Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Successive NFER analysis demonstrated that the most effective selection process could select only 90% of children adequately — 10% would be misplaced . |
| 2 | Only 4% of organisations never keep paper copies of electronic documents and over 20% always keep copies . ’ |
| 3 | That report from the Mayo clinic was mirrored to some extent by the study of Pescatori and Mattana who reported that 45% of patients over the age of 45 experienced faecal soiling , whereas only 24% of patients under 45 years of age did so . |
| 4 | While approximately 80% of revenues still come from mainframe-related work , Haines sees open systems as a major growth area because , he says , MMT 's customers are generally drifting in that direction . |
| 5 | They just works of art here , man , street furniture , not functioning machines . ’ |
| 6 | It allows four of you entry for just £3.75 per person instead of the usual £7.95 . |
| 7 | With a minimum of 5 copies , each student pays just 75p per issue instead of the usual price of £1.30 . |
| 8 | Boards under 3.00m in length normally use only the gybing and high wind straps . |
| 9 | It is worth remembering that there are still people in Britain today who have never been to London . |
| 10 | Nearly 30% of Americans all over the country surveyed by the Washington Post said they feared their city would be subject to a terrorist attack . |
| 11 | ‘ The carriage itself is of oblong shape , the dimensions being about 13ft by 7ft thus forming a handsome saloon , 8ft high in the clear . |
| 12 | In flats with central heating , rent includes the cost of heating and is about £3.00 per week higher . |
| 13 | In real terms the average incomes of lone parents have fallen — if their incomes had gone up in line with the Retail Price Index then they would have been about £12 per week higher in 1989 . |
| 14 | The percentage of pupils in independent schools is significantly lower in Scotland than in England and Wales : under 4% overall and about 9% of pupils over 16 ( though there is considerable variation from region to region ( 1984 figures : Walford , 1987 , Table 2 ) . |
| 15 | Thus they calculated that in 1970 only about 7% of adults over 25 owned any shares and most of them were ‘ smallholders ’ with less than 1,000 's worth of stock . |
| 16 | Robin found the average milk-yield for the area was about 33kg per cow daily . |
| 17 | Increased serum pancreatic enzyme activities are common after ERCP , but clinically significant pancreatitis occurs in about 2% of procedures only . |
| 18 | Over the years numerous government directives have gradually eroded the community element until we became what was essentially a Government Training Centre — except that our staff were paid about £2,000 per year less than staff in GTCs . |
| 19 | The real cost , if true allowance is made for financing charges and lower utilisation , would appear to be about £18–£20 per hour more than in the USA , i.e. nearly twice as much . |
| 20 | Using these maximum amounts , one Briton could save about £180 on wine alone . |
| 21 | In flats with central heating , rent includes the cost of heating and is about £2.50 per week higher . |
| 22 | Average earnings in London are about £100 per week higher than in regions outside London . |
| 23 | Michael Wolff , defending , said Jones used to live in a flat owned by Mr Redmond 's wife and there had been a dispute about £140 in rent allegedly outstanding . |
| 24 | Hewlett says that it expects the pact to generate around $100m of sales over three years . |
| 25 | The pact is expected to generate around $100m of sales over three years . |
| 26 | In published series of patients aged 80 years and over undergoing aortic valve replacement the operative mortality was around 15% ( compared with around 4% for patients under 70 ) . |
| 27 | Around 38% of shops currently stay open on a Sunday . |
| 28 | Having taken your bags of donated books from you at the church door last year , you may like to know that despite the awful rain this week , Christian Aid Sale funds stood at around £35K by noon today , so the total should be up on that figure . |
| 29 | Even leading a relatively simple life on Tour would have cost around £12,000 in expenses alone if a professional had played in all 21 events last season . |
| 30 | Almost 40% of Japanese still do not have access to a flushing toilet . |