Example sentences of "by [adv] 10 [unc] cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | But during the same period the futures price has fallen by just 10 per cent . |
| 2 | London , Liverpool and Glasgow lost some , but other cities including Edinburgh , Bristol and Cardiff increased their service-sector jobs by approximately 10 per cent and their information service jobs by 20–30 per cent . |
| 3 | It is generally agreed that the conference market is growing by approximately 10 per cent per annum . |
| 4 | Both have now been running for over 12 months , and the operating figures indicate that in addition to encouraging returns from food sales , drink sales have increased by approximately 10 per cent . |
| 5 | We have on average increased our consumption of fruit and vegetables by approximately 10 per cent , with the exception of those in the unemployed and working class categories . |
| 6 | The number of populars ( excluding the Daily Worker/Morning Star , which fitted easily into neither category ) was six in each year , but total circulation was down by nearly 10 per cent . |
| 7 | The events which led to this began on 30 June 1925 when the coal owners decided that they would abolish the national minimum wage , cut wages by about 10 per cent in order to compensate for the government 's return to the gold standard with a reflated pound , and to maintain standard profits no matter how low wages fell . |
| 8 | The context within which the General Strike occurred was one in which the Baldwin government had returned to the gold standard and within which employers in exporting countries were faced with the need to reduce costs , and thus wages , by about 10 per cent . |
| 9 | In the two years before its death , advertising volume dropped by a quarter and circulation by about 10 per cent ( Clark , 1981 , p. 12 ) . |
| 10 | Moreover , whilst in the retailing sector enterprises might supplement their labour forces by about 10 per cent to cope with seasonal peaks , in the holidays sector the increase made might be as high as several hundred per cent . |
| 11 | If the electricity currently provided by nuclear power stations were to be generated by coal , the United Kingdom would emit about 55 million tonnes more carbon dioxide , increasing total emissions by about 10 per cent . |
| 12 | Moreover , he says that the present level of interest rates may mean that instead of prices stagnating next year they could fall by around 10 per cent . |
| 13 | The late Victorian and Edwardian period offered low taxes , cheap servant labour , and reasonable returns of capital whilst the retail price index fell by around 10 per cent between the wars . |
| 14 | Per kWh in winter as against ½d. in summer , which might cut peak consumption by around 10 per cent . |
| 15 | It performed quite well in my network benchmarks , nosing ahead of the RSC by around 10 per cent . |
| 16 | Languages : Bulgarian ( official ) ; Turkish spoken by around 10 per cent of population . |
| 17 | Manufacturing output increased by around 10 per cent , and manufactures now accounted for about 80 per cent of all exports ( compared with about 33 per cent in 1980 ) . |
| 18 | It planned a 6 per cent increase in expenditure on public works ( in accordance with the SII deal ) , but suggested that local authorities would be encouraged to increase public works expenditure by around 10 per cent . |
| 19 | Apart from Browne 's announcement that BP was increasing its North Sea investment by almost 10 per cent over the next three years , Shell outlined a scheme to spend £100 million refurbishing the Dunlin platform which will extend its economic life well into the next century . |