Example sentences of "[coord] nearly a third " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr David Walker , FT managing editor , said that over 100 journalists , or nearly a third of the staff , had been referred to the company 's medical department with possible RSI symptoms . |
| 2 | At the opposite end of the scale , about 1,800 houses , or nearly a third of the total , were constructed by the fifteen largest firms , each of which was responsible for between seventy-five and 230 buildings . |
| 3 | By the age of seven , more than half the boys and nearly a third of the girls were being hit at least once a week . |
| 4 | The figures for very elderly men are just over six in ten married , and nearly a third widowed . |
| 5 | Nearly one half of those aged 85+ are unable to walk down the road on their own , and nearly a third can not manage stairs unaided . |
| 6 | They also improved their risk factors — an 8 per cent fall in blood pressure , serum cholesterol down by 3 per cent and nearly a third giving up smoking . |
| 7 | And nearly a third of 2,000 women questioned for the Me magazine survey admitted having unprotected sex . |
| 8 | About half a sample of consumers who had used the Building Societies Ombudsman or the Insurance Ombudsman felt their schemes were not fair enough and nearly a third questioned their independence . |
| 9 | But nearly a third of the supporters who took advantage of the offer did so with only the Republic game in mind — and did n't bother turning up last night . |