Example sentences of "[adv] under [adj] per cent of " in BNC.
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1 | However in East Anglia the South Downs group still supplied a large proportion ( this time somewhat under 50 per cent of the axeheads ) , whereas East Anglian sources , such as Grimes Graves , had apparently cornered only a small proportion of the market . |
2 | Half of the theses were cited in the Science Citation Index , with just under thirty per cent of these being self-citations . |
3 | The latest official evidence shows that just under 70 per cent of adults with a disability — 4.2 million people — are over the age of 60 , compared with 25 per cent of the general population . |
4 | Ethnic Georgians , who constituted just under 70 per cent of the republic 's population , were assumed to have voted almost unanimously in favour . |
5 | In an £8m programme AMI is doubling the resources in its psychiatric division , which accounted for just under 5 per cent of group sales last year . |
6 | DEMOS took just under 55 per cent of the vote in the Socio-Political Chamber elections , which according to a proportional representation system gave it 47 of the 80 seats . |
7 | By 1988 there were almost 300,000 , just under 10 per cent of the estimated population of Lebanon . |
8 | Under the system of proportional representation used in the 1986 election , his party managed to win 35 parliamentary seats with just under 10 per cent of the vote . |
9 | Over the last twenty years , women have made up just under 50 per cent of all convicted shoplifters . |
10 | The RAC 's campaign manager , Edmund King , said : ‘ Research shows that just under 50 per cent of experienced drivers would fail their driving test if they took it today . |
11 | Admittedly the rise is small — from just under 24 per cent of the vote to 25.6 . |
12 | By 1979 , just under 30 per cent of the land in the reformed sector had been restored to its former owners ( Castillo and Lehmann 1982 ) . |
13 | Just under 30 per cent of black trainees obtain work as opposed to just over 45 per cent of their white counterparts . |
14 | Hence the equation leaves unexplained just over 70 per cent of the total variance , or conversely it explains just under 30 per cent of the variance [ ] . |
15 | Those people who learned before the age of 20 years , the majority of whom had deaf parents ( some had deaf siblings ) , are able to translate effectively just under 60 per cent of the information on average . |
16 | Just under 20 per cent of the population , however , in both areas complain of spring/summer symptoms and in the oilseed rape area a proportion attributed their symptoms to this crop . |
17 | It provided for a record deficit of 185,340,000 million forint ( US$2,260 million ) , representing just under 6 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) and slightly less than the deficit expected for 1992 . |
18 | Underground activity generally causes fewer headaches in countries like the the US , UK , Canada and Australia where it is still under 15 per cent of all economic activity . |
19 | However , it is likely that well under 10 per cent of patients will need to be admitted to a psychiatric unit provided that other treatment facilities are available . |
20 | Although there was an unclean caste , the Rodi , whose members were regarded not unlike Indian ‘ untouchables ’ , it was very small , accounting for well under one per cent of the population . |
21 | Simply expressed , a relatively poorly supported centre party with well under 20 per cent of the vote , but with some eighty or so seats , would invariably be in government ; would be in a position to determine whether Conservative or Labour were drawn into government with it ; and would , therefore , be able to exert an influence over the direction of public policy out of all proportion to their votes and support in the country at large . |