Example sentences of "[unc] of [noun pl] be [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The largest living lemur , Indri indri , weighs 9 kg and lives in the Madagascar rain forests , feeding mainly on leaves , 40–70% of sightings being of buds and young leaves being eaten , though fruits , seeds , dead wood and earth ( possibly involved in improving the physical texture of the food ) are also taken . |
| 2 | The risk factors for osteoporosis are well known , yet despite its prevalence — perhaps 25 per cent of women are at risk of osteoporotic fractures — and the severe consequences of such fractures , little priority is currently attached to developing preventive and screening approaches to this condition . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , police of the Gipton Urban Crime Unit , whose job is to improve the quality of life in an area where as many as 60 per cent of families are on income support , are concerned that special Government funding for the unit will stop on March 31st . |
| 5 | The analysis showed that 40.9 per cent of claims were for hepatitis B. |
| 6 | Nearly 17 per cent of Indians are in Birmingham and Coventry , with most of the rest in West Yorkshire , and the East Midlands . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A poll has shown that only 52 per cent of MPs are in favour of the treaty in its present form . |
| 9 | A warning note to the churches is that the report finds that only 14 per cent of children are in contact with a church . |