Example sentences of "[prep] one [adj] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the peak age for caring is 45–64 , with one fifth of adults in this age group providing informal care , the 65 and over age group proportionately spend more time caring . |
| 2 | The primary sore may still be present in about one third of cases of secondary syphilis . |
| 3 | Women with younger children are in general less likely to work than those with older children , although about one third of mothers with a child under three do work . |
| 4 | Grade 2 was not interpreted as a sign of active colitis , since it has been found in about one third of patients with a normal macroscopic mucosa and no history of colitis . |
| 5 | However , it allows only about one third of patients to be diagnosed and therefore a negative result has little value . |
| 6 | In Britain today about one third of workers at home are in traditional manufacturing — garments , toys , footwear , stationery , electrical goods and so forth . |
| 7 | SCO 's Doug Michaels is off to China to try and work out some of the copying and pirating issues , claiming that up to one third of PCs in the People 's Republic run SCO Xenix . |