 19 | One was taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital , Buckinghamshire , suffering from 30 per cent burns . |
| 20 | During its six-year life the Metrobus has established a significant position in the UK double-decker market , capturing about 30 per cent of all sales in each year between 1983 and 1986 and earning the reputation of a mobile road block among motorists in the congested capital since a driver-only policy was introduced by London Transport . |
| 21 | Although it seems that the South is recovering its appetite for fresh fish , with restaurants buying about 30 per cent of the fish sold in the area , there is no doubt that there has been a positive nosedive in the demand for fresh fish in Britain as whole . |
| 22 | One variation on that would be to increase the constituency share according to the national increase in membership — so constituencies would have 30 per cent of the vote on a membership of 300,000 ( as now ) but would get an extra 1 per cent of the vote for every 30,000 increase in national membership . |
| 23 | This year 's adjustment saw some Halifax borrowers experience a sudden rise in mothly payments of ‘ more than 30 per cent in many cases ’ . |
| 24 | Love it or hate it , the South-east does contain 30 per cent of the population of the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | Fewer than 30 per cent of those earning up to £8,000 go , and fewer than 40 per cent of those earning up to £15,000 . |
| 26 | Mr Arslan is in Stoke Mandeville Hospital , Buckinghamshire , with 30 per cent burns . |
| 27 | EMPLOYERS gain almost two hours a week on average from early-bird employees , and only 30 per cent of employees contribute no extra time at all , according to a report by the mobile communications group Phonepoint . |
| 28 | GENERAL MOTORS of the US may build new facilities in the UK to support a major increase in Jaguar production as part of its plan to take a 30 per cent stake in the luxury car maker . |
| 29 | Burmah has just under 30 per cent , which could be sold on to SHV , or another party . |
| 30 | The laws on migration and land could easily upset the 30 per cent Russian component of the population . |