Example sentences of "cent over [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of recorded complaints against Thames Valley Police officers has fallen by ( 13 ) thirteen per cent over a year . |
| 2 | Direct exports by OPEC national oil companies rose from a negligible proportion of production within the area to some 50–55 per cent over the course of the 1970s . |
| 3 | In similar fashion the bottom fell out of the illustrious 1817 sovereign market in the mid-1970s when investors realised that they were paying 50 per cent over the melt price for a coin minted in millions . |
| 4 | In similar fashion the bottom fell out of the illustrious 1817 sovereign market in the mid-1970s when investors realised that they were paying 50 per cent over the melt price for a coin minted in millions . |
| 5 | In similar fashion the bottom fell out of the illustrious 1817 sovereign market in the mid-1970s when investors realised that they were paying 50 per cent over the melt price for a coin minted in millions . |
| 6 | New from Ion Science was Labflow , a digital gas flow calculator which is calibrated to NAMAS/NBS to a precision of 2 per cent over the range of 0.1 to 500ml min -1 , providing a low cost solution to the measurement and setting of gas flows . |
| 7 | The worst has produced 7.7 per cent over the year , while the best , Lloyds International , is more than six points better . |
| 8 | Although the economy grew by 2 per cent over the year to September , the drain caused by the deterioration in the current account meant national wealth increased by only ½per cent . |
| 9 | However , housing work in the public sector rose by 12 per cent compared with last quarter , a rise of 20 per cent over the year . |
| 10 | Industrial production fell by 1.4 per cent over the year as a whole , whilst inflation averaged 6.1 per cent , the highest level for nine years . |
| 11 | While this was a shade under the 11.1 per cent increase in the FT-A All-Share Index , DIGIT 's share price rose by 16.7 per cent over the year . |
| 12 | For the stubborn ones we go no more than ten per cent over the value and say the offer stands one month only . |
| 13 | Navigation 's share price rose by 14 per cent over the week as a result . |
| 14 | Victoria Wine director of marketing Ann Tonks , who reports a drop in nablab sales of 20 per cent over the Christmas period ( compared with growth in total lager sales of four per cent ) , says that people respond strongly to price promotion in the sector . |
| 15 | Lead miners in the northern Pennines were earning 10s ( 50p ) a week by 1797 and 11s 6d ( 57½p ) by 1815 , whereas before the war they had been earning 7s 6d ( 37½p ) ; a money-wage increase of around 50 per cent over the war years seems indicated , implying a real-wage fall of about 10 per cent . |
| 16 | Pension contributions attract no tax and can be made up to 30 per cent of earnings at the age of 55 and 40 per cent over the age of 60 for personal pensions , subject to the current earnings cap of £75,000 . |
| 17 | Drink sales averaged £180,000 per unit , showing an increase of approximately 10 per cent over the period . |
| 18 | Their wages increased by 30 per cent over the period through competition with industrial wages , to add to increases in costs from aspirations in housing , transport , social life , and many new conveniences , at a time when the general trend in prices was downwards ( Deane and Cole 1969 ) . |
| 19 | Real personal disposable income rose 15 per cent over the period . |
| 20 | Whilst the total number of holidays authorized increased by nearly 50 per cent over the period shown both Thomson and Intasun expanded by a greater proportion but with Intasun far outstripping Thomson 's growth . |
| 21 | Furthermore , the proportion of older men remaining economically active fell by 50 per cent over the period 1975–88 while the rate for older women was relatively stable ) . |
| 22 | For , ‘ new industrial regions ’ ( Greater London , Warwickshire , Staffordshire and Worcester shire ) expanded their share of net output from 28.7 per cent to 37.1 per cent over the period 1924 to 1935 ( Pollard , 1983 ) . |
| 23 | So even though the yield has not changed from 10 per cent over the period , the holding period return is less than 10 per cent . |
| 24 | Reworking of her indices by Deane and Cole suggests that between the quinquennium 1750 – 4 to 1785 – 9 money wage rises in the South varied between less than 4 per cent for London labourers and 19.4 per cent for those of Kent , whereas in Lancashire labourers gained 64 per cent and craftsmen 40.5 per cent over the period . |
| 25 | An analysis of major countries from 1974–1990 including France , Germany , UK , USA and Australia , showed that advertising expenditure rose by more than 70 per cent over the period ( weighted average ) but that alcohol consumption per capita declined . |
| 26 | The region is the fastest-growing car market , with Thai car sales increasing by 30 per cent over the period 1988-91. * Indonesia and China are both reported to be planning similar laws to make " cats " obligatory . |
| 27 | The Daimler-Benz study claims that carbon dioxide levels will actually increase by 10 per cent over the period because control efforts are being cancelled out by increased traffic volumes . |
| 28 | In its second environmental report , the chemicals company ICI claims that it has reduced its worldwide emissions by 9 per cent over the period 1991-92 . |
| 29 | Energy consumption in the member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD — which groups most of the industrialized countries ) is set to rise by 30 per cent over the period 1990-2010 , according to a report by the International Energy Agency . |
| 30 | With consumer prices rising by some 15 per cent over the period , the fall in the real value of the shares was considerably greater . |