Example sentences of "[adv] [n mass] [prep] [noun pl] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Increased serum pancreatic enzyme activities are common after ERCP , but clinically significant pancreatitis occurs in about 2% of procedures only . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | Around 38% of shops currently stay open on a Sunday . |
| 11 | 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 . |