Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [art] proportion [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between 1973 and 1985 the proportion of women working outside the home rose from 56 to 63 per cent . |
| 2 | Between 1970 and 1978 the proportion of dwellings in owner-occupation increased by 4 per cent whereas the increase between 1979 and 1987 was 9.5 per cent . |
| 3 | Between 1680 and 1800 the proportion of brides who were pregnant at the time of their wedding grew from 15 to 35 per cent and the illegitimacy ratio rose from 1ยท5 to 5 per cent . |
| 4 | For example , between 1955 and 1982 the proportion of groupworkers in the Netherlands without the most basic qualification fell from 67 per cent to 25 per cent ( Ploeg , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | The stockbrokers Phillips and Drew estimated that between 1979 and 1989 the proportion of shares in private hands fell from 33% to 18% . |