Example sentences of "cent [coord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For more than £2 the rate was 20 per cent or a halfpenny a month for every fraction of 2s 6d . |
| 2 | With liquid assets of £1.3 million , a profit margin of 18 per cent and a return of 15 per cent on capital the county must be the envy of many businesses totally unconnected with cricket . |
| 3 | Of those who were visited , 44 per cent had only relatives to see them , 11 per cent were visited just by friends or neighbours and 45 per cent by both relatives and friends ; the most frequent visitor was a relative for 78 per cent and a friend or neighbour for 22 per cent . |
| 4 | In the United States , the strict new Clean Air Bill passed by the senate in April 1990 would cut carbon monoxide emissions by 70 per cent and a number of other gases by 22 per cent . |
| 5 | While the SPD 's share of the vote fell by 7.5 per cent to 47.3 , the Right-wing Deutsche Volks-Union came from nowhere to rack up 5.1 per cent and a place in the local parliament . |
| 6 | The government 's programme for 1992 aimed at a rate of gross domestic product ( GDP ) growth of 6.5 per cent , a reduction in the rate of inflation to 6-7 per cent and a strengthening of the country 's external payments position . |