Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] [adv] 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | An increase of at least 10 per cent will be demanded by union representatives , who will argue that only a substantial rise will improve morale . |
| 2 | Car workers ' unions are today expected to demand a wage rise of at least 10 per cent for the Ford motor company 's 31,000 hourly paid workers , when negotiations open in London . |
| 3 | Key points of the accord included ( i ) a set-aside , in the first year , of 15 per cent of the EC farmland currently devoted to growing oilseeds , and a set-aside of at least 10 per cent in future years [ see also p. 39170 ] , in return for the lifting of punitive US tariffs on EC food and drink imports [ see below ] ; ( ii ) restriction of oilseed production to 5.128 million hectares [ not 5,128 million hectares as given on p. 39170 ] , thereby cutting EC production in future years to between 8,500,000 and 9,700,000 tonnes , down from a peak of 13,000,000 tonnes in 1991 [ ibid. ] , in return for curbs on US exports of soya beans and other cereal substitutes to the EC ( so-called rebalancing " ibid. ) ; and ( iii ) trimming the volume of subsidised EC farm exports by 21 per cent ( rather than 24 per cent as proposed in a GATT draft accord " see p. 38746 ) , cutting EC internal price supports by 20 per cent and reducing EC export subsidies by 36 per cent . |
| 4 | The requirement of the old London Building Acts was that an area of window equal to at least 10 per cent of its floor area should be provided to light a habitable room . |
| 5 | In recent years tourism has also made an increasing impact on farming , particularly in the more scenically attractive and marginal farming areas , and in Scotland , at least 20 per cent of farms indulge in farm tourism , and farm tourism accounts for at least 10 per cent of net income ( Denman , 1978 ) . |
| 6 | How will that be possible , given that Labour wishes to phase out nuclear , which could easily push up carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 per cent . |
| 7 | A republic might secede subject to a referendum called by the republic 's Supreme Soviet either on its own initiative or in response to a petition signed by at least 10 per cent of USSR citizens permanently resident in that republic . |
| 8 | A request by at least 10 per cent of voters was necessary for a ballot to be considered , and a vote by at least 50 per cent would then be needed to pass a recall motion . |