Example sentences of "[conj] four out of " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the practice has been to regard them rather unofficially as having been satisfied if there is compliance on about … three occasions out of four , or four out of five , or two out of three — practices are variable from one authority to another . |
| 2 | A survey showed that four out of five of Britain 's biggest firms have introduced no smoking areas at work as a result of worker pressure . |
| 3 | It found that four out of five publicans and restaurateurs in the survey agreed it was good for business , and four out of five managers said recorded music made customers stay longer . |
| 4 | In a study of 400 of the biggest bank mergers in the 1980s , FMCG Capital Strategies , a New York consultancy , found that four out of five deals failed miserably — to the point where they soon destroyed value for the acquiring bank . |
| 5 | A new study of bank takeovers in America in the 1980s * indicates that four out of five acquisitions are flops . |
| 6 | Taken literally , the idea that four out of five cars would be unable to run is rubbish . |
| 7 | Well intentioned as the EEC goal is , it is worth remembering that four out of five cars would be unable to run if the lead were removed . |
| 8 | The survey , by Industrial Relations Services in Equal Opportunities Review , looked at 4,000 job advertisements for evidence of age bias — and found that four out of five asked for applicants to be under 45 . |
| 9 | Our survey found that four out of 10 boys agree it 's difficult not to have sex if all your friends are doing it . |
| 10 | In December 1982 a Marplan public opinion poll found that four out of five of those questioned thought that early retirement was a desirable measure for alleviating unemployment . |
| 11 | A recent survey conducted by the accountancy firm Arthur Anderson showed that four out of 10 companies in the Community were unprepared for the new VAT regime . |
| 12 | The Romtec figures for machines in use , culled from a survey conducted last summer , show that four out of ten of the machines are based on the 286 chip or an inferior processor . |
| 13 | For most , there is an enduring search for bonds of love and loyalty , and other research showed that four out of five teenagers involved in a sexual relationship had been going out with their partner for six months or more . |
| 14 | An investor in a Broadway production knows full well that four out of five investments will certainly be lost . |
| 15 | May I encourage him by telling him that the Chief Constable 's view is that four out of every five planned terrorist incidents in Northern Ireland are thwarted before they take place ? |
| 16 | I can tell my hon. Friend that four out of five of those elderly patients have accepted their check-ups and that nine out of 10 found them useful . |
| 17 | In Ayrshire this July , Systems Three found that four out of five of those polled were strongly opposed to the scheme . |
| 18 | In reply to his observations about security , I should point out that in recent weeks the Chief Constable indicated that four out of five terrorist attempts are prevented and interdicted as a result of the work of the security forces . |
| 19 | Even if one accepts the figures , it is apparent that four out of five fatal accidents are caused by people who are stone-cold sober . |
| 20 | MORE THAN four out of five people who apply for planning permission get it . |
| 21 | MORE than four out of five Britons feel they are financially worse off than they were a year ago . |
| 22 | MORE than four out of every ten pregnancies are unplanned , according to a survey out today . |
| 23 | More than four out of ten men gave this as their reason for taking temporary work and only 16 per cent claimed they did not want a permanent job . |
| 24 | He should also be in no doubt of the effectiveness of that policy bearing in mind the fact that the Chief Constable said recently that more than four out of five terrorist incidents are thwarted and never take place . |
| 25 | It found that four out of five publicans and restaurateurs in the survey agreed it was good for business , and four out of five managers said recorded music made customers stay longer . |
| 26 | More than half have an average of five years managing director experience in at least two positions and four out of five claim experience in turning around a company . |
| 27 | Of 64 men with NGU , half were infected with the bacterium ; compared with one out of seven men with gonococcal urethritis and four out of 30 controls . |
| 28 | Nine out of ten chocoholics are women and four out of ten hide the habit because they believe it interferes with their lives , according to research based on a study of 50 self-confessed addicts . |
| 29 | In boxing too , blacks continued to participate : out of 448 professional boxers registered with the BBBC in 1981 , approximately one-third were black and four out of the ten British titles were held by boxers of West Indian origin or descent and Cornelius Boza-Edwards , a Ugandan who moved to London in 1974 , won the world superfeatherweight title in 1981 . |
| 30 | Only one out of nineteen in 1976 had no press involvement at all , and four out of forty-five in 1987 . |