Example sentences of "[prep] over [num] per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Treasury intends to claw back £2.8 billion there will have to be a total saving of over 7 per cent on these pensions and benefits . |
| 2 | One of the aims of the Government 's 1988 benefit reforms was to ensure that no working families were faced with a marginal tax rate of over 100 per cent . |
| 3 | An increase of over 100 per cent in the price of maize meal on June 19 , as part of an economic recovery programme [ see pp. 37142-43 ; 37559 ] , provoked widespread discontent which culminated in violence after a demonstration by some 2,000 students in Lusaka on June 25 . |
| 4 | Nominal wages in 1990 repeated their 1989 rise of over 100 per cent . |
| 5 | On March 18 the Deputy Prime Minister in charge of social policy , Aleksandr Shokhin , announced a rise of over 100 per cent in the minimum wage from April , and a near doubling of pension rates . |
| 6 | This is usually expressed in terms of their having replacement ratios of over 100 per cent . |
| 7 | Only the tertiary sector has maintained a larger share of the cake , an average of over 4 per cent during the period from 1978/79 and 1986/87 , compared with 1.04 per cent for general education in the decade from 1978 to 1989 ( see Figure 9.4 ) . |
| 8 | Thus , in early 1988 the banks would have to charge an average rate of interest on their dinar loans of over 200 per cent to cover themselves . |
| 9 | However , a change would be subject to the agreement of over 70 per cent of parents . |
| 10 | Between 1979 and 1999 the number increased from 55,300 to 97,900 , a rise of over 70 per cent . |
| 11 | Over 40 per cent of India 's total electorate of 489,000,000 were entitled to vote in the February state elections and a turnout of over 70 per cent was reported . |
| 12 | On June 6 he told delegates at a seminar on promoting private investment that multipartyism would be established " in the near future " , warning at the same time that current conditions , notably the illiteracy rate of over 70 per cent , were " not adequate to meet the challenge of multipartyism " . |
| 13 | ‘ As profits in many existing fields attract a marginal rate of over 83 per cent , there is little incentive for companies to keep costs under control or for additional investment in existing fields , ’ he claimed . |
| 14 | Mr. Peter Walker : Between June 1987 and January 1989 , seasonally adjusted unemployment has fallen in Wales by 40,900 , from 12.6 to 9.2 per cent. , a decrease of over 27 per cent . |
| 15 | During the same period the number of places in private residential homes increased by an average of over 17 per cent a year . |
| 16 | The wording of the question is not the factor leading to difficulty the same wording used with whole numbers for criterion 1 e produced a success rate of over 80 per cent . |
| 17 | The dominant greenhouse or infrared absorbing gas for all three planets is carbon dioxide , but whereas Venus and Mars have atmospheric carbon dioxide contents of over 80 per cent , the earth 's atmosphere contains only 0.04 per cent . |
| 18 | Petrol rationing of over 80 per cent during the smog season from May to October was suggested ! |
| 19 | There was a response rate of over 80 per cent from the staff . |
| 20 | Called Shin-Rengo ( the Japan Trade Union Confederation ) it claimed membership of over 80 per cent of the country 's organized labour . |
| 21 | Participation of over 80 per cent of the workforce was reported in some areas , in the first general strike in Italy since May 1989 . |
| 22 | In a turnout of over 80 per cent of the 29,900,000 registered voters , the DYP won 27 per cent and secured 178 seats in the 450-seat Grand National Assembly , while the ANAP won 24 per cent but saw its share of seats fall from 275 to 115 . |
| 23 | The agreement completed the rescheduling of over 80 per cent of Nigeria 's external debt to 16 participating countries of the " Paris Club " — a total of US$2,142,000 million . |
| 24 | The government 's claim of a turnout of over 80 per cent was disputed by the exiled opposition alliance , while Western commentators and diplomats reportedly estimated a turnout as low as 40 per cent . |
| 25 | No borough showed a drop of over 50 per cent in the numbers paying and only four over 45 per cent , whereas two counties showed one of over 60 per cent , four more of between 50 and 60 per cent and one more of over 45 per cent . |
| 26 | However , the process is by no means uniform and Table 5.3 shows that a small number of towns in the rural districts actually lost population between 1971 and 1981 , although the dominant trend was increases of over 10 per cent in both of the rural categories at the foot of the table . |
| 27 | As compared with regional showings in the GDR general election on March 13 , 1990 [ see pp. 37300-03 ] , the CDU share of the vote overall went up , due to an increase of over 10 per cent in support in Saxony ( where support for the DSU , however , dropped by a corresponding amount ) . |
| 28 | But the north of England , Yorkshire and Humberside fared significantly worse with increases in the number of business failures of over 10 per cent . |
| 29 | It must be a cause for concern to those of us in the public sector that in the period 1979–90 the percentage of children receiving private education increased from 5 per cent to 7.8 per cent a growth of over 50 per cent . |
| 30 | The Metropolitan Police are expected to cost £1,082.391 million in 1989/90 — an increase of over 50 per cent in real terms since 1977/8 . |