Example sentences of "more than [art] quarter " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1984 , foresters found that 20 per cent of the Norway spruce in West Germany 's forests had lost more than a quarter of their needles . |
| 2 | And all are derived from one Pininfarina concept car — the Dino Berlinetta Speciale — which made its debut more than a quarter of a century ago at the 1965 Paris show . |
| 3 | The sole Dino Berlinetta Speciale is now part of the permanent collection of the Le Mans car museum in France , a fitting place for a car that drew its design inspiration from the first mid-engined Ferrari sports racing cars and which shocked the world at Paris more than a quarter of a century ago . |
| 4 | The vessel was carrying one million litres ( more than a quarter of a million US gallons ) of oil , diesel , jet fuel , and compressed gas . |
| 5 | After the 1945 election more than a quarter of the Conservative parliamentary party had been at Eton . |
| 6 | But it is very unlikely that enough super-delegates , more than a quarter of whom have already endorsed Clinton , would gang up to deny him the title . |
| 7 | In both New York and Kansas , where Clinton also won the Democratic primary comfortably last Tuesday , more than a quarter of voters said they would vote Perot for President if he ran . |
| 8 | From my understanding , more than a quarter of a million TM practitioners in England are in ignorance , currently invoking heathen deities twice a day , and the majority do not even know it ! |
| 9 | A DOCUMENTARY programme from NBC-TV in January 1973 , had such an impact that in the following 48 hours more than a quarter of a million copies of the associated book were sold . |
| 10 | In Central America , more than a quarter of the rainforest has been converted to grass for grazing , and Costa Rica has lost one third of its rainforest to cattle ranchers . |
| 11 | Even so , it would have been impossible for an insect to grow much larger , say to have a girth more than a quarter of an inch in diameter . |
| 12 | ‘ It must have been thrown more than a quarter of a mile . |
| 13 | IBM Corp says its Personal Computer Co shipped 30% to 35% more personal computers in the first quarter than it did during the year-ago period , and vice-chairman Jack Kuehler expects it to be ‘ reasonably profitable ’ in 1993 — but the personal computer business is now so volatile that making forecasts more than a quarter ahead is a mug 's game : following Conner Peripherals Inc 's warning on Friday that it is seeing oversupply and soft demand for disk drives ( CI No 2,142 ) , observers are saying that grey market prices for 80486s are now weak ; Finis Conner said on Friday that Conner would have to slash production and payrolls in the months ahead to remain competitive — ‘ The market is in total disarray , ’ he said ; ‘ the pricing that has occurred in the last four to five days has been something I 've never seen believes the booming personal computer industry is showing signs of slowing after being fuelled for over two years by the price war . |
| 14 | Although the gas industry retained the larger market share for cooking overall , more than a quarter of consumers had electric cookers by 1958 and electricity for cooking continued to account for a fifth of domestic electricity sales . |
| 15 | On a negative note , more than a quarter of the sample were homeless or of no fixed abode on admission to one of the Westminster hospitals , and the same proportion were homeless on discharge . |
| 16 | There is £16 million of uncollected rent , more than a quarter of the total rent roll . |
| 17 | Health statistics show , for example , that in the 5-11 age range , more than a quarter of children suffer from a cough in any one month . |
| 18 | Over 80 per cent of oaks have lost more than a quarter of normal crown density , with attacks from winter moths identified as the main cause . |
| 19 | By the time the last display is over on Sunday the RAF hope to have raised more than a quarter of a million pounds for their benevolent fund . |
| 20 | Dr Williamson , a consultant from Southampton , is to head the new unit , for which South Durham people have already given more than a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 21 | so it looks as if she saves half of her money and then spends a bit more than a quarter . |
| 22 | You just want a quick glance at it to see what she , oh well half of it 's saved and then a bit more than a quarter . |
| 23 | A bit more than a quarter on sweets and a bit less than a quarter on stationery . |