Example sentences of "by just [num] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | After increasing by 9 per cent in 1989 , manufacturing investment is expected to rise by just 1 per cent next year as firms lower their growth expectations in the light of high interest rates and muted consumer demand , according to the CSO 's investment intentions survey . |
| 2 | By their enormous concentration on defence they raised the issue by just 8 per cent in terms of public priorities and by just 7 per cent in terms of electoral significance . |
| 3 | He believed a truer picture of the company 's performance was given by earnings figures calculated on a current-cost basis , which rose by just 8 per cent to £3.1 billion on turnover which fell by more than £1 billion to £73 billion . |
| 4 | Forte announced a group pre-tax profit fall of 62 per cent from £190 million to £73 million on turnover which rose by just one per cent to £2.66 billion . |
| 5 | By their enormous concentration on defence they raised the issue by just 8 per cent in terms of public priorities and by just 7 per cent in terms of electoral significance . |
| 6 | As a result , they say the health service must quickly adjust to big shifts in demand among specialities : while general surgery patients will rise by just 4 per cent between 1986-95 , those in geriatric medicine will increase by 35 per cent , and those in urology by 42 per cent . |
| 7 | But during the same period the futures price has fallen by just 10 per cent . |
| 8 | Henry McLeish , Labour 's Scottish economics spokesman , said that manufacturing jobs outnumber Scottish unemployment by just 2 per cent . |
| 9 | In the past decade demand for food rose by just 0.5 per cent each year while production went up by 1.8 per cent each year |
| 10 | But the bill for nurses ' and midwives ' pay rose by just 60 PER CENT in the same period . |
| 11 | Second births , having declined little , also recovered little , increasing by just 6 per cent . |
| 12 | Vauxhall continues to close the gap on Ford , which now has the biggest market share by just 2.24 per cent . |