Example sentences of "just [adv] [adj] [unc] cent [prep] " in BNC.
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31 | On the six new long-term capital issues they made between 1948 and 1955 to finance expansion — each for £100–200 millions — they paid a rate which rose from a little over 3 per cent initially to just over 4½ per cent by 1955 . |
32 | In 1984 just over six per cent of all workers , or some 1 .5m people , regarded their jobs as temporary . |
33 | On the basis of self-classification , just over six per cent of the labour force in Britain in 1984 could be described as having temporary jobs . |
34 | A consequence of the recession has been a reduction of just over six per cent in the 5,000 worldwide workforce in the past 12 months . |
35 | The Wellington trainer , who has a strike rate of just over 37 per cent at the Lancashire course , landed a double there yesterday with all-the-way winners Tri Folene and Star 's Delight , and it would come as no surprise if he doubled that score today . |
36 | Just over 10 per cent of the bottom two bands gave an answer which indicated they had used the wrong scale . |
37 | The provision of art and design education has grown relatively slowly in the post-war period so that in November 1979 , for example , there were only 34,707 students taking courses leading to recognized qualifications in art and design of whom 19,988 were on non-advanced courses , and 14,719 on advanced courses ; these represented just over two per cent of all students in further education studying for recognized qualifications . |
38 | Just over 70 per cent of students had been in receipt of an SERC award whilst on their Advanced Course . |
39 | Hence the equation leaves unexplained just over 70 per cent of the total variance , or conversely it explains just under 30 per cent of the variance [ ] . |
40 | For example , Britain received $3.2billion of the $12.8billion Marshall money — worth just over 7 per cent of all our imports of goods and services over the five years . |
41 | Grossing up their results the authors of the inquiry suggested that just over 7 per cent of all jobs in the economy were temporary . |
42 | Its importance sharply decreased for those in their early 20s , to stand at little above the average and fell gradually as age increased , to reach just over eight per cent for over-55 year olds . |
43 | Japan now has 27 national parks , covering just over 5 per cent of the total land area , and over 50 quasi-national parks . |
44 | The National Child Development Study of 17 000 children born in 1958 found only just over 5 per cent of 16-year-olds living with a natural parent and an adoptive step-parent or parent 's cohabitee ( Ferri , 1984 ) ; the Family Formation Survey in 1976 found 7 per cent of all children under 16 ( 928 000 ) were living with a step-parent ( Dunnell , 1979 ) . |
45 | Just over 43 per cent of the labour force was employed in manufacturing and construction in 1990 , with 2.5 per cent working in agriculture . |
46 | These form just over 40 per cent of the East Bank population . |
47 | In just over 40 per cent of cases the husband was , as traditional , the sole earner , and , in roughly equal numbers ( 5 per cent each ) were cases where neither spouse earned , and cases where the wife was the sole earner . |
48 | The Executive Director , James Grant , added that " aid for primary health care , including family planning , primary education , and rural water supply and sanitation , totals only just over 3 per cent of the industrialized world 's aid " . |
49 | When one reflects on how unpopular our own Government becomes with a recession which causes GDP to fall by just over 3 per cent from its 1990 peak , it is scarcely surprising that the reform programme in Russia has provoked widespread discontent . |
50 | For example , Sweden and France spend just over 9 per cent of GDP on health care , while the United States spends 11 — 12 per cent of GDP on health care ( Leathard 1990 ) . |
51 | Their scale is demonstrated by the fact that just over 25 per cent of all public sector spending in Britain is accounted for by local authorities . |
52 | The use of a Court Scheme means that opposition minorities have to muster only just over 25 per cent of the voting rights ( or a simple majority in number of shareholders ) to frustrate the takeover . |
53 | The Budget increases in excise duties will add just over 0.5 per cent to the cost of living in April , a touch more than last year 's effort , but this could be offset by the switch from poll tax to council tax . |
54 | Both , according to the latest figures conjured out of a hat by the French , have just over 35 per cent of the market . |
55 | The latest official figures ( for 1985 ) released by the Government show that just over 35 per cent of older people were living on incomes at or below the generally accepted Income Support ( then Supplementary Benefit ) poverty line , compared with 10 per cent of people under pension age . |
56 | The transport workers , GMB general workers , AEEU manufacturing union , Usdaw shopworkers and UCW postal staff are likely to be joined by at least two others — the Nupe public employees and Cohse health workers — which would guarantee Mr Smith just over 30 per cent of the total vote . |
57 | Overall , only just over 30 per cent of clauses had a filled or unfilled pause in clause-initial position . |
58 | CO2 emissions in the UK were 3 per cent of the global total and , on current trends , were estimated to rise by just over 30 per cent by 2005 . |
59 | However , for the Gosville Company the general picture was of increase from 1939 to 1949 , then a period of stability , followed by decline in service frequency of just over 15 per cent during the 1970s . |
60 | The official figure for voter turnout was over 1,600,000 people , representing just over 90 per cent of those registered to vote . |