Example sentences of "[unc] of [noun pl] are [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | About 90 per cent of exports are to the US , where Indian software systems cost half as much as American ones . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Some 85 per cent of speeds are between 20 and 30 km/h at the humps and 30 to 35 km/h in the spaces between . |
| 5 | Although 20 per cent go out into the country once a week , the study showed that less than half of the population are monthly visitors and 80 per cent of visits are for only a day or less . |
| 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 | In a society such as the United Kingdom where over 50 per cent of workers are in the service sector compared with only 30 per cent in manufacturing , new technology in the office may have more consequences than robots in the factory for job loss . |
| 8 | A poll has shown that only 52 per cent of MPs are in favour of the treaty in its present form . |
| 9 | The membership differential between men and women is particularly marked in engineering ( 65 per cent of men are in an occupational pension scheme and 48 per cent of women ) , hotels and catering ( 41 per cent of men and 28 per cent of women ) and transport and communications ( 71 per cent and 54 per cent ) ( OPCS , 1990 , p. 223 ) . |
| 10 | A warning note to the churches is that the report finds that only 14 per cent of children are in contact with a church . |