Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lone parents now account for 14% of families with dependent children ( it was 8% in 1971 ) . |
| 2 | The Figure shows that 25% of patients with ulcerative colitis exhibited low grade dysplasia on at least occasion by 17 years after diagnosis of ulcerative colitis , 50% by 25 years , and 75% by 38 years . |
| 3 | Colon cancer was found in 25% of patients with high grade dysplasia but another 25% had a negative colectomy specimen or colonoscopy on follow up . |
| 4 | I would estimate that my enjoyment of a day is spoilt on about 25% of occasions by various comments and objections that are made . |
| 5 | They develop in about 10% of patients with acute alcoholic pancreatitis . |
| 6 | The results of our complex segregation analysis suggest that a major dominant gene is present in about 10% of patients with ulcerative colitis . |
| 7 | This showed perinuclear immunofluorescent staining in 69% of the ulcerative colitis sera , 67% of PSC sera , and 55% of PSC without ulcerative colitis sera . |
| 8 | There are few examples in my data of interactions with small children . |
| 9 | More than 90% of phospholipids in human bile are species of phosphatidylcholine but the presence of small amounts of other phospholipids has been observed . |
| 10 | More than 90% of patients with duodenal ulcer are carriers of H pylori . |
| 11 | Over 90% of patients with arterial disease of the legs are cigarette smokers [ 9 ] . |
| 12 | Taylor suggests that in more than 50% of cases of acute H pylori infection , hypochlorhydria lasts for several weeks . |
| 13 | Repeated daily injections of the somatostatin analogue , octreotide ( SMS201–995 , Sandostatin ) are an effective treatment for acromegaly , but lead to gall stone formation in about 50% of cases during long term treatment . |
| 14 | Studies of a group of patients after radiotherapy demonstrated that 50% of cells with dicentric lesions disappeared from the periphery in a little less than 3 years ( the lymphocyte half-life ) . |
| 15 | Reflecting this scarcity of symptoms , physical examination is normal in almost 50% of patients with low grade/ mixed grade and in 28% of those with high grade . |
| 16 | A prolonged interval is seen in diabetic autonomic neuropathy where it is associated with sudden death , and in chronic alcoholics. 50% of patients with alcohol-related liver disease will have evidence of vagal neuropathy on standard cardiovascular reflex tests . |
| 17 | It is interesting to point out that we found in 50% of patients with gastrooesophageal reflux without oesophagitis ( Grade 0 ) , a hypotensive lower oesophageal sphincter which suggests that the decrease in sphincter pressure comes before the inflammatory or tissue damage . |
| 18 | Between 30 and 50% of people in western countries harbour methanogenic bacteria in their colons . |
| 19 | Badly hit by £213m of losses on domestic mortgage guarantee insurance , it nearly trebled its pre-tax loss to £301m and saw the departure of chairman and chief executive Michael Butt — once considered heir apparent to BAT chairman Sir Patrick Sheehy . |
| 20 | Owing to the absence of widespread German air raids , some 45% of unaccompanied children and 80% of mothers with pre-school children had returned by the end of November 1939 . |
| 21 | In the early part of this period most job losses were managed by ‘ natural wastage ’ , with 80% of miners from closed pits being transferred to those that remained open , but the overall loss of employment opportunities was dramatic . |
| 22 | Wyatt et al calculated that a single anterior biopsy detected only 63% of patients with gastric metaplasia proved by multipoe biopsy . |
| 23 | When we started the project in 1983 we began in Peterborough , a fairly average city you would think , whose population contains about 17% of people of non-English origin . |
| 24 | The sum was divided between $358,000,000 of development aid and $280,000,000 of loans for rapid disbursement . |
| 25 | Congenital anomalies are uncommon in the offspring of women with phenylalanine concentrations below 900 µmol/l at the time of conception . |
| 26 | The ACFA mailing list represents approximately 68% of patients with cystic fibrosis over the age of 16 in the United Kingdom , and over 80% of those aged 25 or more . |
| 27 | These include work on 13km of highway from Riverside Drive to Massey Drive , from Salmonier Line to Middle Gull Pond including ramps and secondary roads and the 7.7km of highway between Middle Gull Pond to Brigus Junction . |
| 28 | Overall only 4% claimed that their jobs required less skill , and only 4% of women in lower-grade white-collar jobs claimed to have been deskilled . |
| 29 | They found it in the simultaneous detonation of 454,000kg/ 1m lb of explosives in deep tunnels under the German front line . |
| 30 | They made up between 24% and 36% of appearances by politicians on national news programmes , 46% of appearances on regional news , between 42% and 49% of appearances on national parliamentary review programmes , and up to 60% of appearances on regional review programmes . |