Example sentences of "[unc] [no cls] of [noun pl] were [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the survey did find that 89 per cent of rivers , 90 per cent of canals and 90 per cent of estuaries were of either good or fair quality . |
| 2 | Furthermore , 66 per cent of respondents were against the return or even the 1967 refugees . |
| 3 | In a recent survey , 70 per cent of respondents were against restricting the provision of nonessential treatments ( Davies 1991 ) . |
| 4 | The analysis showed that 40.9 per cent of claims were for hepatitis B. |
| 5 | Around 35 per cent of goods were to be sold at unregulated prices , or at prices agreed between supplier and retailer , while prices for a range of other goods ( including food staples such as milk , eggs and sugar ) , and public transport fares , were to rise to a new fixed level . |
| 6 | During his two-day visit , Rao recalled the strong cultural and religious links between the two countries — an estimated 52 per cent of Mauritians were of Indian origin . |
| 7 | Sixty-seven per cent of men compared with 42 per cent of women were on state benefit excluding child benefit and retirement pension ( universal to parents and the retired elderly ) ( p=0.013 ) . |
| 8 | More than 80 per cent of deputies were from the Azerbaijan CP , while the opposition deputies from the Popular Front , the Social Democrats , the Greens and the Union of the Democratic Intelligentsia united in parliament in an umbrella Democratic Bloc of Azerbaijan . |
| 9 | Small scale studies indicate that households of this type are quite common , for example , for people of Pakistani origin living in Britain ( Anwar , 1985 ) and this is reflected in official statistics by evidence about the overall size of households : in 1985 , whilst less than one in ten white households contained more than four people , where people classified themselves as Pakistani , or Bangladeshi , just over 50 per cent of households were of that size ( Social Trends 1987 , p. 45 , table 2. 9 ) . |
| 10 | By the early 80's 80 per cent of children were in comprehensive schools — the system not having been adopted by all education authorities . |
| 11 | Figures from all the clinics in England and Wales in 1976 showed that only 16 per cent of attendances were by patients with venereal disease , as statutorily de fined , and only a further 40 per cent had infections that were definitely sexually transmitted . |