Example sentences of "by [adv] 30 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fallow land rose by nearly 30 per cent to 37,000 hectares , of which just over 24,000 hectares was set-aside under the fallow option . |
| 2 | If you buy a 500 W oven , you 'll need to lengthen the cooking time by about 30 per cent . |
| 3 | Crime rates in eastern Germany , affected by the decline in strength of police forces and by social changes since unification , increased by about 30 per cent , with robbery and traffic offences showing the largest increases . |
| 4 | However , tests on the effects of a variety of conservation measures , including the incorporation of grass strips in cultivated maize fields and mulching with leaf litter from undisturbed forest , showed that the latter was particularly effective and reduced erosion by more than 90 per cent while , due to the nutrient input , productivity was increased by c. 30 per cent . |
| 5 | Although the fuel economy has improved by around 30 per cent over the past decade , there is evidence that the younger generation , in particular , feels the car is too ostentatious in today 's environment . |
| 6 | According to the results given in the Soviet central government newspaper Izvestiya after the second round of voting for the Moldavian Supreme Soviet , with all but 10 of the 380 seats filled , such dual endorsements meant that up to 80 per cent of the elected deputies were identified as communists , while both the Popular Front and Yedinstvo were reported each to be represented by around 30 per cent of deputies . |
| 7 | On the other hand Helmut Schlesinger , the vice-president of the Bundesbank , explained that under the Bundesbank proposals wages in East Germany would be increased first by around 30 per cent before the 2:1 rate was applied . |
| 8 | In the first week of July the Soviet authorities announced that in the third quarter of 1990 its oil deliveries to its European COMECON partners would be reduced by around 30 per cent . |
| 9 | Revenue was expected to rise by around 40 per cent to 1,090,460 million forint compared with 1992 , while expenditure was expected to rise by around 30 per cent to 1,275,830 million forint . |
| 10 | Professor Hoskins , basing his cost-of-living calculation on a range of local price data , not simply cereals , calculated that whereas real wages of labourers and craftsmen fell by around 30 per cent over the second half of the eighteenth century , those of most woollen workers fell by nearer 50 per cent . |
| 11 | Rainfall in the Sahel has decreased by around 30 per cent . |
| 12 | In the financial period from February 1 to the end of June fares are up by over 30 per cent on the same period in 1991 . |