Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adv] 50 per cent " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCAW 'S revised offer for just over 50 per cent of LIN Broadcasting is cleverly structured . |
| 2 | The test yielded a mean score of just over 50 per cent for all pupils participating . |
| 3 | This would constitute an improvement of just over 50 per cent on the original return on the investment in XYZ Ltd . |
| 4 | With the addition of the large numbers of children and teenagers who have had only a few years of schooling , rates of illiteracy of well over 50 per cent seem entirely credible ( see Chapter 16 ) . |
| 5 | Midland has currently made provisions against just over 50 per cent of its South American debt exposure , in line with Bank of England guidelines . |
| 6 | Presidential and legislative elections were held in November 1989 , when Callejas was elected with just over 50 per cent of the vote , and the PN won 71 of the 128 seats in the National Assembly [ see pp. 37038-39 ; 37275 ] . |
| 7 | The Glasgow distiller , owned by the mighty American Brands , only needs to advance its 41.3 per cent stake to just over 50 per cent . |
| 8 | By 1985–6 it had brought it back to just below 50 per cent . |
| 9 | In 1979 almost 65 per cent of places in residential homes were in local authority establishments , but by 1986 the proportion had fallen to just below 50 per cent . |
| 10 | The societies ' worst point came in 1987 when their market share was reduced to just under 50 per cent ; the banks had 34.5 per cent and other finance companies 16.3 per cent . |
| 11 | However , despite these controls and a general reduction in the proportion of local-government expenditure emanating from central government ( down from over 60 per cent of spending in the 1970s to well under 50 per cent in the following decade ) the Conservative governments elected in 1983 and 1987 decided to continue the process . |
| 12 | The use of low-sulphur coal reduces sulphur output by only about 50 per cent , compared with the 90 per cent removal that can be achieved with FGD . |
| 13 | Between 1979 and 1988 the total number of indictable offences known to the police ( ignoring offences of criminal damage of value 20 or less ) increased by just under 50 per cent ( the 1988 total was in fact 4.5 per cent down on the previous year ) . |