Example sentences of "of just [adj] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the high street a sales rise at Next Retail of just 3.6 per cent compared with an increase in trading space of 17.6 per cent speaks volumes about Next 's unbalanced expansion . |
| 2 | Similarly , broad money is growing at a rate of just 6.1 per cent against 10.9 per cent a year ago . |
| 3 | In July 1978 , he announced bluntly that the government would commit the unions to a pay-increase norm of just 5 per cent for the next twelve months . |
| 4 | It resolves the puzzle of why the Earth cooled even while the concentration of carbon dioxide was continuing to grow exponentially , and all it requires is a peak change in solar luminosity of just 0.28 per cent over the 76-year cycle , producing a maximum influence on surface temperatures on Earth of only 0.28°C . |
| 5 | Under Labour , productivity increased annually by an average of just 2.5 per cent . |
| 6 | A report on the development of Germany 's energy sector to 2010 , prepared by Basel-based consultants Prognos , concludes that a reduction of just 10.4 per cent can be expected . |
| 7 | A purchase of just 2.8 per cent of ICI last year was enough to spark talk of a pending mega-bid and cause gnashing of teeth among Labour politicians and union leaders . |
| 8 | The ‘ Yes ’ majority of just 51.05 per cent meant he barely escaped the biggest humiliation of his political career . |
| 9 | Strikingly , however , the average size of manual worker 's families exceeded that of non-manual workers by a large and consistent margin of just 40 per cent throughout the early twentieth century . |
| 10 | Even if they did , the breakdown of just 2 per cent of the paper in the cup would give off methane to match the greenhouse warming potential produced by all the pentane gas used to ‘ blow ’ the foam of a polystyrene cup . |
| 11 | Including that holding , Owners was last night claiming the support of holders of more than 25 per cent of its shares , while Airtours , despite purchases in the market and the assent of what is thought to be Mercury Asset Management 's 15 per cent stake , claimed control of just 22.8 per cent . |